To Those of You That Have Take the Nclex RN Multi. Times

[female12233]

I have taken the Nclex for my RN twice now and apparently even though i met in areas and was above in areas that wasn't good enough! So needless to say I will be taking my boards for a thrid time. All I could think about this time though was that if I don't pass this time I don't know if I'll be able to keep trying. I mean the amount of grief that you have over not passing is insane. I have never cried and had a meltdown over a test like i have this one. It doesn't make sense to me why I havn't passed. Whats worse is that I felt pretty good about this past one and thought I was going to pass. Everyone told me that I had passed that there was no reason I shouldn't have. I had started to believe them, I WANTED TO BELIEVE THEM. Afterall I'm smart and I'm a good nurse already (i work as a LPN now) so then why couldn't I pass this thing? If when I finally get back to studying for my boards(I'm on break for a week, i think i deserve at least that) and then finally schedule to schedule for my boards for the thrid time if i dont make it this time... I dont know if i can go through telling everyone AGAIN that i didnt pass! I dont understand why some pass and others don't. I am seriously starting to think that its just luck of the draw. Cause there is a new nurse that i work with who fell asleep during her boards and still passed on top of the fact that she's scary to work with. She had to give someone an enema and had never done it before and thought apparently that she knew how to do it. Only she never took the cap off before administering it two days later and big laughs from the radiology department they finally found it. The pt got scheduled for the apporpraite procedure and it got removed. The sad part is she has done other things as well that just make you say "Are you kidding me?" So how can someone like her pass and not me? I just dont get it I'm trying to overcome this feeling of being defeated. It's just soo hard though. I know my potential I know that I'm a good nurse. So then why cant I pass this thing?? I've taken the appropraite steps even gone through the kaplan coorifice when I was in school. I studied like I have NEVER studied for anything before! I don't know. How did all of you cope with the beast known as the nclex and further more if you had to retake it what did you do differently with studying the next go around??? How did you keep the motivation to keep trying?? :typing: :crash_com: :behindpc:

[PA_CoffeeFreak]

Don't give up! Give yourself time to heal from this latest attempt but refocus. This is something you CAN do! I prayed for guidance. All the time. Without having any kind of spiritual perspective I don't know how I would have been able to study or pass the test. Something else I did to keep myself motivated was to read the inspirational stories of others. My favorite is of someone who refused to give up on her dream of becoming a RN and passed the NCLEX on her 6th try. I read this each time I felt down and was amazed at her determination. Her story made me cry reading it!

https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/i-passed-ever-379209.html

When I first took the NCLEX my study schedule was not consistent and I freaked out. The second time I made sure to evaluate my weaknesses in knowledge, studying techniques and tested myself to make sure I was progressing. Here is how I studied:

https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/passed-nclex-2nd-410134.html#post3761189

[wintergurl060]

Hello female12233;

I'm sorry to read about your misfortunate with NCLEX-RN. I will make a comment and please don't get angry, I am not advocating for the nurse who delivers poor patient care......

Error #1, please do not worry about the incompetent nurse's method, because that only exhausts you, causing you to waste too much time and energy, your extra time and energy should be directed towards passing the exam.....the bottom line is and please don't get angry, the person is a better test taker than you, the person may be incompetent, but nevertheless a better test taker, so let administration handle this problem...it is out of your hands.

NCLEX-RN.....concentrate on answering NCLEX questions their (NCLEX) way......I believe you when you say you studied HARD and LONG.....but if you don't answer NCLEX like the way the exam is setup, then you will be defeated....I took the exam a week ago for the 1st time and pass with 75 Qs......it wasn't hard, just mental drainage, totally mental....I had 7-8 ped Qs, 8-9 med Qs, 9-10 SATA Qs, a positioning Q, 6-7 disease Qs, 5-6 diet Qs, 2-3 priorization Qs, 1-2 infection control Qs, 1 diaster Q, 1 math Q and the rest was everything inbetween consisting of comma, comma, and Qs (I had many of those, and absolutely hated them!!). Those comma, comma, and Qs were something else. They were very, very tricky. I studied for the NCLEX-RN in a very, very unorthodox way....... One of my Q consisted of delegation, I know very well a nurse's tech could perform this procedure because I worked as a nurse's aide and perform the procedure many, many times, however in NCLEX world, the nurse's tech is unable to perform the procedure....another trick the exam throws at you to see if you were paying close attention or reading the Q correctly.

Finally, I know you can pass the NCLEX, never, never give up hope. I totally agree with PA Coffee to pray and ask the Lord for guidance and strength....I prayed constantly and still do!

Wishing you good luck and I know YOU WILL PASS!!!!