Don't Give Up On NCLEX

yooniehime, MSN, RN, APRN

Good day everyone

I just want to say thank you to the allnurses community for their big help towards my nursing career. Starting from when I was so desperate on finding a school to finish my concurrency issues ( Med Surg, OB and Psych) and I know that I will still use this forum in the future.

I'm a BSN- Philippine graduate of 2012, I took my local boards and passed. I went to America to start from scratch. My first step was to apply to the CA-BRN after some time I got denied due to the concurrency, I knew it will be a long journey.

The fact that I know that I won't be able to take the NCLEX due to the concurrency, I searched this forum dated back 2014 and called all of the school listed in the BRN site of they offer the courses I'm lacking. I messaged people and asked around for schools while doing my research, I applied for the NCLEX-PN. I took it August 15, 2015, and got results on September 27, 2015. I passed. It took me almost all the time given and I got all 205 questions.

I was again reading to the forums and thread on how I could manage to find a job as a new grad LVN without experience, I tried my luck on applying with every job ad that I saw and an agency replied and that's when my career started.

I found an alternative to take the NCLEX!, I applied to another state because that was the trend that foreign grads do. (I applied to Hawaii because it's one of the easiest states that doesn't need much paperwork except the cgfns).

I took the exam after I got the ATT and failed. I got all 265 questions and had all near passing. I was devastated. It feels like all my hard work will be useless. I rested from studying and focused on finding a school, I am once again desperate.

There were some threads here that gave me school names, some programs. I applied to most of them. I was ready to wait for 2-4 years for it to happen. I was prepared for the worst case scenario.

Around January I was in the list for a subject, I was happy I could at least take one.

By March, I got an interview for the school and was told that I would be one of the Psych 7. who are the students who will be taking 3 classes for the semester. I was scared and excited at the same time because I live in Los Angeles ( Don't mock me- I don't drive) and My school is all the way in San Francisco.

My dilemma was my tuition fee and of course how I would get to my clinical sites?

I found out that I could use a private loan and got approved- solved!

Then the professor gave us a list of my classmates, So I asked some of the psych 7: if we had the same schedule if I could carpool with them. Then I ask some other classmates their email and text. It all worked out for me.

I live in the dorms and carpooled for clinical duties. After 10 weeks it was all done. I finished all the concurrency issue that I have.

Now time to wait for the CA att. I took the NCLEX just to try again using my Hawaii att and I failed miserably. I did it a few times. Once I got the att from CA And took the exam in November and failed again at 195 questions. I keep taking the exam unprepared but I could see the trend and the area of my weakness. I need to start from scratch and take the exam seriously.

I pushed myself in working a lot (I had 3 jobs), just to divert my attention. Then I realized that I need to just stick to 1 job while reviewing seriously for the NCLEX. December 2015, I found a job in Orange County a Sub- Acute job that would give me time to study on the day off due to 12 hr shifts.

February 2016, I attended a review center while doing Uworld and Saunders book, but I only finished unit peds with the book, I answered Uworld religiously for a month. Even when I worked I answered 10-25 questions just to keep the building momentum.

The first week of April, I finally finished my review classes. I do a small study group with some of my workmates, review mates. I refrained from going out to parties or if I'm going to one. I make sure that I answered 75-150 questions that day. I made sure I had enough sleep and energy to focus on studying top.

The day before my exam, I still had to work, so after my shift, went home straight and rested.

April 21, 2016 (Thursday)- I was scheduled to take my exam at 1 pm at Gardena. I finished at around 2:30 pm with 85. I was trying to keep myself from doing the PVT but I couldn't help it and I got the good pop up but I was not convinced, then I waited 2 days- Saturday, the 23rd, My name was on the breeze site. Until now I can't believe, I passed.

To those who have been trying to pass the NCLEX and failed, Please don't give up. You just need consistency and focus on studying. I know you can do it. I am praying for you.

Don't Give Up On NCLEX

About yooniehime, MSN, RN, APRN

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