Anyone else getting totally burned out on studying? I'm doing Suzanne's first tip and I'm so sick of this book I could scream. I'm trying to stay focused but it's becoming difficult. I'm also tired of being broke (got to finish this book, pass the NCLEX, and get a job and that will change lol), the heat is terrible (NC and it's 90+ degrees), two kids wanting mommy to play with them, and dealing with a major fibromyalgia flare up (think it could be stress? lol).
Okay I'm done venting. Anyone care to join me? lol
PS I was also doing the virtual ATI that my school paid for but it was just making me depressed because my scores have fallen considerably compared to the ones I made in school. I decided to scrap it for the most part and just stick to Suzanne's suggestions. Her plan has worked for a lot of people so.............
Yeah tell me about it...I am really sick of looking and holding that Saunders book sometimes..and I really want to throw it away!! I'm like pulling out my hair over this test..lol. :zzzzz Seriously though I wish after graduating Nursing after 4 long hard years of studying you'd think, hey I graduated I'm done whoohoo!!! but no..you still have to face the Nclex. But I guess passing this Test, makes it all the more sweeter knowing that you really worked hard to find out that in the end you can finally be a nurse right!!??? I'm trying to hang in there and keep my hopes up after failing some too...Keep on trying guys. Hopefully my story will be on here someday and i'll be able to encourage others into staying determined. Keep fighting!!!!
I am so over doing nclex questions as well... i test on monday so hopefully this weekend will be the last time i have to look in those dreaded books..... AHH i actually should be studing right now but ive decieded to look around on here for awhile....opps and btw i have all my nclex books lined up against the wall so that on wed when i find out i passed i cant start selling these suckers on ebay HA:yeah:
i wish.. but the exam serves as a credibility.. we have to pass it in order to prove that we are an effective nurse.. we must be good in both application and theory.. that's what i think/.. so eventhough i hate nclex- i know i can still beat it.. in fact, we all can.. if others can, there's a big chance that we can also be successful..we just have to put our mind and heart to it.. good luck to all of us!
I also take mine on Monday. My eyes are burning. Thought I had an infection but it's just eye strain. I have also lined up my books to sell on Ebay, but I am also going to give some to the library. There are a lot of people who can't afford to get all the newest books and have to get the outdated ones. This way I can help other nurses who are cash poor like I'm getting till I get my pass results On WED. That's if this hurricane doesn't hit on Monday.
I also test on Monday and I can't even concentrate any longer. I go from 50% to 85% on the practice exams. I do poorly when I can't concentrate. I actually can feel myself not being able to concentrate. I think I'm burnt out. I can't wait to get this over with...but then comes the waiting game and all the craziness! UGH!!! Good luck everyone.
I feel everyone's pain, because I'm in the same boat. I had gone thru Saunder's once before and now I am repeating it because I did not pass. I thought I had done pretty much everything to pass this test. I am sooooo burned out that it is driving me to nutsville. I have been studying for this crazy NCLEX on and off for the past year and because I have studied sooo much I find myself jumping from one book to another hoping that it'll make the subject matter more interesting or something. I feel like I'm spinning my wheels and I'm finding it difficult to set daily goals and accomplish them. This testing process is putting me through hell.
In a word YES! I am retesting for my second time the first week of September. I started studying again the day I found out I failed the test the first time and am completely fried. I don't even know if I am retaining any information anymore OR if I know more this time around than the first time around. I am extremely nervous and scared to death to retest because I honestly don't know what I would do if I failed the second time. ALL of my classmates passed the test their first time...why didn't I? It has done a good number on my self esteem to say the least and I am trying to keep a positive attitude but am finding it more and more difficult every passing day.
I retook the Kaplan course and am doing much better on the qbank and such and was surprised that I didn't remember alot of the questions so I believe it to be more accurate than I thought it would be. I have a cummulative q-bank score of 71% right now with over 50% finished.
I guess what I need is encouragement that I WILL pass this time around and that I am doing all that I can do in order to pass. I did Suzanne's first tip but my testing date was just short of 45 days so she was unable to send me her plan...that was disappointing. I am using Saunders, Kaplan, NCLEX 3500 online. Is there anything else anyone else can suggest I study from? I test just short of three weeks now but have been studying for the past 5 weeks.
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and please do rest when your eyes sore.. :chuckle
SinCityRN
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Yeah tell me about it...I am really sick of looking and holding that Saunders book sometimes..and I really want to throw it away!! I'm like pulling out my hair over this test..lol. :zzzzz Seriously though I wish after graduating Nursing after 4 long hard years of studying you'd think, hey I graduated I'm done whoohoo!!! but no..you still have to face the Nclex. But I guess passing this Test, makes it all the more sweeter knowing that you really worked hard to find out that in the end you can finally be a nurse right!!??? I'm trying to hang in there and keep my hopes up after failing some too...Keep on trying guys. Hopefully my story will be on here someday and i'll be able to encourage others into staying determined. Keep fighting!!!!