Well, I took the nclex on Wednesday and should find out today how I did. I can honestly say I walked out of there thinking I failed it. I felt like I guessed at half the test. The test itself only took me an hour and 15 minutes. I'm wondering now if maybe I rushed it. I just kept thinking about what one of my instructors always said to me, "Go with your first gut instinct". My brother and sister in law drove me to the test center because I was so nervous. They were surprised when I called at 10 and told them to pick me up. My test stopped at 85, but I had 10 check all that apply questions I hate those types of questions. I feel like I've read every post on this forum since I took the test. I guess I'm looking for a rationale of why I had so many darn check all that apply questions.
Anyway, to those waiting for their results (like me)...I know how you feel. This has been the longest 2 days of my life.
Congratulations!!! I know how you felt...my friends and I all walked out feeling like we failed, literally had no idea how we did at all but how exciting when you open it up and it says PASS!!
i felt exactly like what you are feeling and being close to new years. im trying to think positive so that i can have good year.. i failed couple of times already.. i think im going to quit on this i also felt like i was guessing. i think i really failed. i dont know what to do.. :angryfire im going to vegas for this new years weekend.. my husband is not ,making me happy anymore either. i went through so much gained so much weight, no sleepi at nite.. i have taken sleeping pills every nite just to sleep.. i just want to get it over with.. i hate my jobn. has nothing to do with nursing and they think they are so above everyoe. telll me what to do all the time.
failing whether an exam or a task is really a big disappointmant to everyone. it is so much easier to say be positive but it is more difficult to do it in real life situation. we have tried all means to relax but our body is not going with the flow we wanted it to be. with anxiety and worries and feeling of despair, even our own immune system reacts, hormones are going crazy. sleepless nights become like a bad habit plus the fact the almost always we turn our hate to food...sigh...thats me too lolz...i hate foods that i eat them all so that i will not see them on my table and in my fridge. hahaha and when a lil bit of inch adds up on my lil asian body, the more i feel frustrated. i sometimes blame my failure to the people around me. family, kids, and others....sigh...it all adds up isnt it?
but those doesnt help at all, does it? i learned that if i continue to be like that, my concentration on my next exam will be like what it is before--> a poor one. i learned to help myself now cuz nobody will help me but myself. kids will not gonna stop asking for help nor will not gonna stop making a lot of mess in the house, husband will not gonna stop asking for your attention especially asking where is his socks located , the dishes will not gonna clean up by itself and so as the dirty clothes and the house as well. those will not change in just 1 day. but we can change the way we see things. smile more. look at the mirror. put some makeup on or go to the salon. make yourself more beautiful. its a gift to yourself. shop not til your budget drops lol but just right to make u feel better. watch a movie. or go to the park. review an hour a day or anytime you feel relaxed. ignore the negative vibes from people who makes you unhappy for the meantime. deal with them after the test hehe.(opps!!) thats what i do at the moment. and hope u get a lil bit of an idea out of this:P goodluck and enjoy your holiday! i might sit again maybe by the last week of feb.07.hopefully i will be able to ace it and so as the other nurses out here who are wholeheartedly hopeful to pass. goodluck to all of us.
failing whether an exam or a task is really a big disappointmant to everyone. it is so much easier to say be positive but it is more difficult to do it in real life situation. we have tried all means to relax but our body is not going with the flow we wanted it to be. with anxiety and worries and feeling of despair, even our own immune system reacts, hormones are going crazy. sleepless nights become like a bad habit plus the fact the almost always we turn our hate to food...sigh...thats me too lolz...i hate foods that i eat them all so that i will not see them on my table and in my fridge. hahaha and when a lil bit of inch adds up on my lil asian body, the more i feel frustrated. i sometimes blame my failure to the people around me. family, kids, and others....sigh...it all adds up isnt it?
but those doesnt help at all, does it? i learned that if i continue to be like that, my concentration on my next exam will be like what it is before--> a poor one. i learned to help myself now cuz nobody will help me but myself. kids will not gonna stop asking for help nor will not gonna stop making a lot of mess in the house, husband will not gonna stop asking for your attention especially asking where is his socks located , the dishes will not gonna clean up by itself and so as the dirty clothes and the house as well. those will not change in just 1 day. but we can change the way we see things. smile more. look at the mirror. put some makeup on or go to the salon. make yourself more beautiful. its a gift to yourself. shop not til your budget drops lol but just right to make u feel better. watch a movie. or go to the park. review an hour a day or anytime you feel relaxed. ignore the negative vibes from people who makes you unhappy for the meantime. deal with them after the test hehe.(opps!!) thats what i do at the moment. and hope u get a lil bit of an idea out of this:P goodluck and enjoy your holiday! i might sit again maybe by the last week of feb.07.hopefully i will be able to ace it and so as the other nurses out here who are wholeheartedly hopeful to pass. goodluck to all of us.
ps: don't quit!!!
I couldn't have said that any better, hang in there and don't give up!
Oh my gosh I am so happy for you! I was in the same position, I took mine on 12/27 and was sure I failed. Mine shut down at 140 questions and I just knew I would be retaking it. Somehow I passed too!! Yea for us!
I hate those types of questions. I feel like I've read every post on this forum since I took the test. I guess I'm looking for a rationale of why I had so many darn check all that apply questions.
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EricJRN, MSN, RN
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Awesome job, Steph! You persevered in spite of what seems like a lot of tough times over the last month.