Hello I was just wondering if anyone is on the same boat as I am.
I was educated in Canada and took the CRNE and failed it. I am few points away from passing it. After few months NCLEX came to Canada and took the NCLEX with the thought of maybe I can wing it to pass it. It was a huge mistake !!! I studied with a friend who was also in the same situation as I am right now. Learned lots that the approach I did was way off on how to approach the questions !!!. We decided to study together and took Hurst Review and after our third try, she passed and I didn't. In Canada, we are only allowed to take 3 attempts and thats it. I have applied in Arizona, awaiting for my credentials to be evaluated, hoping that I will be allowed to site the NCLEX again with unlimited attempts.
Any thoughts, advices or anybody who have already exhaust their max attempts and going on the same process as I am.
I took NCLEX twice, failed my first attempt (didn't study as much) and passed the second one just last week. Here's what I did. I used Saunders on my first try, did the cd questions and what not and read the book, took the test failed with 260 questions. Depressed and frustrated, took months of mental break and decided to study harder than the last one. I did Hurst for the most part, scheduled the test and about 4 weeks before the test I purchased LaCharity book. Now, lacharity kicked my behind and kicked it hard, but all I can say is that it made the test easier for me and passed!
I took NCLEX 10 years after finishing Nursing school. If I can make it, so can you!
I took NCLEX twice, failed my first attempt (didn't study as much) and passed the second one just last week. Here's what I did. I used Saunders on my first try, did the cd questions and what not and read the book, took the test failed with 260 questions. Depressed and frustrated, took months of mental break and decided to study harder than the last one. I did Hurst for the most part, scheduled the test and about 4 weeks before the test I purchased LaCharity book. Now, lacharity kicked my behind and kicked it hard, but all I can say is that it made the test easier for me and passed!
I took NCLEX 10 years after finishing Nursing school. If I can make it, so can you!
Thanks for your advice.
Wow after 10 years. I am still waiting for my credentials to be evaluated. They have just received my OTR and credentials and presently in process. Some of my classmates and friends were telling me not to lose hope at all.
Canadian licensure and credentials prior to the authorization to test. Candidates who are not successful in Canada cannot automatically write the NCLEX for the US.
Since you were educated in Canada, you are required to first pass the Canadian exam, obtain your registration, and then you can apply to the US. Probably your only option is to take a nursing refresher course. Canada does not allow unlimited attempts for the NCLEX.
I was educated in the Philippines and didn't get my licensure before coming to the states. I applied in Ohio and it's one of the few states that doesn't require you to have one from you country of origins as long as you meet the rest of the requirements such as: cgfns validation, toefl, and pass background check..etc..
I was educated in the Philippines and didn't get my licensure before coming to the states. I applied in Ohio and it's one of the few states that doesn't require you to have one from you country of origins as long as you meet the rest of the requirements such as: cgfns validation, toefl, and pass background check..etc..
Thank you for that clarification, MrsMchenzie. You are a living proof that not all people knows everything based on what they have understood. Like I said in my first post, I am asking people who had SIMILAR EXPERIENCE not based on what they have understood because of their wealth of pearls of "wisdom". The know it all person are always hard to level with. They always have an opinion on everything regardless of whether they actually know anything about the subject or not. You know the type: something is self evidently true purely because they happen to think about it.
Once again, thank you very much. I hope this thread will serve to others as a reminder and guide who are seeking help from others.
Someone I knew who I just spoke recently and with same situation like mine did the same thing but applied in another state. She passed the NCLEX on her next attempt and moved there and got a job now.
Still awaiting for my credentials to get evaluated for equivalency.
Specializes in PCU, M-S, ER, OPD, Dental nurse, etc..
Hi,
I am actually from AZ and recently passed nclex-rn, I was going to say you should have research a little bit more which state to apply and file your papers. When I processed my application to AZBON I was asked all my credentials including my license in Philippines. Search the state you want to apply to, go to their website send an email or call them about your questions regarding your situation, I believe this will really help you answer a lot of your questions since you are getting the answers from them directly and hearing it yourself. Good luck and I pray that you'll overcome this hurdle in becoming a successful nurse.
Thanks for your info input. I have called them and told them of my situation. They told me to send in the application. The application itself do ask if NCLEX has been taken. The lady I spoke to told me that whatever my situation was, I still have to go through the process of registration and the BON will decide whether I am qualified to sit the exam or not based on the IERF report.
I am presently using IERF as my credentialing agency. Since I was educated in Canada, I do not have to submit English proficiency. My BON here in Canada has also submitted the verification of my pre licensure RN to IERF.
I was advised by the AZBON to wait for the report of IERF before submitting the application forms for which I only have 9 months to complete my licensure which include passing the NCLEX until the forms expires.
The other student who I spoke to recently told me that the state she applied to never questioned her licensure in Canada. They have only questioned her that if she is eligible to sit a licensure pre RN. She was on exact situation as I am. I was aware that the state she applied to was a very strict state and was still able to sit the exam and pass. I know quite a number of people now who were from overseas that didn't pass their licensure from their country of education but still able to sit the pre licensure RN and even Physical Therapy exams.
I am also getting personal emails from here that there were some people from the Philippines, Bulgaria, Korea, Ukraine, Nigeria, India to name a a few who weren't licensed from their country of education and still able to write the pre RN licensure NCLEX.
There are other countries in the world that after graduation they are not eligible to sit a pre licensure because they don't have board exam after college. One example of this is the UK.
I was educated in the Philippines and didn't get my licensure before coming to the states. I applied in Ohio and it's one of the few states that doesn't require you to have one from you country of origins as long as you meet the rest of the requirements such as: cgfns validation, toefl, and pass background check..etc..
Hello Mckenzie
How long did it take for the CG to process your credentials?
My university is so slow in forwarding my credentials to IERF.
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Hello Blackbee!
I took NCLEX twice, failed my first attempt (didn't study as much) and passed the second one just last week. Here's what I did. I used Saunders on my first try, did the cd questions and what not and read the book, took the test failed with 260 questions. Depressed and frustrated, took months of mental break and decided to study harder than the last one. I did Hurst for the most part, scheduled the test and about 4 weeks before the test I purchased LaCharity book. Now, lacharity kicked my behind and kicked it hard, but all I can say is that it made the test easier for me and passed!
I took NCLEX 10 years after finishing Nursing school. If I can make it, so can you!