feeling the pressure and anxiety..

Breathe!! You can do this! Trust your training and yourself. Positive thinking. Do not have a spirit of defeat. Praying for you :)

The NCLEX is a difficult test.. Don't beat yourself up about it!! You got this.. Go in there saying "I own this test it does not own me!"

Well for one thing I study in scrubs. Weird but reminds you what your working for :) I suggest going shopping for a couple of brand new ones. You CAN do this. I talked with a woman that works with retesters and she said typically people pass the 2nd time around because the only thing standing in their way was their anxiety. You know what the beast looks like, you almost wrangled the beast down but this time YOU WILL. :) no pressure just faith. I don't know if you have anything else in your life right now but maybe you start ripping pages out of nclex books and do 1-2 pages an hour. Anything to keep you going that is less of a nuisance and more like a habit. Self talk too. Do a pep talk in your head every day. All really weird stuff but worth a try? Obviously everything does not work with everyone.

I totally understand. I too failed the first time and my second test date is coming up next week. After the first test I did a lot of content review of specific disorders/diseases. I also took the Hurst live review course and that really helped me "get" some things that were fuzzy, like ABG's, certain procedures as to what you would worry the patient might have afterward, etc. So I am way more confident in that respect. My fear is the anxiety will take over the day of the test. I have extreme test anxiety, MD diagnosed & treated, so I am afraid I will get a question in front of me and I will freeze. I am also afraid (yes I said afraid) of "select all that apply" questions. I NEVER get those right. I either add one that shouldn't be added or leave one off that should be added. I've tried doing them as true/false but unless they are blantenly obvious I will miss them EVERY time. I will say I think those of us who have taken the test once already are more likely to pass the second time. We know what to expect. We know we have studied our butts off for this and we are not going to give up so THIS TIME IS OUR TIME! WE WILL PASS! WE WILL GET OVER THE NERVES & DO WHAT WE MUST TO GET OUR LICENSE! I know I didn't go through nursing school at the ripe old age of 55-57 (57 now) just to watch my life long dream of becoming a nurse get flushed. You and I are nurses in our hearts already. After the 2nd test we will be Registered Nurses! Our time is near....our time is HERE! Lets go do this! If you want to exchange emails let me know. It would be nice to have a cheering person in my corner and I will most certainly be in yours! Brenda D