It's getting ridiculous already on how I keep trying for my NCLEX and still not working! What am I doing wrong?! I studied EVERYTHING!!! And i mean everything. I feel so dumb already. Right now I am in limbo.
Should I jump right back in with reviewing because I want to take the test again after the 45 day waiting period or take a break? I don't want to waste my time with waiting and at the same time I want to get my license this year. I am so tired of trying this is my 7th time and i still failed! I am running out of hope! It seems like God never wants me to pass! I am so hopeless and frustrated and so tired of studying.
The last test I took I ran out of time. I took the review from Delmar's and passed all my mock test. I can't seem to get a hold of my test anxiety! Can someone out there please hear me out. I am so desperate to the point where I'm an inch away from giving up
I am not saying that nurses from the Philippines don't know anything... it's completely not true... I just got used to other types of questions than how they do it here... and having taken it the 7th time is not really doing anything good for me either... i keep changing my answers during the test
One of the biggest rules of nursing school is: NEVER change your answers. This would apply to the NCLEX as well. It takes practice to stop the habit.
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thank you so much... I wanted to do it for so long but I was continuously told by the nurses in the hospital and the last time I was in the emergency room that it was not a big deal and I even had one nurse at that time that treated me so bad I didn't want to go back anymore for an emergency... After that I just told my parents to just carry me to bed every time I pass out inside the house. At this point I just really have to go back to my cardiologist, I don't know what's going on coz it's not only during stressful times I pass out... excessive heat or just even when I'm sitting down makes me faint. Thank you very much though for everything it has been very helpful towards my situation.
True story: My first job was working in inpt psych. We got an admission; a sweet young Hispanic woman who spoke minimal English, supposedly having anxiety issues. I took care of her, since I speak Spanish fairly well. She told me she was feeling something in her chest. She adamantly denied any anxiety. I listened to her heart, and something didn't sound right, so I asked her psychiatrist if she could have some cardiac work-up. Guess what? She had MVP. She wound up being D/C on Inderal (I think), and referred to a cardiologist. Her family doctor misinterpreted what she was telling him and thought she was describing anxiety. Good thing her problem was caught elsewhere; if not, it could have cost her life.
Your body is sending you major warning signs. Take care of yourself first before you think about trying to take care of others.
Guys..! Reality check yes! But saying harsh words it's below the belt.. what would you feel if you were in her/his shoes?..And what if you have a nurse who failed 10x ?? does that mean the person is dumb and not supposed to be a nurse ?No! Passing the first time doesn't make you a great nurse either..There are a lot of people who passed their boards first time but makes mistakes when they are already working and nobody is perfect, we WILL always make a mistake but then wouldn't be better if we make a mistake during our exam to get our license? Rather than making a mistake while treating a pt.? ..That's why theres an exam..because we are dealing with lives..but this exam should not defy who we are,..failing this exam may meant that we have to do more better or maybe there is something we are missing to do..
and also this is a public community for nurses /soon to be nurses where we speak our own perspective YES! this should be a community that support each other and not bashing each other coz we are going through the same thing and wanting the same thing..and that is to be a nurse so harsh words are not needed..
Guys..! Reality check yes! But saying harsh words it's below the belt.. what would you feel if you were in her/his shoes?..And what if you have a nurse who failed 10x ?? does that mean the person is dumb and not supposed to be a nurse ?No! Passing the first time doesn't make you a great nurse either..There are a lot of people who passed their boards first time but makes mistakes when they are already working and nobody is perfect, we WILL always make a mistake but then wouldn't be better if we make a mistake during our exam to get our license? Rather than making a mistake while treating a pt.? ..That's why theres an exam..because we are dealing with lives..but this exam should not defy who we are,..failing this exam may meant that we have to do more better or maybe there is something we are missing to do..
and also this is a public community for nurses /soon to be nurses where we speak our own perspective YES! this should be a community that support each other and not bashing each other coz we are going through the same thing and wanting the same thing..and that is to be a nurse so harsh words are not needed..
