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If you will be taking NCLEX and would like to be prayed for, can we start a fourm for this. I know that some folks are not into prayer and I don't want to offend anyone, but I sure need it!
I here you...Like I said it wasn't the first or secon, etc....that I have taken this test. I got 263 and walked out for the first time feeling so positive that I passed. Well, I am coming to the realization that that may not be the truth....I just don't know what else to do. I am going to wait for my letter of "not passing" and see just what the heck I am doing wrong. Just want to let you know that you are not alone by any means...I feel so aweful that it still hasn't happened for me.
Can praying help after the fact? I just took mine this morning and I don't think I passed ... shut off at 75 and it kept asking me variations of infection control precautions, which is one of my worst subjects, and something I didn't even study... didn't ask anything truly truly difficult and med-surgish.
Please pray now...
Those of us who have taken the exam at least 2X need to determine what we are doing wrong and put our heads together and come up with a plan to overcome our shortcomings. Let's stop complaining and do something about it. (e.g.) I completed Suzzane's first tip and read most of the 4th edition of Saunders and completing all the test Q's at the end of ea. chapter. However, I did not study the meds as well as I should have(problem#1 for me). I did lots of questions from several sources: Saunders, Kaplan, and NCSBN learning ext. I have read and read content, but by the time your ready for the exam you don't always remember everything. I feel like I have at least general knowledge regarding most subject matters. I graduated in 5/2006 and had a couple of set backs with family matters, which caused me to put off taking the exam the first time until 11/07. I took the exam the 2nd time 7/16/08 still waiting for my results but, I don't think I passed. I did a couple of things wrong I gave ea. Q too much time and I took several breaks to prevent feelings of anxiety. My time had run out and I had only completed 186Q and the computer was still giving Questions, which means the CAT had not determined my compentency.
I took the NCLEX yesterday Friday the 18th. I left the test with the emptiest feeling I have ever had in my life. I felt like the test wasn't overly hard, and that's the problem. I had like 5 SATA, 5/6 Math and all the rest were prioritizing and drugs. I know that it shouldn't matter how many SATA's I got but I am nervous that it meant that I was doing bad. The math i had was tricky, the mcg/kg/min style questions that had like 5 steps. The test shut off in 75?s. It's out of my hands now but I have been praying that the Lord will let me pass. I have a job already and will lose it if I fail. Please help me out with your prayers. Thank you
lilpal1
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thanks for the words of encouragement....I just really don't know what else to do. I feel like I have studied and looked over everything that I could. It is just frustrating to know that people around me keep passing and I can't seem to. I am really trying to stay positive.