4th attempt at NCLEX - need advice please!.

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Hey everyone. I've taken the NCLEX RN exam 3 times and I have been unsuccessful each time. First time I studied out of a friends hurst review book. Second time I just did a ton of practice questions. The 3rd time I used a Kaplan review book and did practice questions. I've been out of school for a year now which doesn't help my situation. Also, I'm a single mom that works full time at a minimum wage job. I just paid $300 to retake the exam hopefully by the end of July. I can't afford to pay for $350 review courses or anything like that. So my question is, what would be something good yet affordable for me to use to prepare to study again? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!.

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Try Exam Cram. I bought it on Amazon for maybe $30.00..I used the 4th edition..I used hurst and Exam Cram for questions and I passed. Good Luck!

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Specializes in Emergency, Tele, Med Surg, DOU, ICU.

I did most of Kaplan's Qbank and 4 question trainers. I didn't have the time to read The Kaplan book but from glancing, it looks pretty good. It's free to download via kindle at Amazon

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Most books u can get from your local library like the Exam Cram, Kaplan strategies, Delegation and Priority of Delegation. Download free apps on your mobile. Do at least 100 questions daily everyday (50 in am 50 before bed).

I also bought 3 wk program $50 from NCSBN (writers of the NCLEX).

Good Luck!

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Does your state require remediation after 3 attempts? Some do and it may be helpful.

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Does your state require remediation after 3 attempts? Some do and it may be helpful.

I live in MS. I'm honestly not sure. How would I check into that?

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Thank you to all that have replied on here!. I'm going to the library today to look into the books. And my mom just bought me an iphone for Mothers Day so I'm going to try to look at some of these apps.

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I looked up NCSBN.. Is that 3 weeks work at your own pace kind of thing? I do believe I'm gonna give it a try.

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