Just took RN NCLEX

CeeCee48 · Jul 22, 2008

I took my NCLEX yesterday and it shut off at 88. I took an NCLEX prep course and was a very good student. I did the Kaplan question trainer and was getting in the 70's and 80's on the test. Kaplan says if you get a 65% on these you will pass. I thought this was the hardest test I had ever taken. My two friends each took it with me. One shut off at 75 and one at 265. We are all in a daze like we were ran over by a truck! We went straight to a bar! We still don't know our results!

Iowa_I_Care · Jul 22, 2008

Good luck to you! I think I would have felt better if I went over 75. I can't believe how dumb I feel. I'm afraid I was too confident. Everyone said to go into the test confident and I did.....now I have all kinds of self doubt. An amaretto sour sounds wonderful right now!!

backtothefuture · Jul 23, 2008

I wish we were all together so we could all drink together!!! I just left the testing center and I jus finished crying, like loud crying like out loud......I feel like a failure and I don't even know my results!!!!! I got up to 230 something questions and my time was over , the entire 6 hours and I didn't finish, are there any success stories out there that didn't have enough time and still passed???? All I can do is leave it in Gods hands!!!!!!!

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jul 23, 2008

Good luck

heymansgirl · Jul 23, 2008

My friend and I just took the NCLEX today as well!! I finished around 77 questions she finished around 80! I had only 1 med calculation and for the life of me I couldn't figure out how to do it :no: WE both think we failed and pretty much cried our eyes out! I don't want to talk to anyone or anything and of course everyone is callin and sending me texts askin how it was!! Needless to say my friend and I also went out to the bar and drowned our sorrows :bluecry1:

studymom39 · Jul 23, 2008

One thing is for sure - I would never recommend becoming a nurse. The entire process has been hell.

I'm 39 and I've already told my kids that under no circumstance do I ever want to hear them say they want to become a nurse. I can tell you why there's a nursing shortage ...

Iowa_I_Care · Jul 23, 2008

I am so sorry you feel this way studymom39. I have never for one moment regretted my choice of becoming a nurse. I personally did not find nursing school to be real difficult. It was a challenge but I really did enjoy it. (Just hated the politics of the classroom and some of the personalities). I will do whatever it takes to reach my goal to become an RN.

poohbear1968 · Jul 23, 2008

I can totally agree with you. Nursing school has been hell. I just turned 40 last week and for the past 4 years I have been a basket case. I have truly aged from this experience! I have aches and pains I have never had before:( I was so relieved when I graduated this past May. It was such a great accomplishment! I took my NCLEX this past Monday and it was horrible:( I took the whole test 265 and by 180 I was completely frazzled. These questions kept coming at me and I had no clue as to what most of the answers were. I remember thinking to myself that I just wanted to get up and leave! What would happen? Should I fake being sick? Maybe say I have chest pains? I was totally burned out and dissapointed. I basically gave up but I finished at 265 and then practically ran out of there. I dont even want to check my score tomorrow. Im anticipating the worst:(

CanemjaRN · Jul 23, 2008

OK SO I JUST TOOK THE NCLEX-RN THIS AFTERNOON!!!!! :bugeyes: AHHHH!!!!! IM GOING CRAZY I HAVE KNOW IDEA HOW I DID!!! I GOT ABOUT 180 QUESTIONS WITH ABOUT 5 SELECT ALL THAT APPLY QUESTIONS...MY LAST QUESTION WAS A SELECT ALL THAT APPLY, I DNT KNOW IF THAT MEANS ANYTHING! :no: BTW I TOOK KAPLAN AND MY AVG QBANK WAS 59%

QT1:53

QT2: 59

QT3:46

QT4:57(THIS IS WHERE I STARTED TO READ THE KAPLAN BOOK)

QT5:64

QT6: 67

QT7:61

OBVIOUSLY IM DYING TO KNOW IF I PASSED! THIS WAIT IS TORTURE! :banghead:

ALL I CAN DO IS PRAY AND KEEP PRAYING!!!! ILL KEEP YALL UPDATED!!!

studymom39 · Jul 23, 2008

The emphasis isn't on academics...that's never been an issue...it's the sense of sowing and reaping in life that I'm referring to.

Iowa_I_Care · Jul 23, 2008

Here it is almost midnight and I have a pounding headach, can't sleep and feel like I could puke my guts out. My husband and kids do not understand and think I'm being silly. This is cruel and unusual punishment!! I can't even imagine those people in the states that don't have quick results. I keep going over questions in my head and trying to decide if I made the right answer choice. I KNOW I screwed up ALL the calculations except the one that was so easy I didn't even need a calculator. It is nice to know that there are other people out there feeling exactly as I do right now!!