Just to get this out of the way, I am a retired Marine and I am disabled. I was diagnosed with PTSD in 2011 along with many other bumps and bruises that accompany 21 years of active servce. I received such great care that I decided to go to school to become an RN to help others. In May I received my BSN at a small private school in Buffalo, NY and yesterday (7/6) was the big day, I took the dreaded NCLEX.
I utilized kaplan and U-World and combining the 2 I felt for me was beneficial. I did well over 4000 questions and maybe read 50 percent of rationales. I also had the ATI book from school but im not focused enough to read all the in between stuff. Again, thats just me and I am not discouraging it.
Truth be told, and this is just my opinion, this may have been the weirdest-hardest exam I have ever taken. So to get to the skinny, prior to going in I prayed and prayed. During the exam it felt like I wasnt getting many low level questions. Most were application, who do you see first, infection stuff, maybe 6-8 SATA's, 2 med calculations (1 I missed cuz I didnt divide into 3 seperate doses), 1 or 2 drag and drop, some other procedural stuff etc. Oh and I got one picture with a question. And I had to recognize what it is and provide education on it. Anyways I was moving along and 75 questions came and went. I got to 87 and it shut off on me.
I walked out of there saying to myself "what in the heck just happened"? Ive been in multiple war zones and this was a feeling I never have experienced before in my life so I can only imagine what you younger guys and gals go through.
So I got home and decided I would try to re register (you know, the PVT pop up). I got all the way to the credit card page, I put it all in because I figured well if I failed I will have to re-take it anyways and shell out 200 more bucks. When I hit submit I got the good pop up. It was a little early so I did the whole process again and again and again lol. Stil got the good pop up. This morning after 24 hours had passed I tried again and still got the good pop up. I know there is mixed reviews on its accuracy so no way am I telling anyone I passed. Tomorrow I will be able to do the quick results. This by far has been the most stressful period of my life.
I wanted to share this with everyone because for years I have read everyone else posts and encoragement. I want to encourage each and every one of you to do your very best and work hard. When I get the true results I will be sure to let everyone know.
Semper Fi Nurse
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Congrats to you- it is such an awesome feeling!!! How many questions did you get?