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Definitely not. I didn't study that in-depth either.

Today I found out that I passed the NCLEX! I passed at 75 questions and I had 12 SATA (no calculations, pictures, or audio). This was my 2nd attempt after failing the NCLEX at 147 questions back in December. I used UWorld for 5-6 months and did 20-40 questions daily. I read the entire NCLEX-RN Made Incredibly Easy book and select chapters from Saunders 5th edition(Leadership/Delegation/Management). I also used the free website registerednursern.com since it provides great lecture videos and lots of quizzes. Overall I would read for 2 hours and do practice questions for 2 hours each day. One important advice to anybody taking the NCLEX: Take your time! Try not to pay attention to the time. Meditate on each question and select your answer carefully. I did the 75 questions in 2 hours and 40 minutes. Don't rush! Read! Do practice questions! Use UWorld!!! Best of luck to everybody taking the NCLEX.

Help please

I finally received my NCLEX report last week after failing the NCLEX on my first attempt on December 15th. Here is the breakdown: Below the Passing Standard: -Management of Care Near the Passing Standard: -Safety & Infection Control -Health Promotion & Maintenance -Psychosocial Integrity -Basic Care & Comfort -Pharmacological & Parenteral Therapies -Physiological Adaptation Above the Passing Standard: -Reduction of Risk Potential I understand that I need to score 'Above the Passing Standard' to pass and that 'Near the Passing Standard' is not good enough. I see that I basically need to improve in every area in order to pass the test. This is confusing and disheartening since I thought I studied every area prior to taking the test. I will admit that a fatal flaw on my first attempt was rushing through the questions rather than taking more time (I failed at 147 questions after 2.5 hours). In studying for my first attempt I used MarryAnn Hogan's Comprehensive NCLEX Examination Review, Kaplan, and Hurst. Since those did not work out for me on my first attempt I have been using Uworld for the past 6 weeks. I am hoping to take it within 45 days, but honestly I will only take it when I feel ready. I need advice to help assure that I study each area well enough so that I pass the NCLEX on my next attempt. Please help!!!

The questions on U World are a lot harder and have more SATA compared to the Maryann Hogan Comprehensive NCLEX Review test bank, which I primarily used before taking the NCLEX. I've been scoring in the 40-50% range, which has frustrated me but it's supposed to be harder. I plan to take the NCLEX again in late February. Any more advice please?

Is it okay to refer to my books when answering questions? Otherwise I'm just guessing, right?

Sounds like you had a lot more SATA questions than I had. I only had in the ballpark of 15-17. Well tonight I am going to start up again by going over some Hurst Review material and then purchase U World and start going over that. I'm going to aim to take the test again within the next 2 months.

Okay, so I will try U World. Any more advice please? Much needed & appreciated.

Last week I took the NCLEX for the first time and failed at 149 questions. I come to this forum in need help and advice in studying for the NCLEX for when I take it again. Last January I took the Kaplan Review Classroom and utilized the question bank until May. I did not find this course as helpful as I thought it would be and did not feel prepared to take the NCLEX after my subscription to the Q Bank expired. Maybe it was because I was working a job with alternating shifts (day shifts, night shifts) and did not have a quite place to focus and study. I put off studying again until I quit my job and relocated with my girlfriend in September to another state into our own apartment where I finally had a quite place to focus on studying. I started studying again in late September with the NCLEX RN Mastery and I did most of the questions from the question bank, and I also reviewed the LaCharity book for a few weeks. I found them helpful but I didn't feel nearly as prepared as I needed to be for my test scheduled on December 15th. I then started using the Maryann Hogan Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX book and its question bank and also the Hurst Review. I found this combination very helpful and started with 50-60 questions per day and eventually 200-300 questions per day in all content areas as the test date neared. I scored in the 70% range in the pre-diagnostic tests and in the 80% range in the post-diagnostic tests (but keep in mind that these tests recycled a lot of the questions from the practice quizzes, and I used my books & notes during the tests). At the same time I was watching videos on NCLEX/nursing related topics such as pathophysiology, med-math, etc. I was studying 6-7 hours per night almost every night. So I went into the test feeling as prepared as I could be. When I got to the test center I was very nervous, hyperventilating and pacing around the parking lot. As I took the test I don't think that I was rushing through the questions to get to 75, but in hindsight I think that I could have taken more time. By the time I got to question 75 I had around 12-13 select all that apply questions, so I thought that maybe I was doing alright. But the test didn't end and I just kept going, clicking away at my answers and I noticed that the questions dropped in level of difficulty but I was getting questions on topics that I was less familiar with, such as bioterrorism (I'll admit that I focused largely on the med-surg areas covered on the Hurst Review and less on management than I should have, I probably should have revisted the LaCharity book before the test). So after 2 and a half hours, the test ended at question 149. I found out a couple days later that I failed. I still have to wait for the test report from Pearson to arrive in the mail to know in which areas I performed poorly, but that will take 4-6 weeks and I don't want to take too much off from studying because I will start to forget stuff. I don't know what to do any more. I've utilized so many resources. The Kaplan Classroom Review & Q Bank, NCLEX-RN Mastery, LaCharity, Hurst Review, and Maryann Hogan Comprehensive Review. I did 50-300 questions per day, I stayed up all night studying for 6-7 hours every night of the week, I watched NCLEX/Nursing related videos, etc. I gave it my all and I still failed. I feel utterly defeated. I'm devastated. And I don't know how to start again. Please any help and advice is welcome!!!!