Don't answer" when are you going to take you test"?

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Specializes in l.p.n.

I never listen to my advisor at nursing school when she said never tell when you are going to take the nclex exam. If some one asks you say I'm not ready yet. When I went for the first time i called every one that I know . As soon as I failed I had to call every one my phone was ringing like crazy. Every one was trying to tell me it is not you it might be the computer!!! i believed it . I was so imbarrased to tell them . It took me more than 2 weeks to get over it. please don't tell just go and do it if you fail take your time and try again. You will feel more powerfull cause it all about you not them. When I fail the last time I never felt that bad or embarresd. I sat at the computer desk and looked at the computer screen and tsked "god plase help me" I typed at google NCLEX FAILURE. and lots of options came one of them was that wonderful web site and suzann's plan which I'm doing now. All that happen cause I spent more time focusing on myself rather than telling friends and family I failed.:yeah:

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Good way of looking at it. The lady I once worked with who took the RN exam so many times and always failed, let the whole world know when she was taking it again and again. Her nasty behavior gave her away. She could have kept her mouth shut about yet another attempt and people still would have known by how nasty she was acting toward everybody. Keeping that info to yourself will prevent embarrassment and upset from dealing with others. Good enough to wait until you have good news to tell everyone.

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i was in the same boat with you, before my first attempt,i told all my family, friends and part of the congregation to remember me in prays, but guess what it was such an embarassment when i failed and everything was asking whether i made it. i learnt my lesson and as i prepared to redo it, i shut my mouth, nobody kne when i was retaking it and on 2nd attempt this March i passed.......i totally agree with you on that..

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Specializes in ER.

I totally agree 100% with you about not telling everyone when you are testing! My first time I really figured I was fine because all my classmates had passed and our grades were comparable, sometimes mine were even better. But OH the heartache when you have to tell ALL those folks you didn't pass. The second time I didn't tell anyone until the next day after my test, shoot I only got 95 questions and I just knew I had passed. WRONG!! Again, I had to tell all these people, I failed!! I know everybody probably means well by inquiring about your test date, but it really added stress before and after the test! Like more stress is what anyone needs when it comes to NCLEX. So, after my second failure when people would ask "so, when do you test again?" I just politely told them I hadn't scheduled yet, but as soon as I passed I would be sure and let them know. I was nice about it!! When I went to test this last time, no one knew except my husband. It was nice knowing that I only had him to tell if things didn't turn out so good, and hey if they did I knew I could call everyone and surprise them with the good news. It really decreased my stress going in.... So long story short, DON'T TELL EVERYONE WHEN YOU'RE TESTING, just surprise them with your good news!!

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Besides, your friends would rather hear good news about you so everyone can feel good and celebrate with you.

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i did that before. actually, only half of it. i used to tell my workmates and my dad when am i going to take it. although my workmates are supportive and telling me to take it as many times as i can since it's for my own benefit, it's not the same with my family. my dad really enjoys spreading the "news" to my older brother who is also a nurse and he will inform my mom too who is also a nurse. the pressure is intense so now i learned my lesson. i only now say "soon" or "this month" but not the specific date eventhough they keep on trying everything to let me spill it out....

i'm going to tell it on my birthday (june) if i pass this april for my 3rd nclex-rn. i can still "act" as still studying since i'm going to challenge nclex-pn too if i pass the rn....i just want them to squirm and check my name online if they bother to since they pressured me too much to be one of them asap.....:D

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Specializes in L & D, Med-Surge, Dialysis.

Surely agree with that.At times people called you just to mock you. I experience that when i failed my hesi, but this time around i keep the exam date to my self. 100% agree with keeping it as a secret until you finally pass.:D

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I agree. The first time I took it I told everyone, including church. The second time I told a few of my friends at work. The one person I couldn't tell was my boss. I don't know if that was good or bad, cause I still have to go and tell her that I didn't pass again for the second time. It's hard not to tell people because you want their prayers but then again, like yall have said, going back and telling you failed is horrible!

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Specializes in Informatics; Labor & Delivery; Med-Surg.

My first time I did the opposite. I really wasn't prepared but wanted it to be over. Only people who knew was my husband, my mother and grandmother, that was only because they had to watch my children because I went to a center 2hrs aways. But the second time, I told everyone I knew, co-workers, classmates, family, etc. I was feeling like if I don't believe in myself, who would. And I also work with one of the girls I went to school with. I never told them I took it the 1st time. And was running out of excuses for why I hadn't taken it yet. But that's just how I did it. Thank God I passed 2nd attempt. Don't know what I would have done then. Shawn

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Yah, bad mistake on my part. Every time I go into work (I work at a acute/ltc hospital), all the nurses ask me, "did you get your results yet?" And I give them the same response "In California, it takes 4-6 weeks, and I can't look my name up on the BVNPT because I don't have a license # yet!" Sheesh, I don't know why they are so anxious to know. If I fail, I am definetly going to feel like a complete idiot. I will not tell them again, when I am taking my test.

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