To reiterate: NO ONE called OP DUMB: the OP seems to have stated the word "dumb" in their own posts.
Please make an appointment ASAP. It seems your life depends on it. I'm shocked your parents agreed to just carry you back to bed if you pass out at home. Find another facility. Do something as per your posts your situation seems to be escalating
hello justbeachynurse,
yes I will... I made my parents do it because they have so much on their plate already and me being hospitalized again for an umph time will just worry them more.. But I will as you said take care of my well being first.. thank you
May I ask how you did in nursing school? To me passing nursing school was about 1000% harder.
I see you keep mentioning your anxiety, ptsd and blacking out in stressful situations. I'm not sure what field of nursing you want to be in, but I hate to say that nursing is VERY stressful. I don't have anxiety and even after being a nurse for 6 years I find myself in stressful situations that make me sweat. Now granted I'm in an ICU, but even a med-surg nurse will tell you stress and anxiety is there.
How will you respond in a MRT/ Code? will your anxiety hinder your critical thinking? Being a nurse is not only bed pans and passing meds. You have to know when your patient is getting worse and react. Have you done something like a shadow in your last semester in nursing school? How did you find it to be?
I'm not saying give up or don't up, it's just that no one really knows what nursing is like until they lived it. It may not be what you are expecting it to be, I know it wasn't for me.
To those who replied to my post, thank you. I greatly appreciate all of your advice. I would just like to make it clear that I did not say I was dumb... I said "I feel dumb already" because I am very embarrassed of my predicament. However, as all the others have told me I need to get my health straightened up before I take care of other people. As I kept on talking to everyone on here, I realized that it is helping me realize the severity of my declining health. So please just be nice to one another because we are all nurses and soon to be ones.
May I ask how you did in nursing school? To me passing nursing school was about 1000% harder.
I see you keep mentioning your anxiety, ptsd and blacking out in stressful situations. I'm not sure what field of nursing you want to be in, but I hate to say that nursing is VERY stressful. I don't have anxiety and even after being a nurse for 6 years I find myself in stressful situations that make me sweat. Now granted I'm in an ICU, but even a med-surg nurse will tell you stress and anxiety is there.
How will you respond in a MRT/ Code? will your anxiety hinder your critical thinking? Being a nurse is not only bed pans and passing meds. You have to know when your patient is getting worse and react. Have you done something like a shadow in your last semester in nursing school? How did you find it to be?
I'm not saying give up or don't up, it's just that no one really knows what nursing is like until they lived it. It may not be what you are expecting it to be, I know it wasn't for me.
Those are really good questions, when I was in nursing school my anxiety was controllable even without medications however as years passed it became more evident because my bio dad has gotten worse with his abuse (I am not playing the sympathy card), due to that I had to go on xanax but had severe personality changes so the doctor tapered it off until I was able to completely go off of it again and these all happened at 3rd year of college. By the 4th year I was diagnosed with MVP and since then I was put on propanolol and being the stubborn woman that I am I stopped taking it. And the whole reason I came here was to escape my father.
To cut the long story short... I have to get myself together first before I ever get a job because right now I am doing everything I can to make sure my heart can handle every type of stress I am going to encounter. I just don't want to give this up because I was in the OR before I came here and I loved working as an OR nurse. I love every bit of feeling that I can help others.
If you can't handle the honesty, how are you gonna handle the comments made by patients & family?
never mind the family and patients, have you ever been ripped a new one by a doctor?! nursing may be the heart of caring, but i think our badges secretly read "punching bag" that everyone but us can see.
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never mind the family and patients, have you ever been ripped a new one by a doctor?! nursing may be the heart of caring, but i think our badges secretly read "punching bag" that everyone but us can see.
OMG I have. Doctors & nurses can sometimes be worse than the family/patient! I hope you get everything sorted out because I would hate for it to get worse once you start working. No matter how much we want something, sometimes we have to take a time out & focus on ourselves. I had to once I got pregnant.
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One of the biggest rules of nursing school is: NEVER change your answers. This would apply to the NCLEX as well. It takes practice to stop the habit.