How many tries did it take to get your lisence?

[Anagray]

How many tries did it take you to get your nusing lisence?

Do u think academic grades or clinical grades have any reflections on how people do on board exams?

Thank you in advance.

nursing student

[chelli73]

PLEASE, PLEASE, I don't want to know this stuff!!!!!! I am going to be so freaked out if I go past question no. 75, when I sit for my NCLEX!!!! Why are you people freaking me out???!!!! Yet, I cannot pry my dancing pupils away from this monitor!!!!! HAHAHA! I am a 2nd sem. ADN student and I am so scared of the NCLEX, it is unbelievable!!!!!! MAN!!!!! STOP!!!!! I cant take it much longer!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! By the way we took our first big exam last week, out of 32 only 7 passed--I WAS ONE OF THEM!!! BUT I AM STILL FREAKING OUT by this da*m number 75!!!!!

[oldnewnurse]

One of our instructors told us the dean had received a letter from the BON saying that they were changing the NCLEX to include fill in the blank questions. She said this was to begin 6-03. I have heard this from only one Ohio instructor.

[LasVegasRN]

Originally posted by KP RN

One time only!! Back in 1988, we didn't have the computer test. Sat in a huge auditorium in one hundred degree heat for 2 days! Many folks ended up passing out on the floor!

Yikes!! This almost sounds like stories my Grandpa would tell me how he had to walk 40 miles to school each day!!

This is freaky. I took my boards in Cleveland (downtown) that exact same year. Small world!

[dadrn]

1 for LPN and 1 for RN. Also was the only male in the class to pass the first time. Felt pretty good.

[LilgirlRN, ADN, RN]

I took mine in 1987, 2 day event. So long ago they gave you a score. 1600 was passing, I made 2553 :)

[MrsK1223]

I took it once and passed and had to take the ENTIRE test. My instructors told me that the test ending early or toward the end doesn't mean squat...you can still fail when it quits at any point...I think its very random. Needless to say I sat there for a few hours felt like the whole day taking that dag-gone test....but all that counts is that I passed. This was in 2001 on computer.

[Rustyhammer]

Two day test in the fall of '85

Tacomadome in Washington.

3 to a table, no jewlery allowed, short sleeved shirts.

Test nazis walking around the tables.

Better hold your urine til lunch cause you aint gonna go pee!

We went to lunch at Denny's and I left my testing card on the table and had to speed back and they had already cleared the table but I found it in the trash can by the dishwasher and raced back and they were just locking the doors.

I would have had to wait 6 months to take it again.

oh..Passed the first time but it took 3 months to find out and I was about the last to get my notice.

-Russell

[mother/babyRN, RN]

I so WISH we had computer tests back then and less than 6 weeks to wait for results...