I finally PASSED..5x charm..

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Hello. The weight is now off my shoulders and no longer crushing me anymore..I hope you never lose faith :nurse: If you are reading this for motivation that is why I posted it

Lets go back to the beginning..

I graduated high school in January of 2009, started college 3 days later and in that following fall semester of 2009 I started nursing school! Unfortunately I ended up failing second semester by 11 points. I did not like this school, I felt that it was more of a boot camp and decided to withdraw and find a better nursing school. The next school I found was sooooo much better. They knew your names, they knew what they were talking about and just made the whole experience a ton better. After failing from the first school my GPA dropped to a 1.9.....I started brand new at the next school, made it through every semester with an A or B and ended up graduating with a 3.7. I ended up graduating in December 2013 with my associates in nursing.

1st time-I waited 6 months till after graduation to take my test!!!! 6 months!! That was my mistake right there. I just needed a break though. I tested May 2014 after reviewing with ATI (through my school) which pardon my language... WAS HORRIBLE. My tutor did not help me, the questions weren't helping me. I did not like the schedule they gave me. I bluntly, hated it. I felt like my life was over, just like I did when I failed nursing school before. Failed with 265 and all 8 categories near passing.

2nd time-July 2014...I used ATI again and the PDA book and the kaplan book, I completed the whole thing and I guess it was okay... Obviously either didn't work! Failed with 265 and all 8 categories near passing..again.

3rd time-September 2014...This time I bought NCSBN 8 week program. Hated it. The set-up was horrible. There was WAY to more information for me to handle. I was unsuccessful again..Failed with 265 and all 8 categories near passing..yep once again. Mind you I have just started my BSN program which I did not need my license for yet.

4th time-January 2015. This time I used a tutor after begging one of my nursing instructors for help. She made me have confidence in myself again but that is pretty much it. This time Failed with 265 and 6 categories near passing, 2 below passing. Now I am nervous because I am in my second semester of my BSN program and in the summer I am taking courses that I NEED my license for. NEED. or else I would have to prolong my BSN program. (which I have planned to graduate Dec 2015 and then have a cruise booked to celebrate being done with nursing school forever!!) and this would ruin my plans if I failed.

5th time-Desperate as all heck... Took advice from two of my classmates that failed a couple times and just passed. They went to a 4 day Kaplan live class and then did questions and videos online. They both passed. I purchased kaplans questions only and did them for about a month and a half. I have worked full time as a GN since February 2014, bought a house, tried to maintain my relationship with my S.O etc, etc. I had to pass it this time. Even with writing papers for my BSN program and living a semi-normal life...I was doing 10 questions a night out of the Qbank after I took the q-trainers. I did not take the readiness test or the diagnostic test. Or qtrainer 7. I will post my scores after. I went into the testing center on a Saturday at 8am. The test shut off around 100. I couldn't believe it. I just focused on my test the whole time. Kept my confidence and kept telling myself today is the day, today is the day. I did not think about NOT one other thing. EVEN though I had the pressure of next semester on me and my job and my relationship and my life on the LINE for the 5th TIME!!! I just focused on the moment, hid the # of questions I was on when I reached 93 and about 10 more questions my screen went blank. I checked today at work and my quick results said PASS. I can not describe the feeling you get after you have accomplished this...This has been holding me back. I have SUCH bad test anxiety. I never took any meds for it though.. I did not really want too.. I AM TELLING YOU, KAPLAN is the CLOSEST thing to NCLEX. It eased my nerves. It really did. They teach you the decision tree...this strategy WORKS.

Qtrainer 1-56%

Qtrainer 2-67%

Qtrainer 3-54%

Qtrainer 4-51%

Qtrainer 6-56%

Now I am going to go breathe and get back to my life!!! YOU can DO this! xoxo

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Specializes in LTC, Med-surg.

Wow. This is why I plan on taking the NCLEX asap. Waiting 6 months to take it could only hurt not help in most cases.

Thanks for the tips though

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Congrats again!!! Told ya you could do it!! Winna winna, chicken dinna!

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congrats i m very happy for you,i m lurching in this from many years....

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Congratulations! It is so encouraging to heard stories like this...

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congrats, its great to hear about a story like yours, it gives people like me that have failed the nclex a couple of times, some hope

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congrats

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Congratulations!!👏👏👏👏

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congrates

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Thank you so much everyone. It really means a lot. I wanted to show the multiple test takers out there that it is possible...for me it was my anxiety.. I just had to relax..and do kaplan!!

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Congrats! Glad to see you didn't give up!!! I have a friend in a similar situation and I can't wait to show her this.

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Woo! God is good! You did it! :D

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