Third time taker of RN boards ... what suggestion/advice can you give???

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On Feb or early March will be my 3rd time. Any suggestion or advice in the way anyone studied for this 3rd try??

I will truly appreciate it.

It will be nice if people who took it twice and failed will give suggestions because we are all in the same boat.

Thank you in advance.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

We have threads with plenty of advice on study and support but you may find using Suzanne's plan a good one to try

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Specializes in Tele.

study like you've never studied before, and you will pass.

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Hey Don't Give Up!! I Was In The Same Boat Just 2 Months Ago. I Took The Hurst Review Online And Passed. I Really Understood The Information Better And Had A Better Idea Of How To Answer The Questions. I Actually Knew The Material After Taking The Test 2 Times. I Passed The Third Time, But After Testing, Still Did Not Feel Confident. You Will Do Fine-just Stay Relaxed! Good Luck

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Specializes in Neuro Surgery,telemetry.

take a few months break (amonth or 2 maybe). Condition yerself. Do not take the next nclex test just for the fact of taking it and see what the result will be. Have a study plan. See what have u done wrong in the past and try to correct it. read and understand. memorise only important values. NA, K, normal values, toxic level. Know and understand types of medicines. what it does, drug interactions, diets, know who to see first. a patient in severe pain or a patient who cannot breath. who when to isolate patients. Place yourself onto patient's shoes. what will happen to you if you have broken yer arm (fracture) or you have high blood pressure or when u r having high or low blood sugar. Place the scenario on ideal setting where all available stuff you need are ALL readily available. Read more on what you think is your weakness. Practice questions. calm down and pray. take the test when you feel you are ready. Reviewing medical terminology helped me as well as it giave me ideas on what type of disease it is by merely looking at its rootword (hyper=more, glyc=sugar, emia=disease or condition), again, memorization is not the key to passing nclex. It is how we understand and how we put learned knowledge and skills into action on ideal set up.

Best of Luck. Never give up. Always give it a try. those who end up being a looser are those people who gave up. As long as we keep on trying, we are never a looser but more so a fighter.

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Specializes in Surgical, Hospice, Private Practice.

Hello hello....

Just glad someone else is out there...

I am shocked that I didn't pass...I have hope, but haven't studied FOREVER, kinda been on strike and a bit grumpy about it...

Be great to chat once in awhile...

cheers,

jeni

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hi! we are on the same boat. I failed twice already and now planning to take my 3rd hopefully by march . I know exactly how you feel but ofcourse we have to move on and try again to be able to achieve our goals never give up i heard that there are others who took nclex 16 x and failed, but i hope we will never reached that point. good luck to all of us and hope we will make it on our third try with much more prayers...

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Specializes in Surgical, Hospice, Private Practice.

OMG!!!!!! 16x's???!!!!!

I would totally poooo!!!!

I'm probably shooting for March myself, which sadly is a year from when I took it last. It's soooooo surprising how quickly some things go by, like test time. I had one heck of a time with one of my nursing exams in school, only to find out AFTER I passed it, they changed the course req., and that one was waived if you were a active LPN...I was, booooooo!!!!! That alone would of saved me 1 year on my studies, but hey, we have our whole lives to work :)

I'll keep an eye out for you, and let me know how the studies are doing. I probably won't get back to the hard core stuff for another week or so, I'm thinking the 3 lil' ones are sort of enjoying me home and away from the books....

cheers,

jeni

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Hiiii! It is quite depressing when you failed BUT NEVER GIVE UP MY ALLNURSES FAMILY! Employers won't ask how many times you took the test before you passed it, it doesn't matter. Its just that there are few reasons why you failed. Its either, lack of review or strategy or there maybe an additional stressor aside from the exam itself but bottomline is NEVER GIVE UP, HAVE FAITH & COURAGE AND YOU'LL MAKE IT TOO.

Remember: You have worked hard to finish your studies in nursing, all you have to do now is to pass the exam and bear in mind , tell yourself that "Others made it and so do I!!!"

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Specializes in Neuro Surgery,telemetry.
I would totally poooo!!!!

I'm probably shooting for March myself, which sadly is a year from when I took it last.

cheers,

jeni

hey you know what, when I took NCLEX the first time and failed, i received my results DEC 24, 2006! I found out that I passed NCLEX DEC 24, 2007 on CA BON wensite! I havent thought about it until now! Amazing!

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Specializes in Surgical, Hospice, Private Practice.

WoW!!!! A very much due Christmas gift for you!!!!! And a year apart, ok, I'm thinking this is what is happening for the busier, probably nontraditional student set.....like myself, I'm a mama of three. I actually have my BS in Psych, years go by, have a baby(got married too)decided to go back to school to be a RN...reality kicked in, had another baby(a sad story though...she's in heaven) went into midwifery, got pregs AGAIN..all good, then YES, pregs again(boy/girl/boy/girl)...urged to come back to nursing school(LPN 1st)...being pregged out with a baby and toddler, my dean said I can do it!!!! Sheeeesh, being sleep deprived, working and a mama...I got through school...this is just ANOTHER task for nursejeni to tackle...I think I'm better with age, jut like wine, just that darn test anxiety kicks me in the hoohaw...I will be nursejeni RN...hopefully within the next few months....

thank u thank u

cheers and blessings

nursejeni

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Thanks to everyone who has shared their stories. Its good to hear that there are people who continues to strive hard despite "our" difficulties.

Thank you and may all of us pass the next time we take it.

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