In this testimonial video, Damion Jenkins interviews Donna Thomas, a Baltimore‑based nurse who failed the NCLEX three times before enrolling in Jenkins’ “NCLEX Strategies for Success” program. Donna describes how the program’s one‑on‑one tutoring, critical‑thinking training, test‑taking strategies, and the Readiness Predictor test gave her the confidence and skills needed to finally pass the exam and become a registered nurse. She contrasts the program’s focus on big‑picture concepts and decision‑making with traditional nursing school content and notes that while she used UWorld as a question bank, it did not provide the strategies she needed. Jenkins explains that the curriculum is already aligned with the upcoming Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) format, emphasizing that the passing standard remains unchanged and that the program will include specific NGN tips. Donna strongly recommends the program to other LPNs, RN candidates, and even nursing schools as a supplemental resource. The video concludes with a call to action, directing viewers to thenursespeak.com/passnclex for various program options, live events, and tutoring sessions.
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Okay, Donna, congratulations again for passing the NCLEX and getting your registered nurse license. Hooray! Yay! This is so exciting, and you must be so proud of yourself. You've done a lot of work to get here. Um, so, you know, the purpose of this video is just to to spend just a couple minutes letting other people know a little bit about your NCLEX journey and how you feel that my NCLEX Strategies for Success program helped you get over that hurdle to get your license. So let's start with, just introduce yourself and let everyone know kind of where you started in the process and what your NCLEX journey was like for you.
My name is Donna Thomas. I'm from Baltimore, Maryland. I was a repeat test taker until I found Damion Jenkins. Damion has given me the keys to the NCLEX success. Yeah. 'Cause I have failed the NCLEX 3 times and I was just going to remain as an LPN until the executive director of the Maryland Board of Nursing Karen Evans said to me, "Donna, you need to call Damion Jenkins." So right after that, Damion, you provided me with the roadmap to success, which included the one-on-one tutoring sessions, especially the critically thinking. I really needed that. Yeah, and the strategies to pass the NCLEX, the test-taking strategies and the curriculum. Basically, with the Readiness, the predictor test, it provided me everything that I needed to pass the NCLEX. So today I am a registered nurse. Oh, thank you to Damion Jenkins. Thank you, thank you. Thank you for holding me accountable.
Yeah, absolutely.
Not giving up on me and building my confidence.
Absolutely.
Order— in order for me to pass that NCLEX.
Because absolutely, you know, it's really my pleasure. This is why I do what I do. I've created this program to help people in all different levels of their nursing journey. You know, you are already a working licensed practitioner, you know, practical nurse. You've been doing it for a very long time, right? How many years were you working as an LPN?
I finished high school back in 1982, so I've been an LPN all that time, right?
So, you know, for those of you listening, you know, an LPN with this many years of experience still having some struggle with the critical thinking and answering NCLEX-style questions. So, you know, let me ask you, Donna, if someone is on the fence of going into my program thinking, well, I feel like my nursing school was really good, I really feel like they prepared me for the NCLEX what would you say to them about, you know, should they invest in the program, um, should they not? What do you think anyone would benefit if they're kind of on the fence?
I would think they definitely would benefit because the strategies you provide anyone, you give them basically all the tools that they need to pass the NCLEX. It's right there.
And so, you know, you obviously had to go to RN school so you can sit for the RN exam. Um, did you learn a lot of stuff in my program that you feel like you didn't really get in nursing school?
Yes, the test-taking strategies. You don't, you don't get that from going to school. And the critical thinking, you don't always get that from, right, from school. So the test-taking strategies and the critical thinking was able to allow me to pass the NCLEX.
Awesome. And so if— do you think that Even if you feel like you have a strong test-taking skill, even if you feel like you have strong critical thinking skills, would you say that my program would give someone the validation that they need to know where they are so that they can move forward confidently with their test date?
Yes, it still, it still helps.
Yes, absolutely.
Your program definitely helps even though they may have the test-taking skills and the critical thinking, the base— the basis of what you give out of your program provides enough information to pass that NCLEX.
Yes, very good. And so I know one of your concerns was that you wanted to pass the NCLEX before April 1st, before the Next Gen NCLEX goes live. Um, but honestly, I just want to say this for everyone who's sees this review is that the NGN, although some of the question types are changing and they are leveling up the difficulty level, everything that I teach in my program still will help you pass NGN-level questions because they have not changed the passing standard. The passing standard is not changing. So your ability to still critically think and know your roles and responsibilities in the nursing process and all of the rules that govern decision-making is not changing. In In fact, there's going to be more opportunity for you to showcase that skill in the NGN version. So if you're watching this testimonial and you're going to be testing April 1st, 2023 or later, um, the program's already geared for NGN success, but I will be having some NGN tips specifically related to the new test format, um, that's going to be going live in my program here at the end of the month. So Donna, one more question. What would you say to schools of nursing if they feel like, you know, they don't really need any kind of additional resource, um, for their students? Would you, would you ask professors of yours to say, hey, anyone who struggles with the NCLEX, um, they should go to Damion immediately and get into his program? Would you recommend that for schools as a resource?
Most definitely, yes, I would.
So, you know, with that, the reason why I asked this question is because how many test prep programs, services, or resources did you use before you came across me?
Just one, and that was UWorld.
Yeah, so did UWorld teach you the strategies you needed?
No, no, it did not.
I will say, for all of those good, good folks out there that use UWorld, and for anyone who's listening that works at UWorld, Um, I still highly recommend UWorld as a test bank because the questions are really great. They're really high level. They're written, they follow the rules of the NCLEX. Um, I've been trying to get kind of at least a little bit of a discount for UWorld for my clients so that they can have access to that amazing, uh, Q bank.
Yes.
But, um, there's all kinds of test prep programs and resources out there, and what a lot of them do that my program does not is basically teach nursing school all over again. And so you don't need to sit through nursing school all over again if you graduate. So my program does not go content heavy, it goes more big picture concepts, roles and responsibilities, and being able to know where you are in the nursing process so that you can make good informed decisions, remain objective, you know, lean on the rules to help you make decisions. And my favorite phrase: to make decisions based on what you know to be true.
That's correct.
So awesome, Donna. Thank you so much for sharing, you know, your review on this program. Any last little tips of advice that you would give for anyone who's trying to pass the NCLEX, whether it's the PN or the RN?
I would suggest that if you're struggling out there and you really, really want to pass the new generation NCLEX, the RN or the LPN, please call Damion Jenkins today. Don't put off tomorrow. Call today.
Thank you. Thank you so much. And for anyone again who's watching this, you can always go to thenursespeak.com/passnclex and you'll be able to see all of the amazing opportunities that I have for your NCLEX success. I have live events coming up, I have in-person seminar, weekend seminars, online weekend seminars, plus I have the self-paced program, and then the program that you signed up that included the 3 2-hour tutoring sessions. So I have lots of different ways that people can connect with me and learn these expert strategies for NCLEX success. Thanks again, Registered Nurse Thomas.
Thank you, thank you.
I hope to see you in the field here in Baltimore soon. I need to get down to Baltimore and visit anyway, so next time I'm down, I'll, you know, hit you up and maybe hit me up coffee or something.
