NCLEX after 9 years

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Ok...so here is my situation…I graduated nursing school back in 2002 and failed my NCLEX several time. Honestly I also gave up after a while but I still have that desire to get my license. My question is this…is there a state out there that allows you to take your boards after being out of school for such a long time without having to do school ALL over again?

I know IL you only have 3 years from the day you applied for the NCLEX. MS you have to go back to school after 2 years…anyone know any rules for other states? I really want to take them again. I don't want my BSN to go to waste. I am searching but thought I Would ask here anyways.

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You waited thirteen years. Why not just do an accelerated BSN program? It's one more year.

Even if you were did magically pass NCLeX today.... Who would hire you?

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Do an accelerated BSN when she already has a BSN?

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Okay...I am a student but I don't really think my school is that awful enough to not prepare me for this exam. Moreover, I've done exceptionally well on the HESI which studies have shown high scores on those exams correlate to great probability of passing the NCLEX.

Though I appreciate your realistic approach for giving the OP advice, I don't appreciate you bashing my approach.

I have no doubt your school is preparing you for your exam, and never said otherwise. It's nice you are doing well....congrats....but again, I never suggested otherwise. I also did not, in the least, "bash" your approach to the problem at hand; I simply disagreed with it. I would hope you'd recognize a difference of opinion is not 'bashing' anything, to say so is quite an overreaction. But.....so be it.

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Okay...I am a student but I don't really think my school is that awful enough to not prepare me for this exam. Moreover, I've done exceptionally well on the HESI which studies have shown high scores on those exams correlate to great probability of passing the NCLEX.

Though I appreciate your realistic approach for giving the OP advice, I don't appreciate you bashing my approach. Frankly, I didn't just say that she should pick up a review book. I, also, added that should she feel like she does not understand the content then to buy an updated edition of a medical-surgical textbook. I don't know about courses but for me, all nursing courses were basically self-taught. I think it would be more practical if the OP would just pick a medical-surgical textbook and read the new information that she does not know rather than enroll in some classes. A lot of time and money was wasted listening to a professor regurgitate information I already understood. So, if the OP could self-study the current information by purchasing the latest of textbooks on the subject it would keep her updated. Sure, purchasing a tutor is a fine idea as well I guess. But do you think a tutor has the time or her wallet has the money to go through all the information she has missed?

Actually passing the Nclex is a better indicator of future passes than doing "exceptionally well" on an entrance exam. Furthermore, your advice makes no sense. She spent 4yrs trying to pass the Nclex, so I'm sure she went over course material and did the review books...You're telling her to do the same thing(review books and reviewing the course material) over again, in hopes for a different result. No need to buy a med-surg book either, if she could teach herself, then she would've passed the Nclex 12yrs ago.

All the methods that you've suggested are proven failures.

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Actually passing the Nclex is a better indicator of future passes than doing "exceptionally well" on an entrance exam. Furthermore, your advice makes no sense. She spent 4yrs trying to pass the Nclex, so I'm sure she went over course material and did the review books...You're telling her to do the same thing(review books and reviewing the course material) over again, in hopes for a different result. No need to buy a med-surg book either, if she could teach herself, then she would've passed the Nclex 12yrs ago.

All the methods that you've suggested are proven failures.

Exit Exam not entrance exam. I talked about my credibility because the other poster said I'm a student so I can't comment on what to do to help on taking the NCLEX exam. My score for the Hesi EXIT exam was really good so I think I do have some level of credibility.

Now that I think about it. Maybe you're right but also, maybe with the time that she has had since nursing school she will have gained better study habits or a stronger endurance to study. There could be a lot of factors why she failed. We can't know for sure if it was just because of school and review books. Also, she never said she studied using reviewed books in her post.

Still thinking she has a shot. But a review course would still be a pretty good thing for her now.

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Exit/Entrance fact still remains.

Yeah we don't know for sure but, one has to be a complete idiot to fail multiple times over a long period of time and not at the very least pick up a review book.

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So what ever happened? Did you pass?

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Looks like it died out about a year ago.

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If these "realistic" comments are coming from nurses, I would love to be a fly on the wall to hear how they speak to their patients...God forbid they are terminal. You can be honest. You can have an opinion. But you don't need to communicate with such a harsh tone.

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If these "realistic" comments are coming from nurses, I would love to be a fly on the wall to hear how they speak to their patients...God forbid they are terminal. You can be honest. You can have an opinion. But you don't need to communicate with such a harsh tone.

Oh yes, because of course people always act one way their entire life and in all settings.

A. Realistic advice is not harsh. Not a single one of the responses was harsh in my opinion, until yours. Nurses don't have to be "on" 24/7. We're human too.

B. This thread was started over 2 years ago, the OP hasn't even logged in since posting it, and the last post was over a year ago.

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hi i just want to know did you have any hospital experience on 2006 ?because i'm planning to take NCLEX here in Texas but the BON requires only within 4 years of education or work otherwise i need to reeducate myself again so i can be eligible or find a state that can allow applicants who graduated more than 5 years..which state are you planning to take the exam?do you know which state that doesnt have timeline after graduation?i graduated in foreign country ...it's been 9 years since then...since 2009 i've been working as clinical research coordinator...regards

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Since my last nursing work experience was four years ago, I was required by AZBON to do RN refresher course as well. I finished the course and the hospital I did my clinical hired me as Med-Surg nurse after I got my license (it's been a year since then and luckily I'm advancing to PCU) I don't think there's another way to come back to nursing other than what your BON is requiring you to do. Best of luck I hope you'll do it. The road may not be easy but once you're in, it is most certainly worth your time and effort and you'll definitely not want to let go of the second chance you got. í ½í¸Ší ½í¹í ¼í¿¼

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