The Nclex is very very hard.

depress nurse · Sep 24, 2009

I understadn all the mixed feeling of anxiety yet stay calm'

sgallardo70 · Sep 25, 2009

So how come a lot of people still failing if NCLEX is not that HARD..or some say its easy for them...Is this mean that some people are just really intelligent than the other? I thought this test is not testing you of how much you know? instead of how you react on some situational nursing problem...If you able to graduate from a nursing program this test should be easy right?? Can someone tell me why people still failing this exam? All i know is this is a HARD exam..Because i study really hard on my last two exam and when i get to the real test..its very different..the questions are out of context..not even a bedside nursing questions...they make this hard for everybody to pass...even some questions are not from the book anymore...this is my opinion...Its was ridiculous..

i totally agree with you. i took my nclex-pn on 9-23, in ohio. i felt like i new nothing while taking that test. it was very hard. i can check my quick results tomorrow but i know i failed it. i've already started looking at what books i should use for studying. i had the max. 205 ?'s and i feel like i guessed at 120 of them. that test made me feel like i was stupid.

brichielpn08, BSN, RN · Sep 25, 2009

.Anyhow...Good luck!...and pray that we all get tru this someway, somehow..it will end all the trouble and misery for going to take this exam..will be over ..soon.

joycee8 · Sep 25, 2009

:clphnds::ancong!:

I passed :)

depress nurse · Sep 25, 2009

thank you for the great support 2brichielpn08 - sure we all appreciate that - seems like so much review books out there but when you get to the actual test it's totally different and you tend to black out and look stupid just doesn't makes sense - we all set good quality time to prepare yet seems like pointless- people who sets those questions in the exams are almost all retired old nurses so somehow they don't have a clue how it is they don't have to go through what we are going thru they are all grandfather in and they expect us to provide safe nursing while they themself don't know even how? sure in a given situation we all can save a patient on the spot yet we can't save a patient via a computer - just so unfair yet can't argue with it:argue: - it maybe a matter of luck i know a number of people that haven't studied much at all yet they pass i don't get it:cry: :confused: - we pass thru nursing school w/ all the courage we can all pass this as well w/ a positive attitude and give all what we have learned and known. good luck to all !!! with all prayers an perseverance we can hardle it!! :yeah: :loveya:

joycee8 · Sep 25, 2009

so how come a lot of people still failing if nclex is not that hard..or some say its easy for them...is this mean that some people are just really intelligent than the other? i thought this test is not testing you of how much you know? instead of how you react on some situational nursing problem...if you able to graduate from a nursing program this test should be easy right?? can someone tell me why people still failing this exam? all i know is this is a hard exam..because i study really hard on my last two exam and when i get to the real test..its very different..the questions are out of context..not even a bedside nursing questions...they make this hard for everybody to pass...even some questions are not from the book anymore...this is my opinion...its was ridiculous..

well, according to some books like nsna and saunders, nclex questions are based on at least two books, you just have to know or be familiar with the nursing content then practice questions and paying attention on right and wrong rationale. about me, i've read more than 8,000 but less than 10,000 qs. i followed the steps of some people advised here to start the easy qs b4 doing kaplan questions. i started with lippincott and saunders then to the harder qs, which is kaplan. i can say that the nclex questions are a way different of all the questions i've practice and strongly agree with some post here that the rationale is important.

thanks to spiderman mneumonic of infection control, it's a huge helped for me and my friend! i think most of them we had answered correctly, although it's tricky but our compilation of infection control information from this site really helped us. honestly, i really got a low score of infection control before i found the spiderman. i don't have time to read the too much information of cdc website.

you may want to review each nursing category and then try to answer few questions with same nursing content or category before moving to other category and then if you are ready to brush up your knowledge you can do 100-200 questions two weeks before the exam. evaluate you weak areas (e.g. physiological, implementation, analysis, etc....) and fix it before your nclex schedule.

about me, before i went to the testing center i opened this site http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywm6swu8f9c and sang "lead me lord" for 4mins and then pray not only for myself but also for my friends and people here in allnurses.com who really praying and studying hard just to pass. we should not be selfish for our prayers so the blessings will come smoothly.

to god be the glory! nclex-rn, i passed with 75qs on my 1st try and a week after, my friend also passed on her 2nd try with 75qs but failed on her 1st try by kaplan alone! we studied the same materials and some notes posted here. we finished our degree outside us. i have many thread here posted the books that i used. by the way, her sister pn also passed on 1st try! isn't that amazing???

keep reading this helpful site too! study hard and pray hardest!