FEAR of NCLEX

[vannyze]

OK, so I got my LPN back in 2013...passed with minimum questions on first attempt. I took a bridge program and graduated RN school in August of 2015...yeah I know... Its been a while. Life kept getting in the way...I hadn't really been studying but I would do questions every now and then. Well finally, a month ago I decided I couldn't put things off any longer...I registered and got my ATT two weeks ago, and I have been practicing about 100 questions/day since... I have my test scheduled for this Sat. Do you think two and a half weeks of pratcing NCLEX questions is sufficient. I'm using UWORLD and scores are in the mid 60%. I just want to get this over with... Im sick of my parents/coworkers asking about it and sick of this test looming over my head. This past year has been a huge emotional/ financial struggle and I haven't been focused...but the truth is, I could have done this months ago...its the fear of failing that's holding me back and I don't even kno why I'm afraid... NCLEX PN was not bad...but I'm havining nightmares about this test... So what do you guys think...should I reschedule?

[umbdude, MSN, APRN]

I wouldn't reschedule if you're consistently scoring in the 60s with UWorld (that's a pretty good score for uWorld). Just go for it. It's okay to fail in life. Most successful people have failed many times. Just get back up, learn from the past, and try again.

[vannyze]

Thanks umbdude...I think that's something I need to remind mysef that..."its OK to fail in life"...grrr...OK I'll just take a breath and try to relax....loi

[JJL618, RN]

That is good advice. I too am afraid of failure, but someone on another board gave me several examples of people who had failed before they succeeded. And these are people I would never have guessed would fail.

I also wish I would have followed this advice back in 2006 when I failed one class in nursing school and instead of going back, I switched majors. Now I'm looking to start nursing school again. It was a shock to my ego because I had always made good grades, but I also wasn't used to working, and nursing school is just about a full time job IMO. So this time around if I get in, I will treat it like a job and work harder to achieve my degree.