Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE): Don't skip prep classes

Nurse Licensure Examination, am I ready?

Twenty nine days to go, my four years of studying the nursing profession will be put to test as I take my Nursing Licensure Exam. There's still a lot to learn and if you ask me if I'd be able to pass if you give me that exam right now, I would say no. A big NO!

My review classes started last year- a little bit early for the exams, I know. Every Saturday, those review classes are held. I must say that I took those supplementary classes for granted. Sometimes I'd rather not attend or I would take the day off after lunch break. Knowing that there are still 6 months before the exam, I am confident and convinced myself that I could make up for wasted opportunities to learn.

It took so long for me to realize that time is getting thinner and the gap between me and the exams are getting closer. The problem with me is, unless I feel the pressure, the anxiety, I wouldn't mind finding solutions to my adversity. I don't know when to feel threatened that I may fail the board exam.

Maybe all those self-motivating tips and messages really got to my head saying "Claim it! It's yours!", and I'm not sure if it's helping because I think it made me certain that I'd pass the boards. Maybe too certain up a point where I don't read anymore, I don't feel the urgency to establish a wider foundation of knowledge. But now, just 29 days, and negativity kills me.

I feel guilty that I didn't attend those classes. I felt that along the process, instead of gaining, I lost. Instead of expanding, I shrinked. And instead of advancing, I withdrew.

Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.

For me, this is just the start. These 29 days will be my weapon in achieving my goal. Just when other students start to slow down their pace, I would sprint. I would go beyond borders. I would stop self-handicapping and accept the truth that I have been stupid for fooling with my review classes.

I will start studying seriously, no matter how sleepy or boring it can be. So when that most awaited day comes, I will be able to keep my calm and be composed, rest assured that there can be only two things; passing the licensure exam, or passing the licensure exam and making it to the top.