I just have to know NOW! Really?

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I'm talking to you, the new grad who just took the NCLEX and is now "freaking out" because you can't get an immediate, definitive answer as to whether you passed. This is not a video game where you find out right away whether you got more gold coins or died. This is not even the ICU, where you dial up the pressors and the septic patient's BP goes up right away or it doesn't.

You, and every other NCLEX-taker, should forget the "PV trick" or any other grasp-at-straws method of gaming the official system. By now we expect that you, our new colleague, will be mature enough to wait to get your results from the only definitive source, the state board of nursing.

So it might take an extra day or two, or maybe until Monday. Oh, wow. Did you freak out because you didn't get your Christmas presents on December 22 right after you sat in Santa's lap at the mall? :)

You think you'll always get the answer you want immediately, all the time, every time, for the rest of your life? Newsflash: Not gonna happen. If this is the first time you had to wait, like, gee, 72 hours for something, then consider it practice for the many times this will occur in the rest of your life. If it isn't the first time, then, well, it isn't.

This too shall pass. Patience is a virtue. In a year-- heck, in a month or a week-- it won't matter one bit whether you found out the same day, in 12 hours, or on four days. Yes, I totally get how important getting licensed is to the rest of your life, to all your dreams for your future, to what you're going to say to your friends and family. You think every RN doesn't know that? Of course we do. We all did this before you, remember? However. Deep breath.

Try to act in a mature fashion, like important things have happened to you before and you handled them fine, and don't go around looking (and posting) so middle-school-drama-distraught. You know what? It will be what it will be. Try to hold onto that thought. It's out of your hands now, you did your best, and now you are waiting for the answer like the adult you must be if you have finished a professional course of study.

And good luck. We need you out here.

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I would like to ask why on earth you are even looking at this board? You clearly must go to STUDENT and then to NCLEX to get to these threads. So, if you know that students who are very eager to learn that they passed or failed are going to be posting such things then why would you even come here to see them?

It's nurses with this attitude that give our career the "eat their young," bad reputation. I'm disappointed in this. Until now, I have only read encouraging things and always felt that this was a safe place to vent frustrations and talk about our chosen career paths.

As far as the PVT goes, I have never heard of a single person that it has been wrong for as far as the "good pop-up" goes. I have heard that you may still pass even if you don't get the pop up, but never giving you the pop up if you'd actually failed.

Good luck, students! As a recent NCLEX participant and new RN I would like to say don't give up hope. We will have many Debbie Downers as we enter this profession but let's stick together and keep our heads high while ENCOURAGING one another and never letting others get us down. :)

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I would like to ask why on earth you are even looking at this board? You clearly must go to STUDENT and then to NCLEX to get to these threads. So, if you know that students who are very eager to learn that they passed or failed are going to be posting such things then why would you even come here to see them?

It's nurses with this attitude that give our career the "eat their young," bad reputation. I'm disappointed in this. Until now, I have only read encouraging things and always felt that this was a safe place to vent frustrations and talk about our chosen career paths.

As far as the PVT goes, I have never heard of a single person that it has been wrong for as far as the "good pop-up" goes. I have heard that you may still pass even if you don't get the pop up, but never giving you the pop up if you'd actually failed.

Good luck, students! As a recent NCLEX participant and new RN I would like to say don't give up hope. We will have many Debbie Downers as we enter this profession but let's stick together and keep our heads high while ENCOURAGING one another and never letting others get us down. :)

you are right, this nclex discussion forum is about the students you wanted to be a REGISTERED NURSE, who are defeated with this failure and the only place to go is through this NCLEX DISCUSSION FORUM. thank you for the encouragement jesss1289. i bet you gonna be a ggreat and therapeutic RN :)

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
I would like to ask why on earth you are even looking at this board? You clearly must go to STUDENT and then to NCLEX to get to these threads. So, if you know that students who are very eager to learn that they passed or failed are going to be posting such things then why would you even come here to see them?

Not everyone views posts by forum. I use the what's new tab and see all posts since my last visit. So posts from every forum will show up that way. It's a great way to find some amusing threads. I never specifically visit the ER forum, but found the triage complaints (which is frickin hilarious) using the what's new tab.

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There are many posts/conversations on this forum that seem to get recycled every so often and everyday there are posts about the NCLEX and how no one has the patience to wait for the results. I can see how it can be frustrating to everyone to see yet another post about "why can't I find a job" or "dying to know if I passed" or even "there's no nursing shortage." I see both sides. It's a public forum and it's okay to post what's on your mind.

