January 2008 NCLEX support thread

OMG, my name is not on BON and I am totally feeling like I am coming apart. They do their own quick results but I don't know what I did with the number so I can check. I called to see if I could get it. I am now doing deep breathing.

I'm praying for you Cash, sometimes the results don't show up first thing in the morning.

I'm taking the NCLEX tomorrow and I'm really getting nervous about it. If I had an extra week to study, I don't think it would even help because the more I study, the more I feel I don't know. I did well in school and really well on the HESI, but I"m not sure if any of that matters. I've never really had a good memory for meds and if I get a lot of meds on the NCLEX I'm in trouble. My friend from school took it last week and said her meds were all easy ones so I'm hoping the same is true for me. She passed at 75Q and we both were pretty comparable students in school. I think right now I'm just trying to calm myself down and convince myself that I've mastered what I need to know etc. I just want to get it over with now, the anxiety is the worst part. I just know that when I get into that test, I'll wish I"d studied more YKWIM? I took the night off of work last night so I can spend today studying instead of sleeping. Hopefully I'll be able to absorb what I need to know. I'm not really cramming, I'm just going over things I already know and reinforcing the information.

I am sooo nervous about this....

Keli

NCLEX 1/17

I'm praying for you Cash, sometimes the results don't show up first thing in the morning.

I'm taking the NCLEX tomorrow and I'm really getting nervous about it. If I had an extra week to study, I don't think it would even help because the more I study, the more I feel I don't know. I did well in school and really well on the HESI, but I"m not sure if any of that matters. I've never really had a good memory for meds and if I get a lot of meds on the NCLEX I'm in trouble. My friend from school took it last week and said her meds were all easy ones so I'm hoping the same is true for me. She passed at 75Q and we both were pretty comparable students in school. I think right now I'm just trying to calm myself down and convince myself that I've mastered what I need to know etc. I just want to get it over with now, the anxiety is the worst part. I just know that when I get into that test, I'll wish I"d studied more YKWIM? I took the night off of work last night so I can spend today studying instead of sleeping. Hopefully I'll be able to absorb what I need to know. I'm not really cramming, I'm just going over things I already know and reinforcing the information.

I am sooo nervous about this....

Keli

NCLEX 1/17

Calzonan if it is any help -- I didn't find the pharm questions to be that bad. If you knew the class you could pretty much pick out the answer. Now I did have one med I had never ever even HEARD of...but remember if could be one of the questions that doesn't count....none of the other pharm questions gave me a hard time and throughout school pharm is what gave me the hardest time.

GOOD LUCK!

Thanks, that's what I'm hoping for. It just seems that during studying they make it seem like you really have to know meds. I was taking the Saunders pharm practice on CD and there was something like 702 pharm questions!! How can a person possibly memorize all of those? I've got a good understanding of how the body works, so hopefully I'll be able to think my way through any drugs I'm not sure about. Hopefully the NCLEX gods will smile on me and not give me any hard pharm questions

I just want to get this over with....

Thanks, that's what I'm hoping for. It just seems that during studying they make it seem like you really have to know meds. I was taking the Saunders pharm practice on CD and there was something like 702 pharm questions!! How can a person possibly memorize all of those? I've got a good understanding of how the body works, so hopefully I'll be able to think my way through any drugs I'm not sure about. Hopefully the NCLEX gods will smile on me and not give me any hard pharm questions

I just want to get this over with....

I'm in your same shoes. I take NCLEX tomorrow as well and pharm is not one of my strong points. I went through about 130 of those questions on the Saunders cd and they were throwing out sooo many meds I had never heard of that it became discouraging more than anything else. I'll keep you in my prayers as I sit down at my screen at 0800 tomorrow. We can do it!!!!!! God brought us to it and he will bring us through it! :w00t:

I'm taking it at 8AM as well, but AZ time, so you'll be in there ahead of me. I'll send a little prayer your way as I sit down to my test.

I almost wish I could just test today and get it over with!! I think I"m ready, or as ready as you can ever be. My school has a 98% pass rate, so I keep telling myself there's no way that I'm going to be in the 2%. That sort of calms me down when I think of it that way.

Happy studying...

Keli

I'm taking it at 8AM as well, but AZ time, so you'll be in there ahead of me. I'll send a little prayer your way as I sit down to my test.

I almost wish I could just test today and get it over with!! I think I"m ready, or as ready as you can ever be. My school has a 98% pass rate, so I keep telling myself there's no way that I'm going to be in the 2%. That sort of calms me down when I think of it that way.

Happy studying...

Keli

LOL I know what you mean about the high pass rate! My school is in those numbers as well....big shoes to fill! Thank you for the prayer! I really wish I could test today also! I won't find out until Monday if I passed or not which is the first day of my Internship.

All the best to you!!!!!!

thanks everyone for your prayers but I did not pass. I got the results about an hour ago. I am so frustrated that I really don't know what to do. My faith is strong in the Lord but this starting to be a real challenge for me. My school had a high pass rate as well and as far as I know me and one more person is the only two who have not passed. I guess I will take a break and just focus on myself for a while because I feel like I am having a nervous break down. I am tired of seeing my results FAIL. I will prayer for all who have to take the test and those who are waiting on theirs. Please keep me on your prayer list.

Cash,

sorry to hear that..i completely understand how you feel right now and i've been there twice, but right now i'm much more determined to do it again so last monday i started to continue studying again.. i am currently doing Suzanne's 1st tip following it exactly the way it should be, no more no less, no other review materials..

just get some break, get a rest for a while, re-group, recuperate and replenish yourself and take it one more time..you can do it..we can do it.. we are strong believer!

Took the test this AM. The CD I made for the ride there definitely helped lessen the anxiety. I also brought my iPod and had to pull it out in the waiting room at the test center--the anxiety level in the room was HUGE--full of at least 10 nurses-to-be plus other test takers. Well, guess what, that level of anxiety is NOT helpful. So, I transported myself to la-la land until my # was called.

75 questions--2 math, 4-6 SATA, lots of prioritzation, and random questions. I feel like I knew a lot of the answers, and on other questions, I used my test-taking skills.

2 days until I find my results posted on the BON website.

Sorry to hear that Cash.... no test is worth having a nervous breakdown over.. just give yourself some time to pull yourself together and Trust in the Lord... He does have a purpose for each of us and in his Time he will surely make all things beautiful..praying for you...

thanks everyone for your prayers but I did not pass. I got the results about an hour ago. I am so frustrated that I really don't know what to do. My faith is strong in the Lord but this starting to be a real challenge for me. My school had a high pass rate as well and as far as I know me and one more person is the only two who have not passed. I guess I will take a break and just focus on myself for a while because I feel like I am having a nervous break down. I am tired of seeing my results FAIL. I will prayer for all who have to take the test and those who are waiting on theirs. Please keep me on your prayer list.