hello nurses, grad nurses, nursing students, and fellow google users. my name is michael, and i come here looking for any possible assistance anyone can give me. i'm at a search engine standstill, and after reading and researching on this website for the past 4 or 5 hours, i feel like i'm at least pointed in the right direction. i hope somebody can help "de-murk" the waters at least a little as i pine to help my amazing lady. thanks for reading what will inevitably end up being a huge block of text as i tend to ramble...sorry...
this morning my wife took her boards, aka "the devil", or its more commonly used name the nclex-rn. my wife is the smartest, most capable woman i know, who if it was up to me, would be queen of the nurses. she gets constant compliments and reassurance from her peers, co-workers, and superiors, all well deserved, as she was placed on this earth to be a nurse. i know this, her family knows this, her patients know this. she exudes caring and competence, and anyone would be lucky to have her as their rn. my wife is far from cocky, but, gun to her head, if you asked her if she is/would make a good nurse, she would tell you yes. the thing that is an issue, is her overwhelming test anxiety. i have known my gal since high school, and it would be the same if she was back in prep taking mr. jones's mid-term spanish exam. i think you know where i am going...
prior to todays exam, she had disscussed general "knowabouts" regarding the nclex. one of the concepts that she had heard from multiple parties is that very rarely does the exam fail you on a question you got right. she was told by her preceptor that if she could remember her last question, it would be a good sign, as she could go then and try to find the answer. is there any truth to this? i have no clue. maybe someone here knows. so after her exam cut off at the 108th question, she came home and started to try to look for an answer. a couple of things slowed this proccess down. first, my wife can do about anything in this world, but one thing she's not the greatest at is working the world wide web. after searching for about an hour, she had given up, seeing as the stress of searching for the answer was starting to match that of her exam. secondly, the question she recieved was not something concrete. instead of recieving "what is 1 + 2?", her last question was "what is more important 1 or 2?"
so that leads me here. i've searched and searched and searched with no avail. it's somewhat an obstacle because i also don't know exactly what i am looking for. my wife has given up the search party, and is now just stuck in her own head with thoughts of a failing exam. i don't know if she would like me searching and posting all of this on a web-forum, but i know she would do the same for me if the roles were reversed. she has gone from being positive she passed, to positive she has failed, all in about a 6 hour period. i know this is common after reading this site, and am fully aware that nothing i can do can really 100% sway her decision one way or the other, but any information is good information. so...here it is. the question she recieved was something like...
she stated the question had 2 more options, but both were painstakingly obvious that you would not discharge them. she wrestled with these two for a bit. i won't state which one she answered, because if i get an overwhelming response with the one she chose, i would like to show her this thread. i'm afraid if i say which one she chose, she might believe people were agreeing with her just to calm her down. any help/answers/opinions would be greatly appreciated. regardless if the whole "computer not shutting off on a correct answer" is full of poppycock, let us know anyway. if would help the stress level for the next few days.
so again, thank you greatly if you actually read all of this and thank you even more if you respond. i wish all of you who took the test recently the best, if you are planning to take it, you'll do great, and if you had taken it in the past congrats/you'll do better next time. i never realized how much a test could affect one person, and all my positive thoughts go out to all of you. thanks in advance.
-michael-
p.s. for anyone as narcissistic as me, no, i didn't do this for brownie points. i know if i read this, i'd prolly think it
thread edited to remove specifics from the exam. it is actually direct violation of the board that handles the nclex exam to post anything about what one had on their exam anywhere. it also makes them subject to having their exam cancelled out as well.
caliotter3
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Please pass our :ancong!: on to your wife!