Yes, it is aggravating to wait for the results but if you need the results ASAP then you should just pay the extra charge and get the faster answer. If not be patient. Get some rest, relish in the accomplishment of getting through school and having taken the test. When you finally get the answer you were waiting for it will make the wait worth it!

Good luck to everyone taking the test soon and congratulations to those that have their results and got the best news ever!! :)

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

OK...WHOOSAH!!! :yes:

The OP is entitled to their opinion; and one of the many wise members that made it POSSIBLE for this space to be created, so-chill... ;)

I understand test anxiety, I understand failure. One of the things we have up realize is in nursing, as well as in life you have PLENTY of miles ahead...any hiccups, shortcomings, and even failures make the ride to success even more greater.

After the NCLEX, REGARDLESS of the outcome, celebrate yourself. Decompress, and do something else while waiting for the results, whether its two days, or two months, the best thing one can do after a huge exam that will enter you into this profession is to exercise that patience that GrnTea is stating...you will need that patience when you are looking for that job, for even building your career, when you start at a point in you nursing career where you didn't want to.

How do I know???

Well, I failed ADN school, waited about 2 years to go into a PN program; graduated and passed the boards, found out the hospital I thought I would stay at for all my planned 30 years did not hire LPNs; built my career elsewhere, getting experience, wanted to have certifications in the specialty I worked in, found out I needed a RN to get the certifications, so I started going back to school...well, got into two car accidents and had a near death experience within the span of two years-before I stated the BSN program. Two years later, completed the program, pass boards, 8 months later, got a job, not a good fit, and HERE I AM, getting another job within four months.

This is a span of 13 years of my life...with more to go. ;)

Sometimes a "vent" is a "vent"...and sometimes it's more than that...

What I mean to share and say is, whatever setbacks you have experienced in life, draw upon that strength...a lot of us, including the OP can attest in exercising in patience, and the benefits to that in our career. We need you out there, NOT disillusioned or jaded by not getting the instant results...most of the time, patience helps to build you stronger, especially in this business. :yes:

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I just fail to see how comparing how the NCLEX is now to how it "was" is even worth any effort. There was a time when you didn't know for sure you were pregnant until you were showing or feeling the baby. Doesn't mean I shouldn't take pregnancy tests or have an ultrasound because those who came before me didn't have them available. I'm sure if they did they would have used them. Just as I'm sure people who took the NCLEX prior to it being computerized would use any means they could to get their results sooner. I mean, can you honestly say that you were happy as a clam to wait for the snail mail? Would you have liked to get your results sooner? You use what you got and if you don't know any different then great. Someday us new grads are going to be on here complaining about the instant results when we had to wait 3 whole days. It's just the way it is.

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I would like to ask why on earth you are even looking at this board? You clearly must go to STUDENT and then to NCLEX to get to these threads. So, if you know that students who are very eager to learn that they passed or failed are going to be posting such things then why would you even come here to see them?

It's nurses with this attitude that give our career the "eat their young," bad reputation. I'm disappointed in this. Until now, I have only read encouraging things and always felt that this was a safe place to vent frustrations and talk about our chosen career paths.

As far as the PVT goes, I have never heard of a single person that it has been wrong for as far as the "good pop-up" goes. I have heard that you may still pass even if you don't get the pop up, but never giving you the pop up if you'd actually failed.

Good luck, students! As a recent NCLEX participant and new RN I would like to say don't give up hope. We will have many Debbie Downers as we enter this profession but let's stick together and keep our heads high while ENCOURAGING one another and never letting others get us down. :)

Well, the "NCLEX Discussion Forum" sure seems to me like the most appropiate place to post a thread created for the purpose of discussing the wait for NCLEX results.

Remember, the virtue of having an open-to-everyone forum to discuss these things is, well, that it's open to everyone. And open to everyone's opinions. Including opinions you disagree with.

I mean, if you're main argument is "why is she even bothering to read/respond to posts that bug her?", then one could turn that around and ask you why you're even reading and responding to this thread. Surely you can appreciate the irony.

And careful about throwing around that old chestnut that "nurses eat their young". It's used way too often just because someone is told something they don't want to hear. That's not the same thing as being "mean".

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
I would like to ask why on earth you are even looking at this board? You clearly must go to STUDENT and then to NCLEX to get to these threads. So, if you know that students who are very eager to learn that they passed or failed are going to be posting such things then why would you even come here to see them?

Most likely she saw them on the "last 24 hours" or similar page where everything goes. There is a lot of cross-posting here. Generally it's a good thing - the person who can help the most may not fit into the category the post is in.

