Failed NCLEX-RN 1st Attempt

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This bold phase in capitalized letters, "HAS NOT PASSED" revealed in front of my eyes as I stared at my NCLEX RN exam result in a thin envelope mail sent from CA BRN. The waiting period of 15 days came to end. My hopes for a bright future in nursing came crashing down. My voice started to cry out, "You're a dead fish!" My school will harsly criticized me. My professors will firmly believe that I have a "significant" language barrier because English is not my first language. They already started to profile anyone whose English is not his or her language to fail NCLEX RN when I came to school. I knew from beginning that I was a suspect to fail NCLEX-RN. Now, I have became a real statistic for the school to celebrate. Not only my school, but also my family will now doubt my intelligence. My parents supported me for almost 4 years to finish nursing school, now they feel they have wasted their time and money on me. Last but at least, my peers will be laughing at my failure. I am a grown man, but failing NCLEX-RN on first attempt have reduced me down to a level of dirt for my professors, family and peers to step0n.

I appreciated this forum to share my experience of failing NCLEX-RN.

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Specializes in neurotrauma ICU.

Lots of people fail the first time. study,study,study and take it again. You can do it!

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The way I see it, folks who don't believe in you and support you in your endeavors have no place in your life. Time to replace them with folks who do.

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Specializes in School Nursing.

(((((hugs))))) to you. keep trying until you do it ! i have all the confidence in the world in you !

praiser :heartbeat

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Specializes in Emergency, Psych.

You are in no way a failure! The NCLEX is a VERY hard test, even if english is your first language. You have nothing to be ashamed of, after all you did pass nursing school and we KNOW how hard that is. Go buy an NCLEX study guide, see if you can hook up with someonelse in your area to study with and study , study, study hard!!!

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Specializes in acute rehab, med surg, LTC, peds, home c.

You are being way too hard on yourself. Like the other posters said, alot of people fail the nclex. Do not lose hope. Study harder and try again.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Moved to the NCLEX forum

You are not a failure and shame on your school to make you feel like this. It is their role to help you pass and just because English isn't your first language mean you will automatically fail. Many English speaking students fail the exam.

Give yourself a short break and then look to studying again. I like Saunders comprehensive book but look at what suites you and start studying again as if you haven't sat the exam before. Practice questions and read the rationale even if you got it right, they do help you to understand the questions

Hang in there and DON'T GIVE UP

Good luck you can do it

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

Your written English is excellent. I was always taught that an accent just means that a person is smart enough to speak more than one language, and accented English is to be respected. :)

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Sorry that you failed the test, yet it does not mean you are a failure as other said. NCLEX is a very hard test, and it has RANDOM questions. Some of my friends who speak English as their first language, they still failed NCLEX with the first attempt. Then they passed with the sencond try. Hence, don't give up. YOU CAN DO IT.

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I can honestly say, I know how you are feeling. I fail NCLEX the first time as well, and was beginning to doubt myself. What I did was, I took a week off of studying and regather my thoughts. I took NCLEX a month later and PASSED on my second try. I myself, am not a fluent English speaker. Believed in yourself. I know you can do it! BTW your english is great!

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I wouldn't worry about other people's opinions of your failure. It is what you think that counts. Take your time to feel bad, then pick yourself up and start a new study plan. The only person who fails, is the person who gives up. Don't give up.

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let me see... did you really fail ? by the way you write in english, i find it hard to imagine that you are no less than a good writer in english.. you are no way a failed examinee.. sorry but i don't believe you.

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