Taking the nclex-rn for the 5th....

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Before I begin I would like to say congrats to those who took boards for the first time and passed and those that are retakers and have passed:-) December will be the 5th time that I will take the nclex and words really can not describe how I feel at this point, except that I remaining positive and I continue to pray daily. I pray God willing this will be my final and last time sitting in front of that computer. I love this site because it offers great resources, advice and of course encouragement. A good friend from allnurses helped with a study plan and I am following that daily. I feel very confident this time. Before I was anxious and I have major testing anxiety, so much that my PCP prescribe me a beta blocker which I never ended up taking the fourth time I took boards.

I have tried many resources and I can honestly say that different sources work for different people so I am not here to say one is better than the other. I pray morning and night that I can see my dream of becoming and RN. God is good and with much study I will pass the beast lol. A few scriptures keep me going during my study regimen: Mark 11:24 "Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in pray believe that you have received and it will be yours. Phili 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

I am studying daily with no time off just little breaks and I sticking with my studying schedule as if my life depended on it lol.

For those of you retaking the nclex, we can do this! We can conquer this test and encourage others all at the same time, study hard and always remember to pray because he hears all prays no matter what we have to believe. Good luck to everyone taking boards and God Bless.

PS any advice for up and coming weeks before boards?

Those are good resources...also try frye's 3300 a friend on here told me about book and it's really good, I also used exam cram and made index cards as I studied and did questions. My big day is coming soon ill keep u updated! Good luck and God bless.

My recommendation , kaplan for Q and A, Hurst and saunders for content. The nclex questions has the same difficulty with kaplan q and a.. Good luck guys.

Update:Finished reading exam cram, frye's 3300 and lacharity as of last week...now I am reviewing the flashcards that I made and also doing 100 questions a day, till the day before my test day (which is next week!) So far so good. I pray daily for God to decrease my anxiety and help me to retain the knowledge and apply my critical thinking skills accordingly when the test day arrives. Good luck everyone. Please keep me in your prayers:)

Specializes in Hospice.

i feel for you.. God bless on your exams.. im currently working on my take 2..i took last sept27 and ddnt made it.. the same day i had appendicitis, then appendectomy the next day..

hopefully i can make it this time..no date yet, im planning to have it on January..im only using Kaplan

Hello everyone, I am happy to have found this website, I took my nclex-rn for the 5th time today, and feel so insecure, i answered all 265 questions, in about 5 hours. By the time i finished, i felt completely drained and with a huge headache. Now i have mix feelings, I've read a lot of posts of people that answered all 265 questions and have passed, only a couple of persons said they didn't make it.

The previous times, the most i answered was 163, and when i got my results it was frustrating to find out that in all of the content the result was "near the passing score".

What i did different this time, is that i focused only on 1 review curse, that was Kaplan, i studied for 3 months, and i think i did better this time, at least i know that if the computer didn't shut down, i was still in the game.

I pray that the results are positive, but i guess i have to wait since California doesn't offer the quick results.

Congratulations to all whom have passed, and let's keep praying for a passing score!

Specializes in Hospice.
Hello everyone, I am happy to have found this website, I took my nclex-rn for the 5th time today, and feel so insecure, i answered all 265 questions, in about 5 hours. By the time i finished, i felt completely drained and with a huge headache. Now i have mix feelings, I've read a lot of posts of people that answered all 265 questions and have passed, only a couple of persons said they didn't make it.

The previous times, the most i answered was 163, and when i got my results it was frustrating to find out that in all of the content the result was "near the passing score".

What i did different this time, is that i focused only on 1 review curse, that was Kaplan, i studied for 3 months, and i think i did better this time, at least i know that if the computer didn't shut down, i was still in the game.

I pray that the results are positive, but i guess i have to wait since California doesn't offer the quick results.

Congratulations to all whom have passed, and let's keep praying for a passing score!

keep your faith..good luck on you result. but i guess as what they say you can try the pearsonvue trick..and check the BON website on the next few days

Hi thank you for your good wishes! Question, what is the pearson vue trick??? Will you let me know? Thanks!!!

Specializes in Hospice.

Update: Took the Nclex-rn today! Computer shut off at 90 something. I went in there with full confidence and the questions were kinda difficult but I was able to elminate two right off the back! I had lots of priority, infection control and about 5-6 SATA. I took a break at question 90, I used the restroom and after I finishing doing my business, I got on my knees in the stall and I prayed my heart out to God. I got a sip of water and went back in. I told myself if I kept getting questions then I was still in good standing. After I sat down I did maybe 3-4 questions and the computer screen went blue. I said another pray to my Lord and Savior then took that dreadful survey lol. I walk out praying to God that was the last time I had to walk into the pearsonvue building. I'm too chicken to try the pvt so for right now I'm praying and meditating on God's word. I'll everyone updated.

Face your fear :) Try the PVT

stopped at 93-94th question seems to be a good indicator that you passed...I'll pray for you and hope you passed because you deserve it

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