Nclex what you don't expect

[Tuesday17]

Drove 3 hours yesterday...could not eat...checked into nice suite to treat myself which happened to be across the parking lot from the Pearson center...thought it made sense. It didn't! I stared at the entrance all day and night long wondering "how I would feel when I walked out those doors after the big test...couldn't sleep...couldn't eat...hated the nice room and REALLY hated the Pearson center that I could see from my window all night!

Woke up...peed...couldn't eat again...felt like I was having a stroke...maybe the bird flu...something...maybe going into shock. Walked across the parking lot...checked in like a fugitive (fingerprints, palm scan, picture up against a wall)...peed again...put keys and drivers license in locker...told to put papers in locker too. Did that...peed again. Went into the room...stuffed the ear plugs in my ears...put the head phones over those to keep the sound out...started the tutorial...finished tutorial...thought I'd puke. Started the test and BAM! Didn't know the first several questions...went blank...closed eyes and prayed to the Gods for something...PLEASE GOD something....looked around the room for my marbles...then remembered "they are videotaping me"....eyes back on the test...

Almost two hours later...question 95...WHAT!? I didn't flunk at 75! Still in the game, right? Didn't pass either...*&&^^%%^**...BUCK UP! Every question now is pass or fail...big deep breaths...prayed to every God I know of...at question 118..screen went blank...mind as well...took off the ear phones, pulledsd the plug out of ears...barely got into the bathroom before I peed myself...left with lady smiling saying good luck...whatever.

Drove 3 hours home...still can't eat...surprised I can still pee...but I did...wanted to crawl into bed and sleep...couldn't sleep...kept thinking...PVT...does it work? *&^%...what to do...of course I had to check it out...really started gagging and then....the good pop up came up :-) I ate and haven't peed since!

Seriously y'all, relax, try and eat, do NOT study the day before and DO NOT get a hotel room across the parking lot from the (*&^ testing center! Relax and pray to all your higher powers...breathe...pee...breathe...pee...don't kill a patient and pass!

Good luck to all...need to go call a urologist....new R.N.!!!

[nurse671]

It is official! I am an RN! Who needs sex and a smoke if you can pass NCLEX? LOL

:smokin:Wish I can say the same thing after my test!!

[Endless]

COngratulations!! Thanks for sharing your lovely story : )

[Tuesday17]

mcunanan:

Seriously I do not believe that ANYTHING prepared me for NCLEX. I did use Hurst review (a little), ATI (a lot of questions) and review for labs and meds. I had 24+ SATA, one drag and drop and a ton of priority questions.

I think if you just aren't a killer nurse and know your fundamentals well, you will be fine.

After it was all over ... for me anyway ... I thought "much ado about nothing"...just my opinion.

Good luck :-)

[dorisdoris]

Can I skip the question if I don't know it

[Amy'sGrandbaby, BSN, RN]

Congrats to you! Thank you for sharing your experience with us.."Much ado about nothing" lol.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Can I skip the question if I don't know it

If you mean skip questions in the NCLEX then no you can not skip if you don't know

[kit86]

Your story was HILARIOUS! haha... i needed to read that because Im super stressed out. Thank u and congrats!

[Tuesday17]

No. You must answer questions...but take your best guess and move on. I did :-)

[Tuesday17]

Thanks Kit86! I'm glad I could put a smile on your face :-)

[kit86]

Hey Tuesday, I was wondering how your test scores were? I just finished trainer 7 this morning and I have to say I'm really depressed. I'm completely paralyzed to take my test, it being bc it's my second time.

[Tuesday17]

Kit: I don't know what trainer 7 is...but my scores were always very low with ATI between 60's and 70's with an overall average of maybe 78%. I passed NCLEX first time. Relax, breathe and pee (alot). I know how you feel...I had to retake a class five weeks before graduation and I was paralyzed (and almost passed out during the test) with the fear of flunking out and not being able to continue on. Personally, each score and test (ATI, Hurst, whatever) seemed different and each has their own benchmark I believe.

Does trainer 7 have a personal coach or trainer? I wonder if your scores are still within passing NCLEX range. For example, I felt as if I should be scoring higher on all my tests, but they kept reassuring me that I was fine and above 90% in passing NCLEX first time.

Does this help?! Sorry, I'm still in shock at having passed and receiving my license.

Tuesday

[kit86]

Haha I'm actually referring to the Kaplan trainers. There's 7 test trainers they give you and tell u that the last two, 6&7 most mimic the nclex. They Also tell u that scoring above a 60% on those means your good to go. I didn't quite meet those standards so I'm looking for some advice on here. For nursing school I had the ATI exit exam and had to pass with a high 80s score to predict passing the NCLEX on the first try and I reached that. It's just since this is my second time I'm getting caught up in my performance based on my scores.