What were changes to your study habit/material that helped you pass after failing?

[JPGasmin]

What were things you learned and changed in regards to your study habit and material after failing the NCLEX?

This is what I learned:

1st attempt: I only studied core content, and did not do questions, failed in 76

2nd attempt: Did questions but did not focus on my weaknesses, failed in 240

You can learn a lot from failing and from the mistakes of others. So I want to know what you learned and changed after failing, so I can learn now and not fail again.

[jepoy1989]

1st attempt: you did core content but never practiced questions and failed in 76. that shows you that content wasn't enough for practicing to take NCLEX. go over your notes when you did all your contents, read through it, understand it then practice 100 questions everyday and read all rationale even if its right.

2nd attempt:You did practice questions but did not focus on your weakness. you should focus on your weakness. because you wouldn't know what's gonna come up on the exam. you were actually getting close though. 240 questions means the computer keeps giving you a chance, but wasn't enough to pass you. like what i mentioned. go over your notes, practice 100 questions everyday, read all rationales.

based on my exp. I also failed twice myself and working on the 3rd one as well. actually i am taking my NCLEX this coming Tuesday, and i know I am well prepared this time than the way I prepared myself in the past test. I actually ordered kaplan self-paced. Watched all their content videos for hours and hours. take notes as much as I could. then at the end of the video I read all my notes. of course you need to rest up, stretch you butt of, get something to drink, go to the washroom etc. after that then I practice 100 question. from day 1 my score was not good. but as the day go by, the more a practice i do things started to changed. my grades were gradually increasing. from 60% sometimes below 60% which frustrates me for the first week to 75-85% towards finishing kaplan qbank. Like other people keeps saying in this forum "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE" "READ ALL RATIONALES" etc. you can do it the next time.

[dorrybnursing]

I failed my first NCLEX with 130 questions. For my second attempt I used Brilliantnurse.com, this prep site focuses more on breaking down and understanding the questions rather than content. I passed the second attempt 45 days later with 75 questions.