i just got home from taking the nclex and i am feeling very discouraged, which i hear is normal. i took all 265 questions and never felt less confident in my life. i have never been good at exams so i knew that i would come out feeling like i failed but i really feel like i bombed the exam. i knew i didn't want to stop at 75 because i knew that would probably be an automatic fail for me. i really felt so bad i was crying immediately. my friend and i went together and she was done in 75. i took 4 hours and looking back i think i sped through because i honestly did not know the answers. i tried using the strategies learned in kaplan but just couldn't apply them to the format of the questions. it seemed as if once i would eliminate 2 the other two were very similar (both airway, or both cardiac). i had one math question and 1 sata. no hotspots, no drag and drop. mostly priority, alot of meds (alot i did not know and had to guess), who to discharge in a crisis, a lot of diseases (parkinsons, guillian barre, meneire, diabetes, copd, hepatitis, and cirrhosis). procedures considerations, side effects etc. i am really nervous because i have a job waiting for me and i am supposed to start in 10 days. i am so worried of the embarassment of having to tell everyone that i failed and i can't work. i have so many people counting on me and i really hope i don't let them down and most of all myself.
caliotter3
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Good luck!