Study Group in Jacksonville, FL

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basically, i need to be surrounded by people who have the same goals as i have. I WANT TO PASS THE NCLEX. all my friends have passed the nclex and its just me who hasnt....and plus the fact that all my friends who passed are all in California.

brief background.....graduated BSN mar 06. took the nclex the 1st time mar 07 then the 2nd time april 07. failed both times. 1st time i failed i was crushed. studied 2 days after getting the news that i failed. 2nd time i failed, i was like "oh ok. i dont care".....Im tired of this non-RN life. I graduated with a Bachelor's for crying out loud!!!!! i need some form of motivation. i need a support group.

i plan to take my 3rd nclex this coming may. hopefully, i pass this time. i cannot endure waiting like this and being so helpless anymore. i want to pass, i need to pass. i have started with some of suzanne's plan....but i have been concentrating more with kaplan.

im frustrated and devastated. my bf feels like i am destroying and torturing myself with not doing the only thing i have had the priviledge of getting education from. i even know that this thread is all jumbled primarily because my head is unorganized. hopefully you guys can help me.

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Hey, I tryed to make a study group here, in San Francisco. I got nobody :(

I also failed 2 times, so I know how you feel. If you do not get anyone you can call me, so we can support each other. PM me for my phone number if you want.

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Hi!

I too live in Jax. I just moved here 2 weeks ago =) I also have my bachelors and graduated in May 2007. I took my boards in August and did not pass. I was beyond devistated and it took me awhile to pick myself up again. I decided to take the wonderful kaplan that everyone talks about and feel that up to this point it has worked. I take my boards again on Friday and am I freaking once again but I know I am ready. I finished all of the qbank today and got a 64 on test 6. If you want to talk or just need support feel free!! I know exactly where you are at :heartbeat

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Hi!

I too live in Jax. I just moved here 2 weeks ago =) I also have my bachelors and graduated in May 2007. I took my boards in August and did not pass. I was beyond devistated and it took me awhile to pick myself up again. I decided to take the wonderful kaplan that everyone talks about and feel that up to this point it has worked. I take my boards again on Friday and am I freaking once again but I know I am ready. I finished all of the qbank today and got a 64 on test 6. If you want to talk or just need support feel free!! I know exactly where you are at :heartbeat

SWEET! finally, someone from jacksonville! :nuke: all the luck on friday. how long did you study? in terms of months? and how long did you study per day? like for the review of questions on kaplan, did you take down notes or just listened and watched the video? that section is taking me forever to get done with since im copying the q&a's and the rationales. i wish you the best on friday. let me know whats goin on and your preparations. :)

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Well, I studied ALOT! Maybe too much. I went to the kaplan course first and got that out of the way. I then went home and started the course book. It took my 2 straight weeks to listen to the lectures but I did about 4-6 hours a day of just listening. Then, I went onto the questions. I did one of the seven tests about each week roughly and went over every rationale:right or wrong. I also did Qbank. I actually just finished it yesterday and I think that program is great. It is A LOT of work but I did about 125 per day depending on my mood. I did it on tutor mode because I felt it was better that way because you get the rationale right then which I liked. For every one I got wrong, I wrote them down in a notebook and overlooked it every night. My scores on the question trainers were ranging from 57-64. I actually am not going to do the last test because I am way too overwhelmed =( On test 6 which I did Tuesday, I got a 64! I was so excited and I knew I showed great improvement. Today I am just going to go over the rationale of test 6, read over the ob chapter, and calling it a day. I would not burn yourself out at the end. You want to mentally ready. The day before (tomorrow) I am going to the beach and getting my nails done and staying away from it and going to pray lol If you have any questions please let me know. I know exactly how you feel. All my nursing friends live elsewhere. Some passed and some didn't but I really don't talk much to any of them anymore. Wish me luck on Friday!!!:bowingpur

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