Like most, I am a frequent lurker, never a poster. However, I am in a mental crisis. I graduated May 2014, I had a job lined up in the ICU and started working as a graduated nurse, had been a PCA there for a year already. I took my nclex and in August and failed with all 265 questions. Of course I was sad, however, I did not study, I was working full time and was enjoying the chump change increase of my grad nurse pay. I had nobody to blame but myself because I knew I didn't prepare properly. I took Hurst in April and started doing the questions and videos less than a week before I took the test.
Well after laying in my bed for 2 weeks, I signed up to take it again in October, I was going to be ready this time. I signed up for the NCSBN 3 weeks and did those questions and some of the content. When I got to the test it was a hot mess. I took it in a ghetto area of houston and there were car alarms going off, ppl outside cursing that i could clearly hear. I cried at the least 3 times while taking the test. Once again, got all the to 265 and failed.
Didn't really require much mourning because I had already failed before so it wasn't like anything in life was changing, just getting more and more broke by the day. ( I live at home with my parents who support me but I know they are tired looking at me and vice versa)
But to the reason Im writing this, my mom got me the kaplan on demand review. I watched all the videos and just took my first q trainer... i got 73% !!!! I don't understand, how can i receive 73% yet they say you should get at least 60% to pass... What am I doing wrong on Nclex?? I plan on taking it again December 3rd as soon as the 45 days is up because I'm going into debt... and yesterday I had to ask for 200 from my mother..she gave it to me...but the look she gave me was on of disappointment.. I'm 24 years old, I'm ready to start my life. I can't keep letting the NCLEX determine my life. I have an amazing job in the ICU waiting on me with amazing pay. Im watching my classmates move into new places and buy mercedes while my dad still pays my car note smh. I got a prescription for adderall 20 mg xr a few days ago. It has helped me with my studying, i can sit for 8 hours now and just study lol. never been able to do that.
Sorry this is so long, but this needs to be the last time I take this test and I'm scared I may become depressed. How can I keep failing nclex with 265 questions yet make a decent score on a kaplan trainer? It doesn't make sense to me. And did kaplan help? should I study something else? I hate saunders and I have LaCharity, gonna use that too. Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you
