Re: NCLEX Advice...or perhaps I should...HELP!!
Sorry to hear of your situation. I too was unsuccessful on my 1st and 2nd attempts on the NCLEX exam. Just recently I took it and finally passed. Like many others, I know that text anxiety can either make or break you during test time. Prior to taking the NCLEX a 3rd time, I had placed a lot pressure on myself in having to pass it. This tremendous amount of pressure would eventually get the best of me, and I've had to reschedule my test dates numerous times because I felt that I just "wasn't ready". There were a multitude of factors that played the part in me finally taking the exam recently, but one of the main ones was that I had to stop "ducking/dodging" the exam itself. Everytime I rescheduled brought a sense of relief, but as the test date neared, my anxiety started to rise. My motivating factors were:
1.
Nobody feels really prepared going into the test. There is too much information to know, and the test can come at you from any angle. The best one can do is to know basic nursing concepts/lab values and review one's weak areas.
2. Bills/Loans. I had not returned to work for 6 months since I had failed the NCLEX the second time, mostly because I was ashamed to face my peers/co-workers. I told myself that regardless of the outcome of this exam, I would return to work. Convincing myself to do this lifted a lot of pressure off my shoulders.
3. Reading posts/threads of people passing on this website. Very uplifting, and was comforting to hear of others that were in my situation as well and were able to pass the exam.
4.
Prayer. Without a doubt, this is what mostly kept me grounded and focused.
I've heard from some of my friends that they asked their doctors for a presciption of anti-anxiety meds prior to them taking the NCLEX. Not sure if it works, but they swear by it that it kept them calm/relaxed. Hope this helps. Best of luck to you!
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