Praise God! All of the Glory goes to him, because if it wasn't for Jesus who knows where I would be or if I would have even reached this point. God has granted me the desires of my heart. Pray works wonders and he hears all prayers.
Next I have to thank my parents they have been wonderful, supportive and loving through this whole process. Late night talks crying on the phone with my mom ( now she can get some sleep lol) I cant thank them enough.
I also want to thank tammy29PNG you are my angel and you gave me an AWESOME study plan I would still be lost in the shuffle somewhere and your consistent prayers for me is very much appreciated:) I am so thankful for you help through this process
JbreezyRN after you passed your boards you always came back on the allnurses to check on me, knowing you moved on with your nursing career you still offered great advice and encouraged me each time I failed, thank you...i finally did it!
Gold2010, southbellex.3 and 1lpn2rn your encouraging words words were never ending and help me dearly
Ok ok I'm done with shout outs
I took my boards December 14, 2010 I had been studying straight for about almost 2 months after failing back in October. A friend of mine on here gave a great study plan and it mainly focused on content. For about 2-3 hours daily I would study. First I started reading Frye's 3300, then after I finished that I began to read exam cram (not the questions book the content one) and I would make flash cards on all the the disease process, signs and symptoms that I thought were important. Each day I would read a chapter day from exam cram and do the questions at the end. Then I studied Lacharity (awesome book, great investment lol) After studying Lacharity , about a week before the exam I did 30-100 questions a day along with reviewing my flashcards. I prayed and read my bible daily, and I prayed my heart out to God. I prayed that everything will go according to his will.
Testing day, I review the exam cram sheet, and lab values and I also listen to heart sounds the night before. I made my appointment later in the day because I am NOT a morning person lol. My appointment was 1:15 and I got there a little early did the whole sign in process and before I even started the tutorial I prayed, I closed my eyes and I asked God to help me to apply my critical thinking skills correctly, and to help me to apply the knowledge I learned during nursing school and during my study sessions and the decrease my anxiety (i have extremely bad testing anxiety), I felt the Lord presence around me and I knew at that moment that I was already an RN, I told myself I just need to prove to this computer for the 5th time that I was competent. I click the number question off at the top of screen because I didn't want to focus on which number I was on, and started to roll through the questions, I was able to quickly eliminate two answers and choose the best answer from the remaining two. An hour pass and I felt that I went pass 75 questions and I did, after an hour I was on question 78 and I told myself I would take a bathroom break at 90. So I took a break, got some water, use the restroom and in the stall I got down on my knees and I prayed my heart to God asking for his guidance and help. I got up went back in the room and I told myself "ok if I keep getting questions then I'm still in the game" I was prepared to sit there for 6 hours and 265 questions. I started question 91 and about 93-94 the screen went blue:idea: I hadn't even been back in the room for 10 minutes. I thanked God because I felt pretty confident, I know many people feel like they fail because many of my classmates did but I didn't I felt good lol.
I prayed all the way to my car, in the car, on the way home and I told myself I wasn't going to try the Pearson Vue trick I was just going mediate and pray for 48 hours till my results. I did exactly that! Found out today through quick result that I passed!!!
I am finally an RN. I failed four times. To those of you that have failed or even first time takers please study hard and pray...pray moves mountains. I can finally say I am RN... 11 months after graduation. I worked so hard for this and its surreal to me right now.
If you have failed the NCLEX once or twice, whatever the number get back up and try again! Everything has its own time, and remember everything happens for a reason and we are working God's time:)
If anyone every needs helps please, please PM I willing to help and offer encouraging words. Good Luck and God Bless!!!
and it mainly focused on content. For about 2-3 hours daily I would study. First I started reading Frye's 3300, then after I finished that I began to read exam cram (not the questions book the content one) and I would make flash cards on all the the disease process, signs and symptoms that I thought were important. Each day I would read a chapter day from exam cram and do the questions at the end. Then I studied Lacharity (awesome book, great investment lol) After studying Lacharity , about a week before the exam I did 30-100 questions a day along with reviewing my flashcards. I prayed and read my bible daily, and I prayed my heart out to God. I prayed that everything will go according to his will.
