Studying for 4th time around...please read and help me

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Specializes in Pedatrics, Intensive Care Unit.

I have officially failed the nclex rn 3x. I am about to start studying for my 4th time around. I have tried kaplan, decision tree was not helpful to me AT ALL! i was scoring 70-80 on all qbank and question trainer, even went into the local kaplan center to take extra practice tests scoring that high as well. i know bought the prentice hall book. im looking for any encouragment or just suggestions. pharmacology is what trips me up the most.

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I am so sorry to hear your news! I ahve failed twice, and will bet taking again next month sometime. I did the kaplan online live review at the end of dec. It wasnt what i thought it would be but i do think the decision tree can help with some of the questions it doesn't help with all of them. I have decided that i need more content review so that is what i am focusing on. don't give up we can do it! best of luck!

michele

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You would know better but have you considered that you know the material?

I have a friend, she failed the NCLEX 2 times, studied and studied and knew the material but still failed. She passed the exam the third time and what she did different was this. She bought 2 books solely dedicated to test taking strategies - Saunders Strategies for Success for the NCLEX and Fa Davis Test Taking Strategies for the NCLEX. She read these books from front to back. One of them, I forget which, had this sheet in it to help figure out why your getting certain questions wrong so she used this. It helped her realize there was a pattern to what she was doing wrong - like she was getting certain types of questions wrong so then she went back to the Test Taking book and read the chapter on priority questions and interventions or whatever was her problem area. Then she would go back to reviewing, making sure to use the assessment sheet to figure out her weak areas and reviewing them as needed. The last piece of advice I would give you is that at this point, WHEN YOU GET A QUESTION WRONG, ONLY READ THE RATIONALE FOR THE RIGHT ANSWER. I know many people say to read all of them, but a great professor once told me that when you are preparing for a cummulative exam and have a lot of information to remember, reading all the rationales is not a good idea. She said doing so, your brain can sometimes remember the wrong info, sometimes remembers the rationale for the wrong answer instead of the right one. IF YOU THINK THIS MIGHT BE HAPPENING TO YOU, TRY IT OUT!!

Good Luck!

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Don't give up....keep on studying....good luck.

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Specializes in Home Health CM.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune. One of the reviews I am doing is really helpful for me. If you can email me, I can send you a link of some info that may be helpful for you as well.

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okay so i just finished my 3rd nclex test today and i was hoping after i finished the test that ill pass this time... but then i got a phone call from a friend saying she new a pearson trick where i can get my results right away, so i did it and i think i fail... anyways, i think ill be studying again for the fourth time to take the test and i don't know just yet what to do... im depressed and i don't know how to tell my parents yet coz they expect a lot of things from me... but im still thinking of going to kaplan for my review because they really give a lot of hints and how to answer the test correctly... i just wanna know either what are the best way possible to succeed on the nclex rn exam...

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
okay so i just finished my 3rd nclex test today and i was hoping after i finished the test that ill pass this time... but then i got a phone call from a friend saying she new a pearson trick where i can get my results right away, so i did it and i think i fail... anyways, i think ill be studying again for the fourth time to take the test and i don't know just yet what to do... im depressed and i don't know how to tell my parents yet coz they expect a lot of things from me... but im still thinking of going to kaplan for my review because they really give a lot of hints and how to answer the test correctly... i just wanna know either what are the best way possible to succeed on the nclex rn exam...

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Specializes in Psych, Skilled Nursing.
I have officially failed the nclex rn 3x. I am about to start studying for my 4th time around. I have tried kaplan, decision tree was not helpful to me AT ALL! i was scoring 70-80 on all qbank and question trainer, even went into the local kaplan center to take extra practice tests scoring that high as well. i know bought the prentice hall book. im looking for any encouragment or just suggestions. pharmacology is what trips me up the most.

please help

Hi Murphy, I know how it feels to fail since I failed my first test but here's what I did.

https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/2nd-time-passer-433756.html

I self reviewed for both my tests. I know it's hard to get focused especially when you are pressured of passing the test, but don't lose hope. As for Pharma, what I did was before I sleep at night, I scanned the pharma section of my Davis book which has a separate chapter for pharma and read all the medicines there. I did that for 2 weeks I guess. Plus the labs, normal values. I did not try to memorize but rather noted the hallmark of a certain drugs, like for example, If you are about to give Metropolol, you should check the BP and Heart Rate of a patient. Some meds often have GI side effects, some nausea and vomiting. Good luck! :)

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Wishing you good luck this time around. Hope your efforts prove successful.

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DO~NOT~ GIVE~UP!!!!!!!!!! I never gave up on my self. i did n u can do it. wishing u all d best.

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its been three weeks or maybe a month.... i stopped counting the days since the day i knew i failed... i really was so depressed no until now i am depressed... i can't say im trying to be back on track but i keep on stopping and feeling so useless and helpless and at the same time doubting myself if i can still do it or if i will ever do it... i did the first step the other day, mailing my reapplication to brn... i hope ill receive it by next week so i will have the willingness and encouragement to take my test again/....

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I am studying for the 4th time also. It is very depressing to fail. I study every day 100-200 question with rationales only. I also work 12hr shifts as a LPN. I am completely exhausted, but I want this bad. Keep studying and don't give up. I am curently studying Pharmacology and Nursing made insanley easy. I am able to remember and retain the informaiotn I read. It teaches a totally different way of learning the infomation. I hope this help. Tiny3 :nurse:

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