Confessions of a 30-Something RN Grad

[LuvofNursing, BSN, MSN, RN]

i am glad that many of you are finding joy in this non-fiction. i agree with rn2bmbanext that you check the brn website over and over just to make sure they didn't remove your name! for those who have not taken the nclex, good luck, and find humor in the anxiety ridden monster that is the nclex.

[emmanewgrad]

This is a great thread! Went back to school in my early 30's. Will be taking the NCLEX in a few weeks! Wish me luck!! :)

Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!! I will too!!!!!!!!! don;t have a date yet, but know I will be taking it in early July! God Bless!!!!!!!

[davidthenurse]

this is a great thread! went back to school in my early 30's. will be taking the nclex in a few weeks! wish me luck!! :)

hi epona,

i read your post, and i sincerely wish you the very best with your nclex coming up in the next weeks.

i'm from australia, but i understand that it's one of those things that is quite stressful, but its the doorway to a new change!!!

stay positive, and i wish you the very best......and i'm sure everyone else wishes you the best too.:wink2:

[Artistyc1]

It is so nice that now you get to find out so soon! I graduated at a time that the state boards, as they were called then, were a 2 day affair, with 5 separate tests. If a person failed, they only had to retake the failed tests. I took the test in July, and got my results in September. For those that failed (I did not, thank goodness!) who were working as a GN, had to go back to working as an aide, or quit, which must have been humiliating for them. I remember how I sweat every day about whether or not I had passed! I was 19 when I took those boards so long ago....:-)

[kayel]

Yup, I can relate to this as well! Thanks for writing it .. although, I just wrote the Canadian exam and they tell us we can expect to wait up to 8 weeks to find out results. Nothing to do but to put it from my mind as there is absolutely nothing I can do about it at this point (even though I had a nightmare about it last night). I have fully resigned myself to having to do a re-write in October .. well, maybe not fully resigned but .. you know what I mean ..

[GadgetRN71, ASN, RN]

Great article! I had huge flashbacks to when I took it, almost 3 years ago now. I was a wreck and thought I had it so bad because I had to wait 2 days to find out if I passed. Some older nurses I worked with told me that it used to take MONTHS..I would have lost my mind!

Congrats, new RN!!

[ksrose1]

I remember taking the boards over 13 years ago and as another poster stated, we had to wait for the snail mail. Two to three months of wondering and pondering. When my letter finally came, I couldn't open it. It sat on the table for about three days, then I knew that work would know soon and if I failed and was called into the office before I opened the letter I would be in more trouble. So I picked up my letter walked the then few steps to my girlfriends house and opened it. That was for my LPN, I start school in the fall for my Assoc degree. Today after my class, I go to turn in the last of my admission packet and I keep wondering, can I do this again? The last time I took my boards, I thought I was going to die, right there in the chair. We were the first graduating class to take the boards on computer and the nursing instructors could not tell us much. Just to study, be well rested and we were all ready. Oh and by the by.....I will be 45 when I sit for the RN board......if I pass the nursing school that is.

[SlightlyMental_RN]

This was great!! Seriously, it sounded just like me and my experience. Congrats again on passing.

[mommyonamission]

Your post was awesome. I'm not even in nursing school yet and you got me excited to get to where you were...despite the highly charged anxiety of passing the NCLEX.

Thanks for sharing your story - VERY WELL!

[rddsnurse]

OMG, I took the silly thing today and drove home an hour an........ how did I get here? Hate the black screen. What are the odds of failing at 75? Glad to hear I am not the only one. If I fail will I loose the job I have?:bowingpur

[emmanewgrad]

OMG, I took the silly thing today and drove home an hour an........ how did I get here? Hate the black screen. What are the odds of failing at 75? Glad to hear I am not the only one. If I fail will I loose the job I have?:bowingpur

Well, Good Luck girl!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am taking it soon as well. How did you prepare? Did you think it was difficult? Someone in this or other chat mentioned NCLEX study within allnurses.com site but have not been able to get that info. is this true or not?

[Candimk2]

I love this post and not only for the post itself but for all the replies. I am really surprised by how many 30-something nursing students/grads there are. I feel much better now, well almost, if I can pass this stupid Algebra class all will be right w/the world.

Thanks for the post!