RETAKING NCLEX- HOW TO BETTER PREPARE THE SECOND TIME

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jun 20, 2019

Go back to answering questions and reading the rationale, even those you get right. Look at what the keywords are and the rationale should help you find them so you know what you are looking at when answering the questions

jburag2 · Jun 20, 2019

thanks for the feedback. I am just wondering if I should keep using UWORLD...

SunshineNRainbows, BSN, RN · Jun 20, 2019

Ok, tough love time... I just passed in 75/76 (I don't remember anymore it's a little bit of a blur).

Listening to everyone who says UWORLD is the best and just use that... you aren't everyone else, everyone needs to find what works for them. For me, I failed my Exit Exam, so I purchased the online Hurst review and I used UWorld for questions after reviewing content on Hurst. Funny part? I increased my general scores 25% points, and only made it halfway thru the Hurst review. But, it taught me how to approach and breakdown the questions, it taught me a different way to look at things and process the information, and that's what helped me pass.

But, what worked for me, might not work for you. You need to see what your weaknesses were... and find a strategy for those difficult spots. I feel I've see a lot of people get so hung up on UWORLD and getting questions wrong, that they go crazy taking new notes and reviewing all their school notes. That's overload I feel... you need to know how to read the question (not in terms of language but in terms of NCLEX interpretation). Oh, my final UWORLD standing was 63 percentile! Sooooo....it's not bad, it's a great program with lots of great information, but it's not a cure all...

BellaCat · Jun 23, 2019

totally agree with Sunshinee! i used nothing but uworld and guess what, i failed the test big time !!! on the test, nothing of what i saw on uworld was on there . i literally missed my content and test taking strategies! so now, i am going back to what did worked for me when i was studying for my lvn ?

Kahalaukane, MSN, RN, NP · Jun 24, 2019

I did Uworld and took notes on every rationale and then read through them everyday. Not super detailed notes, just stuff I thought was important, maybe 2-3 sentences each. NCLEX was literally the easiest test I took after a few weeks of doing that.