Failed Rn boards 4 times

kdavispn · Jul 24, 2012

Hey need some tender loving advice. New @ this website. So here we go. I graduated from ADN school in 2004 and failed RN boards 4 times, so someone made and suggestion to try for my LPN boards, so I am trying to prepare myself to take lpn boards in 2 weeks. Do anyone know about the LPN 2012 nclex test and what I need to prepare myself for, please help. Thanks

Now here is the point, my advice,

Eliminate and IGNORE, 2 answers= 50 percent instead of a 25 percent chance of a right answer

When you become a nurse, you will see that you will encounter things you have no knowledge of, but still be expected to sink or swim. NCLEX is the same.

Keep your patient alive! Airway, Breathing, Circulation, then whatever else.

Triage! Do the most critical patients and procedures first!

Assessment! Do not even think of doing any interventions until you assess your patient.

Do not call that Dr. Until you have done every possible thing that does not require an order to stabilize your patient.

When two answers are right, do the most immediate, and most effective first!

If you need any help. PM me. I will help you. And maybe someone will help me when I need help.

kdavispn · Jul 24, 2012

I agree. When you help a inexperienced nurse, you help patients, then and for the remainder of that nurses practice.

You help yourself also. Initially it's more work, but eventually it will pay for itself, and create less work, over and over again.

Mfuentes590 · Jul 24, 2012

There are very valid points on both sides of this "advice" thread. Yes, failing the boards exam 4xs is excessive; especially since there is a gap between completion of nursing school and the last exam. You may not be safe to practice because ultimately you do have someone's life in your hands. However, I don't feel like the way that the comments and feelings about this issue are being conveyed in a non-judgmental, therapeutic manner. There are better ways to tell a person that they may not be a fit for the profession or that they have to study harder. Everyone is entitled their opinion but some of the comments on this blog were completely out of line. There are nurses out in the world that have passed their boards and are NOT safe to be with patients.

In certain States, you need remediation after third unsuccessful time. In this case, my best advice is to contact your school. Go back to the root and have them identify your weakness. They passed you for a reason. Your educators have an obligation (as well as the student because it is a group effort) to provide you with the education that you need to be a safe, competent Registered Nurse. Lets face it, some nursing programs prepare you better than others.

BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN · Jul 24, 2012

I agree wid living for ! Guys if u r true n expert nurses help her if not don't underestimate pls ...

Please, please, PLEASE, NO text speak as outlined in the TOS

NurseAaliyah · Jul 24, 2012

wow, i am just shocked that a nursing school graduate can have a 8 year gap between school and passing the nclex-rn and yet still be able to still test. this is interesting and scary. i am trying to figure out what is so hard about the nclex-rn that it takes more than 3 times to pass. is the test really that hard? are some nursing schools not preparing graduates well enough or is it the graduates fault for not studying well enough? i agree with tothepointelvn that there should be a limit on the number of times you fail the test before remedial action is required. my self esteem and confidence would be shot if it takes me more than 3 times to pass, and i would definitely want some remedial help from someone.

itk3838 · Jul 24, 2012

I appreciate all nurses to state their opinions here, since they split into three categories. One is saying: " It is not safe for a Nurse, who took her time for various reasons, and enter the practice even after passing exam", others are encouraging Michelle to study and advising her to return to her school to refresh her knowledge. Third category is advising to change her education completely. Truly it is up to Michelle!

It is very important to understand that it is a real life scenario and when you pass you NCLEX-RN exam, it is just the beginning. You are barely scratching the surface and it is more behind that point, so many specialties and nursing possibilities. I would like to say that it is important for advanced nurses to support beginners otherwise our profession will become instinct. We all have reasons to judge but who would like to put themselves in other people shoes. It is not healthy environment to work with nurses who think "they new all" and new nurses must survive on their own or leave. I have friends who begun their career that way - every night they came home from work they would weep and thought to change their profession, it took them a while to "survive" on a floor but after a while they gain respect from others. They were not stupid, they just needed little encouragement and support.

