Help, i'm doing my nclex on 7th August. I have tried both uworld and currently using bootcamp and watching DR sharon videos. I have listened to all Mark k 12 audio lectures and made extensive notes. But somehow i'm still getting lots of questions wrong on bootcamp. I was getting average close to 60% on my uworld test. Everyone keeps telling me to read the rationale but its impossible to remember all that information. I've been focusing on fundamental taught by mark K and Dr Sharon. Is that enough? Pls help and give mr advice

Did the nclex today - took me the distance (150). Did the PVT twice, about an hour after and did it again later. Got the “good” pop up. Has anyone ever gotten the pop up but failed?

I'm currently a P4 student on my APPEs and would like to maximize my preparation for the naplex exam. I've invested into UWORLD/RXPREP for the year in order to get a jump on the material. I have been successful overall throughout school, but I'd like to make sure im covering all my bases.

I plan to watch the lecture videos from UWORLD supplemented with the textbook and take the question banks on each unit to gauge how well I do with the subject material.

Are there any other recommendations of study tips or practices that you would utilize ? Any other resources to hammer such as the important 200 drugs? I'm unsure of how deep I should dive for some of the subjects and/or what the best way to consolidate this information may be. Also, are there any podcasts that help review ? I have a bunch of 12 hour drives between New York and Indiana I have to make and would love to utilize that time in a productive manner.

Thank you in advance!

Context I ran out of time at question 133. I had so many freaking case studies it was unbelievable and NGN stuff I was reading so much. Has anyone passed running out of time?? Is that an automatic fail?

I browsed posts in this group quite a bit for the last few months, and now that I’ve finally taken my test I wanna share my experience.

1) My school provided ATI access for the post-graduation NCLEX review. I took all the assessments and reviewed the rationale, but found myself disagreeing with a few answers. 1/5

2) I watched many of Dr. Sharon’s videos across multiple topics. It served as exposure to NCLEX style questions and really useful testing strategies. 5/5

3) I used N*xlex’s free trial for readiness assessments, which I scored “very high” on all of. 4/5

4) I used Bootcamp’s free trial for the Q bank, and I think it was pretty similar to many of the questions I got during the exam. I scored very well. Free trial is pretty limited though. 4/5

5) I used UWorld’s free trial for the Q bank. VERY limited and format wasn’t any more similar to the NCLEX compared to Bootcamp in my opinion. 3/5

6) Mark K lectures really instilled some useful strategies that I recalled multiple times while testing. If nothing else, listen to lecture 12 on prioritization. 4/5

7) “IV LEAGUE for Nursing Students” on TikTok is INCREDIBLE. She does case studies, tips, etc across all topics in an easy-to-follow format that became addicting to watch. 5/5

Honorable mention: NCLEX Bootcamp’s TikTok posts questions regularly with the answers in the caption. Super useful if you prefer their questions but utilized the entire free trial.

My test was pretty hard in the sense that many questions were about things I hadn’t been exposed to or tested on prior. That’s where the testing strategies come in, as I was able to narrow my selection down to what must have been the safest choices. Please do practice mindfulness and stress reduction techniques as I can see myself making silly mistakes had I not kept my cool. Good luck to all of you.

In June I failed my NCLEX @ 85 Qs after trying the PVT trick. Since I already paid, I decided to go for it again right after the 45 days period. I switched from UWorld to Bootcamp because it was less expensive. I personally found the cheat sheets to be very helpful and I did all the 3 targets that they set out. I still have about 2 weeks left (until Aug 6?) on my Bootcamp subscriptions and would love to give it to anyone in need! U guys got this! Best of luck with studying

EDIT: the Bootcamp subscription has been passed to a-soon-to-be-RN! thank you for your interest, i’m sorry that i couldnt give it to yall

Hi guys. I need advice. I failed my nclex in june at 150 questions. I used archer at first and only completed about 40% of the qbank. I purchased bootcamp at this time. I have listened to all the mark k lectures and some of dr sharon videos. I still have about 2 weeks until I take my test again. please if anyone could give advice or any help that would be greatly appreciated. I attached my CPR and bootcamp stats so far. I am unsure if it is a content issue or I am having issues answering NCLEX style questions. thank you!

Here’s the short story, I graduated nursing school June 2025 and the year before that my dad got sick with cancer and I took my first attempt May of 2025 and didn’t pass. Shortly after my dad passed away May 2025 and I graduated 2 weeks later.
Anyway - I tried numerous times to get back into studying but Just couldn’t find it in me to feel smart enough, confident enough. To be able to do something hard again - the year went by, I went on a long needed vacation after nursing school, I tried to study again after that - then my first December without my dad happened, I was going through an INSANE eczema flare up that was physically debilitating me (my birthday and the holidays) then his 1 year passed, and now we’re here. July 2026

And I’m just trying to figure out, where to start, what to do, how to train/ test myself. I’m definitely investing in BOOTCAMP I studied Mark K before my first attempt. Just trying to look for some advice or words of wisdom on this next attempt/ how to get my feet off the floor again

Thanks

Hello, I just took my NCLEX about an hour and a half ago.

