I Failed the TEAS test again/Depressed

My suggestion is, if nursing is your passion, don't give up...Just keep trying until you pass...

Did you happen to buy the "Teas essential academic skills" book? The book really prepares you for the test and is very helpful. The review questions are very similar to the test questions.

First off, test anxiety an issue for you? Something to maybe think about. If not...

Make sure when you take this exam that you are finishing every question. Answer the ones you absolutely know the answer to first. Then come back to the ones that troubled you and start narrowing down the obviously wrong answers. At least then if you have to guess, you'll have a higher chance of getting the correct answer. Along with that, use every available minute, going back over the questions again and again. Sometimes you'll look back and think "Why on earth did I answer like that?" People say that your first instinct is usually correct on multiple choice exams but that has not always been my experience. Especially if you've taken it several times and still haven't passed. It may be time to rock the boat on your testing strategy.

Hope those weren't obvious solutions that you've already tried! I know you are well-versed at testing if you already have a BA. Perhaps someone in the testing center at your school can recommend some new testing strategies that you haven't considered before as well.

Good luck!

Hi, I took the TEAS at Delgado this past September. It is my first time taking it and I failed it. I cried for about 3 weeks. Still to this day, I cry when I think about it. It was so hard to accept.

I am 30 with two young daughters (ages 1 and 3 1/2). After having graduated from UNO in 2003, I decided to go back to school and pursue nursing.
In September I took the test and felt I had a chance of passing it. When I got my score of 67.5 I felt I was going to die. I had to hold back my tears until I got to the car. I don't know about you Erica but Delgado only gives you 2 times in a LIFETIME to take the TEAS for Charity School of Nursing.

So after thinking about it well, I have decided to go for an LPN degree. I passed the TABE exam on Monday needed for the LPN program but I don't feel happy about it as I did when I wanted to become an RN.
I do have another chance at the TEAS but I am afraid I will fail again so have decided not to take it. Everyone I speak to at Delgado seems to have passed the test and I hear so many people say it was based on common sense. Well, that makes me feel really, REALLY stupid. I guess I have come to the realization that being an RN is not going to happen. I am not smart enough.

Well, I hope that everything works out for you. I hope you don't give up like I have.

Hmm, that's interesting, because I didn't think the TEAS test was based on common sense at all. In fact, my best friend has a 4.0 and only got a 76 on the TEAS. One of the perils of this test is that it is hard to study for and especially on the science section, seems kind of pointless.

It's unfortunate that you've given up, RNHopeful. It sounds like you've just had the self-confidence tested out of you. Hopefully if being an RN is still your dream you can succeed at LPN classes and do a bridge program.

Yeah I know! I don't see where people say its based on Common Sense. When I was waiting to take the test, someone who was going to take the test at the same time said that it was such an easy test. It was based on common sense and if you couldn't pass it, then you weren't smart enough for nursing school. She also said that the test was necessary to weed out those that woud be failures in nursing school.
My hopes of passing the test sunk right there. I left them on the floor and walked right in to fail the test. I failed it on September 23, 2009 and I still am so upset about it.

I had such high hopes of applying to the RN program at Charity but you are right, the TEAS scared the RN hopes out of me. I can take it one more time (you only get 2 chances in your life!) but I am afraid of failing it again. Then I will really feel like a loser. I guess I'd rather never take it again and just live with the fact that I failed it once, NOT TWICE!

I am hoping to at least get into the LPN and complete it successfully. I could do the bridge over to the RN but again, I am faced with the TEAS. Have to pass it to get in to the RN program. This is a sign, A VERY BIG BILLBOARD! telling me turn around, stay back!

Some people have told me its no big deal, I shouldn't feel upset about it. How can I possibly not be upset? If Delgado gave you 3 or 4 opportunities to take the test, then I would feel much better but only having 2...I can't deal with that.
I should just be thankful that I graduated from UNO in 2003. When my daughters grow up I can show them my diploma and hide my TEAS scores. I don't think I could ever tell them that I never got the chance to be a nurse because I failed a stupid test.

Sorry if I sound so negative. I am just so upset. I come to allnurses.com for support but I sometimes feel terrible being here b/c almost everyone I see has passed this test and it just makes me feel like something must be wrong with my brain cells.
Okay now I better go before I start crying all over my laptop. Sniff, Sniff, Sniff.

Well, I wish I could tell you you're smart enough to pass, but I don't know you! But I will tell you this- there are a lot of really smart people who don't pass the first go round. My first instinct would be to tell you that you are being WAY too hard on yourself! Calm down, take a deep breath, and try not to feel like a failure over one day of your life, one peice of paper. Soak up every bit of info in your LPN class, and if you do that and feel that you can handle more, take the TEAS again! I have a feeling your kids will be proud of you no matter what diplomas or rank in the hospital system you have.

Jump back in there, study, study, study, and ace that test! At least give it a try. We believe in you and you might regret it if you don't at least try. At my school, we get only one chance. Good luck and I am praying for you.

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....whats the big deal you failed a test....fear will always hold you back and as long as you keep talking negative you will not move forward. Its time to stop the pity party, shake off the discouragement and pick yourself up!!! You said you would rather live with the fact you failed once not twice??? Don't you think that it would be better to live with yourself knowing that you tried your best a second time (even if you fail) you can hold your head up high or you can hide behind your fear the rest of your life..... Do you want to show your daughters its okay not to try because of fear?? Why not show them that nothing can get in the way of your dreams.....Persistence!!!!! DON'T MAKE EXCUSES....YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU REALLY WANT IT.........LETS GO GET YOUR BUTT UP AND GET MOVING!!!!!