NCLEX Passed! 15 May 2015

[Junebug24]

Well I just found out that I passed the NCLEX after taking all 265 questions. If you have taken the NCLEX and are reading this and awaiting your results I promise you that reading this won't make you feel any better but have hope and try to distract yourself with anything you can. It isn't worth it to sit on a computer for 24-48 hours clicking the refresh button on the Pearson Vue site or the BON website. It will just drive you insane. The reason I say this is because I did this and it wasn't worth the time and stress it caused me. Anyways, here's my story...

I took the Hurst Review a week prior to taking the NCLEX. It was the perfect review to have before taking the NCLEX. I can honestly say that I got far more questions right than I would have if I hadn't taken the Hurst Review. It is worth every penny and their practice exams look exactly like the real NCLEX.

So I took the practice exams the week of the exam to get used to the type of questions and get my brain ready for a possibly long test. I went to bed at 8PM the night before after taking one last practice exam. I slept horribly waking up every hour hoping my alarm would not fail me. I got up early and had breakfast with coffee. Then got in my car and drove to the testing site. I got there an hour early and the place wasn't even open yet. It opened around 745 and I was the first one in the door. I started the test promptly at 750 and sat down. I was shaking horribly at first and then the tutorial popped up and kind of helped calm my nerves then the real test began. I answered each question to the best of my ability. I knew when I was getting hard questions and when I was getting easier ones. The hard questions were critical thinking questions all the way. You had to know content and how to apply it. Then there easier questions that I knew were just content driven. I knew I was going up and down on the difficulty and by the time I was passed 75 questions I had a feeling I was in for the long haul. I finally reached question 260 and said to myself the next 5 questions are so important to ace. I thought long and hard on each one and was so into the test that I didn't even realize I was finished. My stomach dropped when the screen went blank and I realized I was finished. What was done was done. The testing guy gave me this false sense of security by saying "congratulations". Ha ha I knew he didn't know anything but it was annoying just the same like he was mocking me ha ha. Anyways, I called the important peopl to tell them I was done and I drove home feeling numb and unsure of anything.

Then in the rest of the day I barely thought about the test until my friends from class started freakish out. It kind of made me freak out and at 10pm I was checking all the stories I could about people who had taken the entire test and passed. I read up on the "trick" and decided it was too risky to put my credit info in and pay for another test. Then I started hitting refresh on the BON Florida page and the Perason Vue results page. It was a nightmare. I was shaking and had an anxiety meltdown. Then I collected myself and had a beer. Ha ha yes a beer.

The he next day was a Saturday and I checked the websites from time to time wondering when they were going to post the results. I was cursing at the website for not telling people sooner. I was sure I was loosing a year of life over the amount of stress and worry. Then Sunday morning came and I checked at 8 am and no results were available. Then I got a text at 0930 that one of my friends had results posted on Pearson Vue. I freaked! My hands were shaking my heart was racing and I was sweating. My stomach started to cramp and I was just in turmoil. I opened the website and signed in. My hands were shaking so badly I had to put in my info one finger at a time. The pearson Vue site under quick results tab said that results were available for 7.99. I was like "hell ya I'm paying" so I paid and then I took a minute took a deep breath at the submit button and prayed for the word pass to be on the next page. Lo and behold, it said PASS I slammed my computer shut so fast and had a major meltdown. Crying laughing yelling shaking l. If I had had a heart monitor on me it probably would have been alarming. I fell over and just sobbed. Then proceeded to announce it to anyone who would listen.

Moral of the story just wait the time you have to wait. If it's during the week it's 24 hours. If you take the test on a Friday then you will get your results on Sunday morning. You either passed or failed and you probably know how you did based on how you felt about the questions. If you were completely unsure of most of the questions then you probably didn't pass. If you were sure of at least half of them and the other half you kinda guessed on then you probably passed. Have faith and hope for the best answer. You will be fine!

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Well I just found out that I passed the NCLEX after taking all 265 questions. If you have taken the NCLEX and are reading this and awaiting your results I promise you that reading this won't make you feel any better but have hope and try to distract yourself with anything you can. It isn't worth it to sit on a computer for 24-48 hours clicking the refresh button on the Pearson Vue site or the BON website. It will just drive you insane. The reason I say this is because I did this and it wasn't worth the time and stress it caused me. Anyways, here's my story...

Congrats! But I do have to LOL a bit here....if simply telling people to stop doing futile, anxiety-provoking things actually MADE them stop....well, there'd be a small fraction of the threads and posts on this board from what there is now!

congratulations, and welcome to the fold :)