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These are my tips on passing the NCLEX with 75 questions.

Background on me, I am a Jamaican trained Registered Nurse, I did my BSN in Jamaica and worked there for 3 years before signing with Avant Healthcare Professionals to immigrate to the USA. I sat the NCLEX exam while working full-time hours in Jamaica as a registered nurse.

This was my third NCLEX attempt – I sat the exam almost 8 months after failing the second time. Passed 75 questions.

Things I did differently;

1. I took 4-5 weeks to study and sat the exam in week 6.
2. I removed all social media apps from my phone.
3. I designated study times, whatever time I could be consistent to study for at least 2 hours undisturbed was my study time.
4. I studied a total of 6-8 hours a day, broken up at different times.
5. I took a 15 min break after an hour, during this break I treated it like a NCLEX break, spoke to no one, did not check my phone, had sips of water and sometimes a light snack.
6. I did not study fatigued or after a long shift, I studied first thing in the morning because that is the time I am my sharpest, even if it meant waking up 2-3 hours prior to my regular wake up time to start my days.
7. I did all the questions in UWORLD (KAPLAN) – I did every question and reviewed every rationale whether or not I got the question correct. I had to understand why they had it as correct to ensure I was thinking like the NCLEX in the perfect hospital world.
8. I also did some light review on NCSBN Extended Review, I completed all the questions in their question bank as well.
9. I started with 20 questions in 2 hours and gradually built up my test-taking abilities and strategies until I was doing 150 questions a day in the last 2 weeks of my study period.
10. If you failed the exam, remember it is mentally exhausting, if you need to give yourself time to process the fail, GIVE, YOURSELF, TIME. Do whatever it takes to put yourself back in that mental capacity to do this exam.
11. Lastly, be kind to yourself, you have made it through nursing school you are enough, you are smart enough, you can do this!

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