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Hi nurses, I was hoping one of you kind hearts could help me out with something.

My wife recently didn't pass NCLEX and is bummed out about it because it may have cost her a job that was waiting for her.  She is of course determined to try it again and pass and me being the helpless husband was hoping one of you can maybe help me be not so helpless?

I've been looking everywhere for this "Suzanne's plan" for NCLEX.  I know it was part of that "other" nurses forum and that is no longer posted there.  To make it worse, seems like those who did have it aren't allowed to talk or post about it. 

Anyway, I'm asking if perhaps one of you who have it could email it to me?  I would never reveal where I got it from, but people seem to swear by it and my wife did NOT have a good experience at Kaplan, so I'm thinking this could maybe be up her alley.  I've looked everywhere for it online and only got the first part of the plan, about doing the Saunders tests and all that.

Again, anyone who can help would get a huge thank you from someone who really would appreciate it, and hopefully give me wife some hope? Okay, I want to get a big hug from her too when she passes.  :)

Thanks for reading this and god bless.  My email is crlemos@yahoo.com.

Thanks again!

husbandneedshelp says ...

Hi nurses, I was hoping one of you kind hearts could help me out with something.

My wife recently didn't pass NCLEX and is bummed out about it because it may have cost her a job that was waiting for her.  She is of course determined to try it again and pass and me being the helpless husband was hoping one of you can maybe help me be not so helpless?

I've been looking everywhere for this "Suzanne's plan" for NCLEX.  I know it was part of that "other" nurses forum and that is no longer posted there.  To make it worse, seems like those who did have it aren't allowed to talk or post about it. 

I've looked for the plan.  Suzanne apparently was a moderator on allnurses.com.  She would only give out the plan in bits and peices, after students finished each individual section, whatever they were.  Then she left as a moderator and the thread was closed "to protect her copyright."

This sounds fishy to me.  I have no idea what the plan was but if it was so great, why did allnurses.com close the thread?  Why hasn't she published it?  I smell a scam.

Try Kaplan's reivew, or similar review source.  There are several and they are all pretty good.

Practice NCLEX questions.  Do 10 in 15 minutes.  Use a kitchen timer.  When you get to 100%, do 10 in 14 minutes, then 13 minutes and so on.   This trains your brain in how to read, interpret and pick the correct answer quickly.  Move on and don't go back.

Since your wife only failed the first time, she needs to review her resources, practice NCLEX questions, and possibly take a review course before retaking it.  Odds are she'll be successful the second time.

Her employer may allow her to continue in a CNA role until she passes or she may be out of luck.  But once she gets her license, the facility will likely rehire her.

If she is not successful after a second attempt, she needs to take a refresher course of some kind and work with a tutor to zero in on what her difficulty is.  The NCLEX sends you a list of your weak areas to help you study.

There is no magic plan to pass NCLEX.  You have to be able to analyze and synthesize information, and think critically.  You can get every knowledge based question right, and still fail NCLEX.  That's because NCLEX is really testing your ability to use good judgement, to USE what you know! 

Good luck

I'm a member at allnurses too for the simple fact that I am interested with the said plan. Just read last night that she is no longer offering the plan. Her reason, she doesn't want people to violate her privacy as well as the plan itself was formulated by Ms. Suzanne herself.

19 years ago, before I sat for boards, I spent about $200 on a 2 day crash course, that guaranteed you would pass or a full refund.  I can't recall the name of it, but it was 2 full days, and included a coursebook.  I imagine, that same course would be pretty expensive now, but well worth it.

She can also try The Hurst Review. I believe that it is offered online and/or in preson. The review was great when I took it about 6 years ago. Marlena Hurst made the systems make sense. A few classmates and I took it our third semester and felt that she was better than our teachers.  We weren't afraid of the "hard" subjects like heart anymore. The review was offered and we refreshed on it before taking boards with no additional cost. She guaranteed that we would pass the test or we could continue without cost or receive a refund. Most hospitals here even paid for the Hurst Review so we still received our money back. Long story short- we passed it first go round. So I tell everyone to take the Hurst Review.

Hello Everyone,

I'm new to nursing link. I graduated from an excelerated nursing program in Oklahoma in April. I havent taken boards yet because I had some problems with my application. I have been a LVN for 27 years, but I feel very stupid when it comes to studying and taking this exam. I a'm scared to death of failing this test. I'm thinking of taking the hurst review before I challenge this test next month which is September. Anyone have any other thoughts on this?

GO TO ALLNURSES.COM., THERE YOU WILL SEE SUZANNES PLAN AND WAYS TO GO ABOUT IT.

GOOODLUCK

CherryBlossom says ...

Hi dear

I have heard of the Suzanne Plan, but I haven't been able to find any information on it. However, I will recommend another resourse. ATI. www.atitesting.com I had the opportunity to study with test questions from ATI and they were very challenging. They do a really good job in test preparation. In fact I find those questions better to study with than the questions offered with Kaplan. I also studied with the book NCLEX-RN Questions & Answers Made Incredibly Easy which has about 3,500 questions in it. This book is very informative and provides a lot of practice doing questions.

 

       I have not heard of the Suzanne Plan, but the other sugestions above are golden.  We used the whole ATI system (DVDs, Books, Online Testing, Practice Test) and I can't say enough about it other that do it.  I also used Pearsonvues (the same company that admins. the NCLEX at the testing centers) computer based testing questions which was great to put together both short and long practice test sized to the amount of time I could put into it.  I made flash cards for the numbers games of nursing (Lab values, needle sizes, insulin types, ect.) and studied at red lights and on work breaks.  The other thing I can say is make sure your giving time to her to study and/or pushing her when she does not seem to want too (i.e. coach her).  Study habits are like exercise habits, if you do it often it becomes part of your being as all others are procrastinators and 'wanna bees.'  I didn't have a great deal of support from my wife for study time so I had to exert more effort in the middle of the night when my family was sleeping.  It would have been much better with support so see were you can sacrifice, but your already doing well in being an active player now, good job.  All the best wishes to you and yours.

 

High hopes & God speed - Tim, R.N.

Congratulations!  Happy to hear everything turned out well.

Cheers.

HURST REVIEW ALLL THE WAAAAYYYY BABYYYYYY! I FAILED MY NCLEX ONE TIME AND PASSED WITH HER!!! SHE IS THE BEST, I SWEAR TO GOD DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT ANYBODY TELLS YOU...SHE BREAKS DOWN THE WHOLE OF NURSING SCHOOL IN 4 DAYSSS, WAAAAY BETTER THAN MY INSTRUCTORS!!! IF YOUR WIFE USES HER, AND THEN DOES KAPLAN QUESTIONS, OR LIPPINCOTT'S, SHE WILL PASS!!! I MEAN DAMN EVERYTHING SHE SAID STUCK IN MY HEAD AND I CAN SPIT OUT EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERY SYSTEM!!!! SHE IS ABOUT STUDYING SMARTER, FOR GOD SAKES YOU CAN DO A MILLION QUESTIONS BUT NCLEX HAS A MILLION MORE, BUT IF YOU KNOW YOUR CORE CONTEN, YOU CAN ATTACK ANY QUESTION!! SHE IS THE BEST! I LOVE ME SOME MARLENE WITH HER COUNTRY SOUTHERN ACCENT!!