Understanding the Challenge of NCLEX Exam Prep week 9 With the amount of information needed to be covered, it can be overwhelming to study for the NCLEX, whereby nursing students are mostly spending a lot of time studying, and yet they are unable to memorize the information very efficiently. The secret of passing the exam does not involve studying hard, but using smart ways, and success in the NCLEX exam prep is associated with the knowledge of the basics of nursing and its application of the subject topic in real-life situations, and the capacity to develop long-term learning strategies.