I can tell you 100% for sure that the post was not about discouraging people or giving up hope. If you ever need to know anything about care plans and nursing diagnoses it will be hard to find a more generous and helpful resource person here.

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.
Awesome post GrnTea. New grads, before you get your diapers in a twist, give ol' GrnTea a break. She must see 800 million OMG I JUST TOOK NCLEX IM FREAKING OUT POOPING MY PANTS DOES THE PV TRICK WORK? posts a MINUTE. Calm down. We're all sick of those posts, cut us some slack.
I never see those posts because I have passed NCLEX and will never have to take it again, so I have no need to ever go to that forum. It's GrnTea's fault that I'm here now...she dragged me here from the homepage links.

I do agree with the gist of her point in that too many of the posters waiting for results sometimes type up posts that look like a 13 year old girl typed them.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Thumbs down.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

I didnt even care. I figured I would find out when I was notified. My friend was actually the one to call me when she saw my license number on the License Verification website.

But I guess thats what happens when you and a group of your friends hit the bar at 11am after taking the test ha ha.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
OK...WHOOSAH!!! :yes:

The OP is entitled to their opinion; and one of the many wise members that made it POSSIBLE for this space to be created, so-chill... ;)

I understand test anxiety, I understand failure. One of the things we have up realize is in nursing, as well as in life you have PLENTY of miles ahead...any hiccups, shortcomings, and even failures make the ride to success even more greater.

After the NCLEX, REGARDLESS of the outcome, celebrate yourself. Decompress, and do something else while waiting for the results, whether its two days, or two months, the best thing one can do after a huge exam that will enter you into this profession is to exercise that patience that GrnTea is stating...you will need that patience when you are looking for that job, for even building your career, when you start at a point in you nursing career where you didn't want to...........

............What I mean to share and say is, whatever setbacks you have experienced in life, draw upon that strength...a lot of us, including the OP can attest in exercising in patience, and the benefits to that in our career. We need you out there, NOT disillusioned or jaded by not getting the instant results...most of the time, patience helps to build you stronger, especially in this business. :yes:

GrnTea has been a member only since 2011..... she is a recent contributor and not really one of the site members that make the forums possible...THAT honor is for the owner Brian (who is a really nice guy by the way) and the other ADMINISTRATIVE staff that are ALL VOLUNTEER!.

While GrnTea and I .....we agree on MANY things....I have to say on this subject I do not agree.

I think we all forget the anxiety and strife that was involved with taking boards. Traveling 4 hours from home to a hotel when Eddie Van Halen the band, and Valerie Bertonelli were staying and partying....man can they party. To go to a convention hall with approx 5,000 people seated at tables, one person every other seat, with people called off of the unemployment list to "procter the exam" and could ruin your life forever. Was unbelievable.

We waited in line with the 5,000 other nurses to be....picture ID in hand as we were screened one by one to enter the room as the people at the door looked at you then your picture looked at you again and back at the picture....one girl I saw almost got thrown out because she didn't have glasses on in her picture but did at the door....she had a corneal abrasion and couldn't wear her contacts. I thought She was going to pass out.

We took 5 tests with several hundred questions on each test over 3 eight hour days....3 whole agonizing days. That were actually more like 10 hour days when you included the time waited to get in the door each day.

We waited 4 months...4 MONTHS!.... but we had our new jobs....we were new grads! We had New grad orientation and could practice under our "new grad status" We felt we were moving forward....and we were getting paid.

For these guys.....it's all or nothing. They are in limbo and any offers on the table are contingent on this one day in their lives. I remember all too well that feeling that 2 days could ruin 2 years of work...it made me sick. Then if you didn't pass......:eek:.....God forbid....at least most were able to continue on a "new grad status" because you have to wait another 3 months to test again. In many way we had ti easier.....not as much at stake for at least we could work and keep our jobs.

My niece just passed her boards!

cheerleader.gifcongratulationss.gifcheerleader.gif Baby....xoxo I am SO PROUD!!!!

Her anxiety and excitement was palpable. Her test shut off at 75 and all the information in the world would not convince her everything would be alright.....we have been through a lot this past year. She obsessed, worried, texted, called, fretted....like any other normal person would.

I think we need to remember what is was like....how hard it was. We talked to our friends for hours at the library or on the phone...we would obsess everyday at work to each other...before work. after work, on break, at lunch......but at least we could work. I know I did.

So I think patience and understanding is in order and remember we were once there as well.......

To all of you waiting to take boards.....Goodluck-goodluck-luck-clover-smiley-emoticon-000671-facebook.gif

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