[KellySaraLynne]

I took NCLEX-RN on monday morning and since then I have felt so sick. There are moments when I forget that I just took the most important test of my entire life and I feel ok, then I remember and the stomach pains come rushing back.

I had 75 questions I think, I know it was in the 70s when it cut off and it had to be at least 75. Mine seemed like they were ALL medications and teaching about medications, tons of prioritization with a few reg. teaching ?s and a little psych thrown in for good measure. Pharm is my absolute worst and those medications were so strange, without even prefixes or suffixes to go off of. I swear, some of them looked like they were names of Russian cities or something.

I am so worried I failed I cannot do anything. I have so much riding on this. I am getting married in a few weeks and both his family and mine are waiting with bated breath to hear my results, as well as a few friends from school. Also I have a great job in CICU waiting for me and if I dont pass, they told me I would probably lose my spot there, although I could get a job on another unit.

So far, no one out of my nursing class has failed and I do not want to be the one who screws up the trend. Our teachers were so obsessed with us having 100% pass rate. I will be so upset and embarassed if I failed but I just do not feel good about it at all. I know everyone says that so I have no idea what to think.

[cousx2]

Except for the part about getting married in a month (I got married last year), I could have written your post. I took it on Monday and it sounds like my test was identical to yours. I get my results tomorrow too. It was 75 questions and it felt like 90% of the test was about meds I have never heard of. Everyone in my class has passed so far too, and I would hate to be the first to break the trend. I'm a PCT and I am supposed to start orienting with my nurse next week--I will be so humiliated if I failed. I wish I could say something more comforting than until we know for sure, don't lose hope. I'm as scared and nervous as you are, but we don't know for sure one way or the other. Please let us know.

[KellySaraLynne]

I should find out after 9am tomorrow. I will be sure to post my results on this thread. I dont know if I will be able to sleep by then. I'm feeling a strong urge to clean my entire house top to bottom to keep my mind off of it. At least tomorrows the 4th and I'm going to a cookout at my best friend's house so if I dont pass, I will be able to stay occupied. I really want to be positive about it, but I'm afraid to. I feel like there is no amount I could have studied to be prepared about that test!!!!! I mean, who can memorize the side effects/interactions/dosage of ten billion medicines?? Not even a pharmacist would probably know all of that!

I wanted questions on cardiac and GI, diabetes, stuff that I actually studied. I mean I studied pharm too, I spend my whole last week doing only pharm on the Qbank and in my Kaplan book, but it only helped on a question or two. My school didnt have a separate pharmacology class, I wish now that we would have.

[cousx2]

OMG, you read my mind again! I said the same thing to my husband: "Not even a pharmacist knows that many drugs!" That's why the PDR exists. Even my doctor looks up medications. I didn't get asked a lot of med-surg questions either. My SON has a separate pharm course, but it was over a year ago, and honestly, it didn't help. We studied prototype medications, and the drugs I saw on Monday were obscure. During the test I was like, seriously, did you guys just make up that name right now? On the positive side... maybe those were high level questions? If we haven't even heard of the drugs, the question must be pretty hard, and that's a good sign, right?

Lord, I can't sleep. I have 8 hours until my results.

[jessi1106]

My fingers are crossed for both of you!

[KellySaraLynne]

I just checked Pearson Vue for my results and they were finally available. I PASSED! Thank you God!!!!!!!!!

[NICU_nurse2b]

Originally Posted by KellySaraLynne

I just checked Pearson Vue for my results and they were finally available. I PASSED! Thank you God!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATS

[moongirl]

I took it July 2nd also, with 75 questions.
PASSED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Moon, RN

[cousx2]

Congratulations!!!!!
That's awesome news. Now you can have a happy and relaxing 4th, nurse.

[tatarn2b2007]

I took it on Monday too and I just found out I passed!!!!!!!! There are not enough exclamation points in the world to express how shocked and happy I am!! Congrats to all of you!!