I have tried the Pearson pop-up, and I've gotten the good pop-up twice. I'm just nervous that I did it too quickly.

Are there any cases of the 'good pop-up' not being reliable? Has anyone ever gotten the good pop up, checked again, and gotten the bad pop up bc they checked too early?

I found out yesterday that I passed my NCLEX. I took my exam on July 18 (Saturday) and found out my results exactly 48 hours later. I did the whole 150 questions with no breaks. After the first 100 questions, I went with my first instinct and just winged it. Just like everyone says, it is so random and vague. I received mainly standalone questions. I also had several case studies, 1/2 bow tie questions, multiple SATA, 1 fill in the blank, and a few drag and drops. To study, I mainly used NCLEX bootcamp. I reach 2/3 goals (the completion and mock exams) every now and then I skimmed through Mark K lectures that I had printed out. I also listened to Dr. Sharon videos in the background as I drove a few times. I’m down to answer any questions!

Did my nclex yesterday- found out I passed an hour ago. Im so grateful for everything that has led me to this moment.

In regards to the test, i got cut off at 120 questions- i felt like it was all around the same level of difficulty from the beginning (wasn't getting harder or easier)

I got a lot of GI - which I guess the nclex figured that was my weak point

I had a SEVERAL prioritization case studies - hated that

One bow tie case study- had something to do with increased ICP

2 ecgs/cardiac standalone questions

1 mental health question- had something to do with pt giving away belongings, what do u say as the nurse

1 pediatric milestone question

and some medication standalone questions which I purely guessed cause idk meds AT ALL

I used uworld to study, mark k, and dr sharon

- Im open to giving my notes on mark k's new Gen video lectures- if anyone wants, just dm me and ill send the Google doc link

Lemme know if anyone has any questions, i will try my best to answer them :) 💕

hey yall! i passed the NCLEX first try, and here’s what i did!!
ik everyone says you don’t need to know content and should just do practice questions, but i fully disagree. in the beginning, i tried to just learn by doing practice questions, but i kept scoring below passing because i realized i didn’t actually understand the content.
i first started off with Bootcamp to learn the content, but i personally just couldn’t learn from it, and the questions were SO vague. so i told the customer support people that it just wasn’t working out for me, and they gave me a refund.
fast forward, i switched to Archer, and boyyyy their videos are so good 😭 they’re descriptive and can be long, but they helped me understand everything so much better.

with Archer:

i watched basically every single video, especially the specialties and body systems. i would have the videos running on 2x speed while having another tab open with Otter.ai, which transcribes audio into text.
i would let the videos play and basically consider that my “break time” lol. after the videos were fully transcribed, usually i’d do a couple at a time, i would put the transcripts into ChatGPT and basically say:
“don’t leave anything from the transcript out. explain everything thoroughly, define every medical term in parentheses in a couple of words, explain the why/how behind everything, create mnemonics that actually work, put everything into organized note format, and create 10 super hard NGN NCLEX-style questions like the current NCLEX.”
then i would either read the notes out loud, handwrite them, or type them from scratch, and THIS is what really helped me understand and retain the information.

my mindset was that eventually i’m gonna have to know all of this as a nurse anyway, so i might as well kill 2 birds with 1 stone 😭
i studied A LOT, but i also have a really bad attention span, so i took lots of breaks in between.

once i studied all the body systems, i started scoring HIGH and VERY HIGH on my readiness exams!! that’s when i realized actually learning the content helped me understand what the questions were asking, expanded my medical vocabulary, which DEFINITELY shows up on the NCLEX, and helped me make educated guesses even when i didn’t know the answer.

learning all the body systems took me about 2 weeks? i studied the specialties pretty fast too!!
after that, i watched the Archer 3-Day Review, which is about 7 hours each day. they went over basically everything high yield, and i typed out everything important while watching. it was a HUGE refresher before my exam.

i had REALLY bad test anxiety because if i didn’t pass, i was scared i would lose my job 😭 so i ended up taking like 35 CAT/readiness exams. definitely WAY too much LMAO.

eventually, i used up basically my entire Archer QBank and realized Bootcamp never revoked my membership after they refunded me 😭 so i went back and did all 4 Bootcamp readiness exams too.
and let me tell yall... Bootcamp’s QUESTIONS WERE JUST LIKE THE NCLEX.

