3rd Try isn't the Charm

Nursing Students NCLEX

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Took the damn thing again and I know I did worse. I took the Hurst review, scored in the 70's on Exam Cram and NCLEX 4000, but couldn't answer the simplest questions on the NCLEX. I had 265 the last time I failed & only 80 this time. I somehow managed to digress after taking a review, gaining more knowledge, and scoring better on practice exams. But how did that correlate with the actual test?....You can tell me to have hope, but it doesn't take a genius to figure out when you get a question around number 50 dealing with the basic signs and symptoms of dehydration that you are below the line, and shutting off at 80 indicates epic fail...

Here's to another month and a half of working as a CA with no money......

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Just because you got a different number to last time and you feel you have failed doesn't mean you have. Hang in there whilst you wait for your results. Good luck

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It's great to be positive, and I appreciate that. But there is no optimism on this end. I don't have to see the results to know that I failed. You can't get basic questions on BP and dehydration in the middle of 80 questions and think that you will pass. In order to pass in that short of question span one needs at least 60 in a row above the line, and if getting questions on the topics I mentioned more than once constitutes above the line, then it's a miracle (which just simply isn't the case because BP and dehydration are bonehead questions that this bonehead can't answer correctly).

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try not to despair. Let us know how you did when you get your results. Take some time to relax and take your mind off of things until then

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One shouldn't dwell on negative thoughts until the results are known. Give yourself the benefit of the doubt. Wishing you good luck.

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Took the damn thing again and I know I did worse. I took the Hurst review, scored in the 70's on Exam Cram and NCLEX 4000, but couldn't answer the simplest questions on the NCLEX. I had 265 the last time I failed & only 80 this time. I somehow managed to digress after taking a review, gaining more knowledge, and scoring better on practice exams. But how did that correlate with the actual test?....You can tell me to have hope, but it doesn't take a genius to figure out when you get a question around number 50 dealing with the basic signs and symptoms of dehydration that you are below the line, and shutting off at 80 indicates epic fail...

Here's to another month and a half of working as a CA with no money......

is there a lot of prioritization? or more on facts...?

actually i dont know which one is easier to answer... :(

and which one is freebies???

just be postitive. and a lot of prayers.... :saint::saint::saint:

my friend passed for the 2nd time, he didnt even feel that he's gonna pass...

he just prayed... and prayed... god is still good. :wink2:

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Have you gotten your results yet?

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