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Nurses who have been practicing 2+ years... Do you think you could pass the NCLEX?

Do You Think You Could Pass NCLEX Today?

What the title says, do you think you could pass the NCLEX after having been out of school for 2+ years?

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NCLEX nursing and real nursing aren't same. I'd probably refresh myself on some of the stupid stuff that's added purely for academic purposes. But yes, I think I could pass the exam again. 

I think I could - but I'd also probably get plenty of questions "wrong" because NCLEX scenarios are so very different from the real world.

Passed in 45' with the minimum questions the first time around.

Years later? I don't know. I have about zero patience for the kind of "NCLEX-style" questions that they think measures critical thinking.

I have specialized in cardiac stepdown (40 years ago) and in private duty home care, almost entirely pulmonary/pediatric for the past 35-plus years. Although I try to keep up by reading nursing journals, I know I am not current on ER, OR, labor & delivery, burns, psych, etc.

No way could I pass NCLEX today. We didn't take NCLEX back in the day; we sat for nursing boards, which was two days of testing.

Bwahahaha, absolutely not! After 37 years of Nursing, and the different method of testing it would be an epic fail! Real life nursing has totally taken over, and the Nursing School way of doing things is long gone. 

What is this thing called NCLEX? I took the old fashioned  board exam 40 years ago. A two day exam... got out early on the second day. I passed, but it took me 2 years before I had any confidence as a nurse.

 

My paramedic exam was two days as well 40 years ago.

I graduated with a BSN 45 years ago.  It was  a two day test, and I vaguely remember doing well because I studied every day after work.   If I had practice tests now, and plenty of time to study (I don't), I could probably pass, but not do well.

Also several years of being a nursing assistant probably helped.

I thought NCLEX was going to be made easier next year due to so many people failing?

I read that on Allnurses. But who knows. Last time I took NCLEX was 2007

Probably but by passing it means 70% right?   LOL. 

I've kept up with continuing education and current practice.  But I'm not used to the current style of questioning.  But I think I could pass.

 

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