VSLove

I get what you mean... and thank you for the feedback! I have read elsewhere in the website that some people are failing at like 75 or less than a 100 questions, and some interpreted it as a lack of content more than strategy... I am not sure though what it means if one is getting all the answers but is still failing, which is what happened in my case. Could it be that I am having problems with strategy?

Hi everyone! This is my first time writing a topic here in allnurses.com but I have been following a lot of the topics for a while now. AS you can tell from my subject heading, I am writing to ask for whatever piece for advice to conquer this beast of a test! Lets backtrack... I first sat my exams back in September. Back then I have only studied probably three weeks. Used Hurst (all their videos and probably two qtests), around 500 questions from UWorld, and a chapter from LaCharity (because I found out about it quite close to my exam date and wasn't able to use it fully). I used up all 6 hours of the exams and ran out of time, I did 205 questions. I knew right away that i failed that exam. I wasn't prepared, So I picked myself up, took a week off studying and made a study schedule. For my second attempt, I was able to follow through 80% of my study schedule. This time I used UWorld (1300 questions), Kaplan (QTrainers 1-7 and about 500 questions from the Qbank, never did the videos), La Charity book (about 16 of their chapters), Mark K notes, and the 35 page floating around. Also, I put emphasis on my time management since I ran out of time on my first attempt. I was pretty confident sitting the exam. I thought I knew and was more prepared that the first time. I took it for 5 1/2 hrs, all 265 questions. Found out today that I failed again! I am pretty devastated here. I haven't even told my husband yet. I feel like such a failure more than anything. My greatest problem is that, while I knew where I went wrong the first time i.e. I was largely unprepared, I did so much for the second time and I still failed!!! I do not know whereto begin from here to be honest. I know that I want this and I want to be a nurse. I am really frustrated! I could use any advice...? I am looking at the Saunders comprehensive book for NCLEX right now. Anybody here have used that and found that useful. Perhaps I have to focus on the content? I really don't know... :cry: