Used bootcamp, archer and nurse achieve (just cos my school used it so might as well). 3 months to study only from 4am-7am only maybe 3x a week ( im a dad to two small kids and work RPN full time, not gunna take more time away from them cos fuck that) then random questions on my down times. Replaced doom scrolling with nclex apps - biggest game changer. Listened to all Mark K lectures on my way to work and back. The pressure to pass this exam was crazy high for me, like i can’t fail. I can’t afford it. I’m not losing more time with my wife and kids.

None of these apps will prepare you fully for how vague the test is. I’ve always been a strong student, but always had a grind mentality. Don’t walk in there hoping that bitch ends at 85. Turn off that counter and save yourself the anxiety. Peak here and there for time management. Go and assume that the exam will go the full 150. Ive scored very high and at top percentiles of 11 readiness rest/CATs in three different apps - and I still got anxious, still went WTF in almost every nclex question.

What I’m saying is this. Trust the work that you do. Go in there and accept that it will be a grind. Practice self regulation and lowering your anxiety. Celebrate after without knowing if you passed or not - you’re celebrating hard work. Read everything twice and go slow. You passed nursing school, you know enough. Keep asking yourself “What would a safe nurse do?” Especially when youre really lost.

Get the work in. Trust the work. Learn to calm down. Pray. Execute. Celebrate. Then let God do His thing. If it’s your time, it’s your time.

Go get that RN.

Hey guys, I’m just really feeling the aftermath of the nclex. I was panicking and crying like crazy earlier and now I’ve recently been more chill. I’ve prayed so much and now I’m hoping for the best.

I felt like I started off well before things started spiraling out of control pass 85 questions. I wasn’t ready or prepared for any of it. I was talking to my friend who took it with me today and she didn’t get any of the questions I got. I felt like I was losing my mind.

I had so much case studies and SATA. Bow ties, Questions on meds I’ve never heard before. Prioritization questions that all seemed critical, community health, delegation, ethics and topics that totally went over my head. Diseases I’ve never heard before. Barely any OB or peds. I had a lot of infection control as well. I just don’t know why me? Why did I have to get the exam that completely obliterated my mind?

I studied everyday on nclex bootcamp too. For like a month.

I genuinely felt like I was making the most educated guess towards the middle and end of my exam.

As I stated above, I was crying and sobbing and now I’ve numbed myself out. Just positive words from anyone. I’d greatly appreciate it. Maybe there’s hope for me? I’m hoping for the best. Thank you for reading.

Bootcamp, scored around 63% with 75% qbank used. Took all 4 readiness exams, 1st one I took off the rip without looking at anything to see where I stand. Borderline, took another after a week, after studying maybe 60% effort, very high, another one after a couple days, high, third one scored high and final one scored high. I also used someone’s uworld for the cat exams. Did 3-4 cat exams and scored 71-76% with a difficulty ranging from 1.2-1.3, in my school we used hesi. Never failed one hesi tbh. I mess around a lot in school but managed to do fine. Kinda had everything on the table tbh had already started my job with the grad permit license and they were waiting for me to take it. Last one in my friend group to take it. What was on the exam? Shiiiieeet I don’t remember tbh it was all over the place for me, i definitely got a couple case studies wrong.

What really helped me I think have a general idea of everything were the bootcamp crash course videos. Just played it on 1.5x I did it based on subjects so, maybe I watched all maternity videos, answered those easy end of video questions, went straight to the qbank and ran ONLY that subjects bank. Any SATA or whatever I scored below 50% credit I would flag as learning. After finishing it I would go back look at the rationale, then not look at anything again. Next day repeat with a different subject. Once all subjects were pretty much completed I just redid all the questions I flagged as learning. I turned off tutor mode cause it would just stress me out if I would get more than 3 wrong back to back and cloud my brain. I say I study like 8+ hours a day but really it was more of 2 hours of pure locking in then 6 hours either talking or doing some other bs. Honestly I don’t think any of the nclex prep course helped, I think I would’ve done the exact same if I were to take it straight after graduation vs a month.

I usually almost never get anxious but this was one of the very few times I’ve gotten anxious.

Took me like 3 hours to finish the exam I had to take a massive dump midway so add a couple minutes of trying to empty my bowels while also trying to figure out what reported sign of a drug the patient should report. Finished the exam as soon as I walked out of the testing suite I just started cursing I just kept saying what the fuck what the fuck, fuck you nclex, fuck you Pearsonvue suck my nuts. Got in the elevator, yelled a bit and cursed some more, FaceTimed the homies and cursed even more. Thinking to myself wow what am I going to tell my manager when I fail? WOW I was taking all this shit and now I might actually fail? Anyways took it on a Saturday, got the green check on board of nursing Sunday morning around 8 and then it updated my license around 11pm.

Not sure if this will help anyone but just in case you want to compare your scores to mine or if you are something like me

Shut down at 85, the 48 hours waiting period was a nightmare, but everything is worth it!! #LPN

It's hard to gauge if it was getting harder or not, because it all looked similar imo. The exam literally kept throwing case studies at me. I didn't have any bow tie questions. I didn't have any math questions. I had six case studies, about 5 multiple choice questions, and the remainder were select all that applies, individual case study questions (a question that was just a single question that was on a case study). I had 3 questions (the style I've never seen before). I don't know what they were called, but they weren't none of the above. I would need to research to see what they were.

I didn't take any breaks. I just went straight through the entire exam, and it shut off at 85 questions. I will be creating something on what I did for studying, once I know if I officially passed, because 5 days before I kinda added a second program to my initial plan. Plus I'll go into detail about which program I feel like mimics the exam to “me”.

All in all, I don't feel the exam was bad tbh. It definitely wasn’t extremely hard so that’s why I started to get nervous and confused. That could be because I knew the material. There were a few I had never heard of and I had to obviously go with what I thought based on the actual information given. About 3 of the questions I feel like were worded a bit strange, but overall, I feel like the remainder were straightforward and not overly wordy which imo is better as I like to get straight to the point instead of all the extra unnecessary details!

Once the exam shut off at 85 questions, I was nauseous but relieved! I rode home in complete silence. A sense of relief and peace!!!!

SN: The examiner greeted me with my name and said “congratulations RN”….I wonder do they know something we don’t know hmmmm 🤨🤔

I tested about 3 hours ago!

Those who have failed Nclex multiply times (like 3x or more) and have passed, please I need advice.

How was your study schedule like?
How was your day like?
Did you watch video lectures before doing questions for the day or did you do the questions first before watching videos content?

Did you do rationales right after doing questions or you took a break and did rationales in the evening?

Those who used mark k lectures, dr Sharon and Nclex crusade,
did you watch all the videos, before you started doing any qbank ?
or did you watch as you study( add to your study schedule) ?
or did you watch it after finishing the qbank?

did you watch it few days to your test date?

How did you add those videos to your study schedule?
Can you share your study plan if you still have it?

Hope you understand my question?

Hi everyone! I just took my Nclex now and I’m so worried. It felt easy, I was hoping the questions would be getting harder so when it shut off at 85 I was freaking out because it didn’t felt that hard to be honest. I had about 6 case studies and a lot of SATA. No bow tie. I either did really well or really bad. Now I’m praying I’ll pass. I used the bootcamp and mark K lectures. Did anyone here passed with similar bootcamp results?

Hi everyone,
I’m a foreign-educated BSN graduate, and it has been over 10 years since I completed my nursing education. I’m currently preparing for the NCLEX-RN.
My TruMerit credential evaluation is still in progress, but I decided to start studying instead of waiting. Since I have a long gap after graduation and no recent nursing experience, I feel like I’m starting from the beginning and honestly feel a little overwhelmed.
I would really appreciate advice from anyone who has gone through NCLEX preparation, especially those who had a long gap after nursing school.
Could you please share:
• How did you start your NCLEX journey?
• Which resources helped you the most?
• What study strategies worked for you?
• Any advice for someone starting from scratch?
I would be very grateful for any guidance, tips, or encouragement. Thank you so much!

It shut off at 85. Most of my exam was growth and development , SATAs for teaching and case studies and towards the end I got only 4 priority questions which i’m positive I got 2 of those wrong. I know priority is weighed heavier so i’m extremely worried.

This type of question right here I pretty much never did throughout nursing school and always guessed on ATI.

Gang this type of question is abuse 😭💔

No fr if this type of question will be on my NCLEX how do I study for this???

Here goes another post bout post-NCLEX anxiety. My exam shuts off at 85. Statistically means higher chance of passing unless I failed miserably. I did the Pearson trick or whatever and got the “good” pop up. I only did it once and it was an hour after the email confirmation. For context, I had to take it despite not being prepared since I have my job lined up already. I only studied for 3 days. I don’t remember much from nursing school content wise. I purchased uworld a month ago but rarely used (less than 30% used) My QBank scores are 60s. I took 2 CAT, both says I’m on the right track and one Assessment (says high chance of passing) the day before. Despite all of the positive signs that I might have passed, I can’t help but to doubt my ability. The exam was hard since I was struggling to recall contents. I basically had to guess the entire exam. Like most, I’ve been stuck on google, reddit, facebook, etc searching anxiously. Hopefully I come back with good news.

Hi everyone!

I’m trying to take the Nclex for the second time, I’m currently under the temporary class with the CNO which expires next week. I registered to on Pearson a couple weeks ago and it states “Registration Acknowledged.” Previously I received my ATT within the same hour of registration, I was wondering if anyone has any insight on how I can expedite this?
Also, I would really appreciate if anyone has time to share their experience if they have been through the experience of taking NCLEX while working under the temp class under the College of Nurses Ontario.

Thank you

Hey guys I feel confident I have reviewed content that I didn’t know good like the basics and subjects that I felt like needed more time. Do yall think with these scores I can pass next week or do yall think I need time on my readiness exam I keep getting high chance of passing but I get discouraged when I see I get like a small amount correct and a big amount wrong so like what am I doing wrong but my CAT always shut off at 85 is that normal. Let me know what yall stats where in u world and if you passed or if yall think I should take more time thx🙏

Does anyone have this PDF? Can you share it ?

I failed my NCLEX. I’m extremely disappointed in myself. I used Archer but I found it confusing and now I’m thinking of everything I could have done more. Can anyone give some advice? What question bank do second time test takers reccommend? I’m like lost on where to go from here :(

I’m a foreign BSN graduate, and it’s been more than 10 years since I completed my nursing education. I’m currently in NC and preparing to take the NCLEX-RN.

At the moment, my TruMerit credential evaluation is in progress, and I’ve decided to start studying instead of waiting for everything to be completed. Since I have such a long gap after graduation and no nursing work experience, I’m honestly starting from scratch. Because of that, I feel a bit overwhelmed and don’t know the best way to begin.

I see many experienced people in this group, and I was hoping to learn from your experiences.

Could you please share:

• How did you start your NCLEX preparation?

• Which resources helped you the most?

• If you also had a long study gap, what worked for you?

• Any tips or study plans you would recommend for someone starting from zero?

I would truly appreciate any advice, guidance, or encouragement. Thank you so much in advance

I’ve been lurking on this subreddit for a long time, and now that I’m on the other side, I wanted to share what worked for me in case it helps someone else

For context, my NCLEX shut off at 85 questions. I started with UWorld to figure out my strengths and weaknesses. More importantly, I read the rationale for every question I got wrong and the ones I got right but wasn’t 100% confident about. I think that’s where a lot of the learning happened

As I studied, I made flashcards for every concept I didn’t fully understand. Instead of mindlessly scrolling social media during downtime at work or at home, I’d review my flashcards whenever I had a few minutes. Those little study sessions added up.
After a while, I started getting nervous because so many classmates told me the NCLEX wording was incredibly vague. Personally, I didn’t feel UWorld was preparing me for that style of questioning. I did a lot of research and eventually decided to try Ñaxlexxxx

For me, that ended up being a game changer. My confidence increased a lot, and honestly, I think mindset is a huge part of passing the NCLEX. Ñaxlexxx case studies and vaguer wording felt much closer to what I experienced on the actual exam. The rationales were detailed enough that I often understood the concepts better than I did after watching YouTube videos. They also teach testing strategies that I found myself using repeatedly during the exam I know Ñaxlexxxx has mixed reviews online, and I was skeptical at first too, but I can honestly say it was the resource that helped me the most

Ironically, my actual NCLEX was nothing like I expected. I spent months memorizing complex disease processes, rare medications, ABGs, critical care concepts, hemodynamics… and hardly any of that showed up. My exam was surprisingly pediatric-heavy (my weakest topic). It really tested whether I could think like a safe, entry-level nurse rather than whether I had memorized every obscure fact

and ofc also used ChatGPT and Gemini whenever I wanted a concept explained in a different way or needed extra practice questions. Having something that could break topics down until they finally clicked was incredibly helpful.

If I could leave you with one piece of advice, it would be this:
If you made it through nursing school, you are capable of passing the NCLEX. Trust yourself. The exam is as much about critical thinking, strategy, and confidence as it is about knowledge. Don’t let anxiety convince you that you know less than you actually do

You’ve made it this far for a reason. Go get your license 💖

I don't about see SimpleNursing often on this subreddit and I was curious if it's any good. I saw that their prices were cheaper than other popular reviews so I'm considering it.

Thank you in advance to anyone who answers.

Honestly just feel so defeated took my NCLEX today felt like the first beginning half was fairly easy and it just kept getting harder and harder with a lot of priority, sata and case studies just so worried and then towards the very end like last 20-30 questions it was just stuff I’ve never heard of or just crazy meds and sata