Somebody helped you - it is more ethical dilemma not to interrupt their destination.

tothepointeLVN, LVN · Jul 24, 2012

wow, i am just shocked that a nursing school graduate can have a 8 year gap between school and passing the nclex-rn and yet still be able to still test. this is interesting and scary. i am trying to figure out what is so hard about the nclex-rn that it takes more than 3 times to pass. is the test really that hard? are some nursing schools not preparing graduates well enough or is it the graduates fault for not studying well enough? i agree with tothepointelvn that there should be a limit on the number of times you fail the test before remedial action is required. my self esteem and confidence would be shot if it takes me more than 3 times to pass, and i would definitely want some remedial help from someone.

what really bothers me is that they would allow someone to sit for a completely different license after failing to pass the boards for the license they were actually trained for. it's not necessarily an easier test especially if your weren't trained to know the scope of practice that the nclexpn tests.

stating the above doesn't mean we are evil nurses who don't support people ever it just means i don't support it under the above circumstances. as is my right.

DizzyLizzyNurse · Jul 24, 2012

What really bothers me is that they would allow someone to sit for a completely different license after failing to pass the boards for the license they were actually trained for. It's not necessarily an easier test especially if your weren't trained to know the scope of practice that the NCLEXPN tests.
Stating the above doesn't mean we are evil nurses who don't support people EVER it just means I don't support it under the above circumstances. As is my right.

When I was an LPN probably half of the LPNs I worked with had gone to RN school, failed out, and took the LPN exam so it happens at least in NY state.

OP I am on the side of the people who encourage you to go back to school or get some kind of remediation. I know one LPN who waited like 12 years to take her boards after failing once, and she had to study her butt off to pass. She took some kind of remedial class. She was able to get a job.

There is no reason that someone "shouldn't be a nurse" just because they are realistic when talking to the OP. I hate that mentality that a nurse shouldn't be a nurse unless they are *nice* all the time.

OP work your butt off and good luck to you.

itk3838 · Jul 24, 2012

"there is no reason that someone "shouldn't be a nurse" just because they are realistic when talking to the op. i hate that mentality that a nurse shouldn't be a nurse unless they are *nice* all the time."

i think it is not nursing dilemma , it is more like personality issue. if someone takes their time to dig into somebodies "luggage" in order to extract information just to put people down, personally i think they have an issue. you can say the truth without being rude.

tothepointeLVN, LVN · Jul 24, 2012

It's not digging into someone's luggage or putting someone down it's called providing context. You came out posting about how unkind the previous posters were and how YOU were going to help her if no one would. You could have sent a PM to the OP but you chose to post it openly which is what made me question why you felt so strongly.

itk3838 · Jul 24, 2012

it's not digging into someone's luggage or putting someone down it's called providing context. you came out posting about how unkind the previous posters were and how you were going to help her if no one would. you could have sent a pm to the op but you chose to post it openly which is what made me question why you felt so strongly.

dear "tothepointlvn",

sorry don't know your name!

if you are providing public with somebodies information without their consent it is called violation of confidentiality, i should put soft term, or a gossip - excuse my language.

this is first lesson you learn, when you attend nursing school - do no harm!

i partially share your point of view, on how many times graduates should take their exam, but we have so many states with their own regulations. laws must change this whole situation and if you are wiling to change it - you can support that with your vote in your state.

NurseAaliyah · Jul 24, 2012

i don't agree that voicing a concern about the op's dilemma is putting the person down regarding their nursing career decisions. i am all about supporting every individuals goals and dreams, but i am more concern for the patients the op will be working with. can a person really retain the information that was learned in nursing school 8 years ago? i strongly urged the op to take some type of remedial training for the ops and the patients sake. tothepointelvn might have been blunt with her word choices; however, i completely understand were she is coming from. nursing isn't the career field that you should be able to be away from for many years or longer and just jump back in without any remedial training. especially when you consider that the individual will have lives in their hands. i am just in disbelief that if i failed the nclex-rn several times that i can just "settle" for the nclex-pn. i mean really does that make any type of sense, i don't think so.