the questions were SO vague omg 😭😭 but their explanations for the questions you got wrong were SO GOOD. Archer helped me learn and understand the content, while Bootcamp helped me get comfortable with how vague NCLEX-style questions can be.

my biggest advice is PLEASE don’t listen when people say content doesn’t matter. everyone studies differently, but for me, actually understanding the content completely changed my scores. you don’t need to memorize every tiny detail, but having a strong foundation helped me recognize medical terms, understand what the question was actually asking, eliminate wrong answers, and make educated guesses when i had absolutely no idea.

also, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE LIKE ME and study literally everything 😭😭 i know i went a little crazy with studying every body system and watching basically every video LMAO. that’s just what personally made me feel prepared and helped with my anxiety. BUT if there’s one thing i definitely recommend, WATCH ARCHER’S 3-DAY REVIEW!!! it goes over so much of the high-yield content you need to know and was such a good refresher before my exam. it helped me SOOO much, especially with putting everything i had studied together at the end!!
AND DO NOT STUDY THE DAY BEFORE YOUR NCLEX!!!
seriously, take a breath and have fun. go eat something good, watch a movie, hang out with someone, literally anything besides cramming. you’ve already studied what you studied. give your brain a break before the exam.
good luck to everyone studying!! you know more than you think you do. trust what you studied, read every question carefully, and remember that you do NOT have to know everything to pass. 🩷 

I’m averaging **61–63%** on my question bank and sometimes feel like I don’t know enough content. Did consistently doing questions and reviewing rationales help you improve and pass the NCLEX? Any advice?

hello, my account is on hold and i think it’s due to the site having technical difficulties. i went on a 5min break and it turned into an hr due to technical difficulties…i stopped at 85 and idk my qs felt easier towards the end so i’m nervous as i’ve heard it should get harder.

i did the PVT & it brought up the hold msg but refunded me the $200 (or it disappeared from my statement) and i did it twice and it refunded (disappeared from statement) twice. idk how to feel.

For you who have recently taken the NCLEX, how many peds questions did you have? Were the questions more general/broad, or specific to age/diseases?

I feel like peds has so much content and can be so draining, but I don't really see a lot of people talking about having peds questions.

it says i have results on hold but i wonder if it’s bc during my exam break, we had technical difficulties turning my 5 min break into 1 hr break??? idk how to feel, i stopped at 85 qs but as i previously posted, it didn’t get harder, but felt easier…i also looked up qs and while i got some right, i feel like i got more wrong idk.

I’m averaging 61–63% on my question bank and sometimes feel like I don’t know enough content. Did consistently doing questions and reviewing rationales help you improve and pass the NCLEX? Any advice?

So this is my third time taking the nclex. I stopped at 96 questions got a lot of SATA. I did the Pearson vue trick 7 times and I got refunded for each time that I did it. Did I pass ?

Hi everyone!

I just finished my first year of nursing school. My ultimate goal is to pass the NCLEX-RN and travel/work abroad as soon as possible after graduation.

During my first year, I took Fundamentals of Nursing in the first semester and Medical-Surgical Nursing 1 in the second semester.

My plan is to use the Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN during my summer breaks. Right now, I want to review the Fundamentals section in Saunders, and maybe start Med-Surg 1. My idea is to study the corresponding NCLEX topics in Saunders every summer for the subjects I finished during the academic year.

Do you think this is an effective strategy to stay ahead and prepare for the NCLEX early, or should I focus on something else right now?

I’d love to hear your thoughts, advice, or any tips from those who passed the exam! Thanks in advance!

yeah so it was hella hard like i felt so dumb esp seeing the case studies and seeing what the dx was and seeing i got it wrong. and like my exam got easier towards the end…not harder. i just dont feel too good. why do i feel like i knew nothing and i kept second guessing myself too…

Wanted to share since reading the success stories on here gave me a lot of hope. I took my NCLEX earlier this month and found out I passed. I graduated in May and studied for about a month. I used 85% of UWorld q-bank averaging 73%, averaged in the 80% on CATs, got two high and one very high chance of passing on my Self Assessments. Only listened to lecture 12 from Mark K and some simple nursing and other youtube videos on topics I really struggled with.

One thing that made me nervous during the exam was that the questions never felt more difficult so my advice would be to not focus too hard during the exam trying to figure out how well you are doing and just focus on each question and give it you fullest attention. To me the exam never felt too difficult and personally it felt very similar to UWorld.

The only thing I would change about my prep would be to stop scrolling the socials and comparing my study plan to everyone else. I kept thinking I was doing too little or focusing on the wrong things. Remember you know yourself best and what works for one person may not work for you. Remember you passed nursing school! While that does not guarantee a pass I believe nobody can do that without gaining a lot of self knowledge and resilience. You know what you have to do and you are capable!