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K.Nowel
7 Posts
Just decided to share my nclex-PN story.
So I just recently graduated nursing school last month. December 10th to be exact. After graduating I decided to start the process of getting everything ready to take nclex. After turning in all the much needed information I received my ATT on December 14th. That same day I picked the day and site where I wanted to take my test. I choose January 6th because that was the only day that wasn't booked. I wanted to take this test as soon as possible. This left me with approximately 3 weeks to study. The first week I just did questions here and there didn't really get serious about it until the middle of the second week. I made flash cards for lab values and medications. By the third week I had did a little over 2000 questions. The goal was to do 100 a day. Some days I would only do 50 and other days I would do more then 100. I mostly used the NCLEX Mastery app. I swear by it. I also used Saunders (red book). And my HESI, ATI, and med surg books I got during nursing school.
So the day finally arrived my appointment was at 2:00pm however I got there at 10:00am because the lunch traffic in the city that I was going to be taking the test is absolutely crazy. So what did I do from 10 till 2. I just played on my phone and ipad. Took a quick nap. At 12 I went and got lunch from Wendy's. They were located right in front of the building. So I ate my lunch a few minutes later I saw two of my classmates pull up. Phew* what a sigh of relief that made me feel. I went into the building at exactly 1:25pm. I got palm scanned and all that good jazz. I took a quick restroom break and as soon as I walked out a gentleman was calling me back to take the test.
He gave me all the rules. I asked for ear plugs because I thought I might need them. He escorted me to my computer and I sat down and put my ear plugs in. I quickly took them out because I could hear my heart pounding with them in. I knew that wasn't going to work. So I put on the headphones and that seem to work much better. My first question was a SATA, as soon as I seen that I thought for sure I was screwed. I had 30+ SATA it got to a point where I just stopped counting. 2 drag and drops, a few ABCD, and 1 math problem.
My computer stopped at 85 questions. I was so into the test that I freaked out when it cut off. I was thinking that I had hit the wrong button and caused a technical difficultie. I turn around in my chair and a lady was standing behind me ready to take my marker and board. My palm scan took three tries because it wouldn't read. I think it was because I was so nervous my palms got sweaty.
As soon as I got in the car I started to cry because I felt I failed and was thinking of all the questions I knew I got wrong and beating my self up for not studying more SATA. I got home and I just continued to cry and I eventually fell asleep. I woke up with dry tears on my face. I stayed in bed until I got a email from the Board of nursing asking for me to send in a paper to confirm my citizenship. I quickly logged into my BON account. Next to "exam scores" it said "pass". I thought no way is this a prank. I really didn't take any of the signs that God was trying to show me seriously. I just continued to believed I failed. The next day came and I had maybe two hours before I could get my unofficial results. I decided to log into my BON account and nothing was there. I quickly started to have a panic attack I knew that ment I failed.
I read the pop up that came up when I tried to login. I clicked a link and it redirected me to where I can put my name in to see if I had a active license. I tried it just for fun to see what would happen. I couldn't believe my eyes my name was there with a license number that said active. I screamed so loud that I scared my my little puppy. I just couldn't believe it. I was so happy that I completely forgot about quick results. This was all the proof I needed. So I tell you this story because sometimes you just have to have faith in yourself as you can see I clearly didn't at the time. I really have to work on that lol. Just remember to practice, pray and maybe you will to pass. :)