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Iwilldothis: IF the tables were turned: I would be sad and upset, but I certainly wouldn't take it out on my friends. Friends are there to be supportive, not to up one another. It sounds like you may be someone that would be upset with me as well if you were my friend. I'm sorry, but I just don't think that way. In fact, I have been in the boat where I failed and all of them passed on certain things through school. It just never crossed my mind to think that they thought they were better than me. I think it boils down to other issues that I am an easy scapegoat for.

I didn't say "EVEN" in "they didn't pass the HESI the second time." When you quote it that way, it does look bad. I was just giving background information as to why I think they are so mad. Why would they think that I am better than them? They weren't mad at me the day that we took HESI, just after that. I hadn't been able to get a hold of them after that. Do I want them to be jealous of me? Absolutely not. I am not that kind of person. I was so hurt when they didn't pass. I was hoping that we could all make it through this together. I didn't tell them that I didn't pass NCLEX because I didn't want them to feel worse, but then again, they weren't even speaking to me when I took NCLEX so how would I hide it from them anyway? I think when they found out, it just fueled their fire and that is when they exploded on my friend about me. Them not passing is not because they don't know the material. THey know more than me by a long shot. It is all about test anxiety. Oh well, I have already put too much energy into this and I have prayed about it so I am okay with everything now. Hopefully they will come back around when they do pass and are nurses. THat is what my hope is anyway.

I do know if you take the NCLEX in TEXAS you get your result pretty quick. I got mine in a day. I don't know how Washington works. Starting pay within the Houston City limits is anywhere from 22-25 an hour depending on if you work outside the medical center or in the medical center. HOpe this helps! Roma

We did peds for 8 weeks and then switched to OB for 8 weeks. Psych will only be for 6-8 weeks and that will mean two clinical days when Psych starts. Peds was at TExas Childrens, which is where I work now as an RN. OB is at Memorial City which is a really good hospital. We have three of our grads starting there this next week. It is kind of hard to say what days you will have clinicals as it will change. I can tell you to plan on PEDS being 11 hour days and OB being 8-9 hour days. Psych is about 6 to 8 hours a day depending. Psych was the absolute worst for our class. We didn't care for the instructor. She has pretty poor communication skills, a class consensus. Maybe she has gotten better at this point. SHe was still pretty new when she taught us. I didn't enjoy the psych rotation at all. Good luck!

It is so bizaar. I had a friend that was taking KAplan with them and I asked her to tell them I was trying to call them to check on them. I just wanted to see if everything was okay since I hadn't been able to get a hold of them. My friend said when she told them that I was trying to check on them, they unleashed on her about me. How weird. My friend said it she didn't really understand why they were upset, but that they were going on and on about how I didn't understand what they were going through and how I thought I was better than them. I was flabbergasted as I have never had a problem with any of my classmates. As far as I know I haven't said anything that might offend them. It is just plain weird and out of nowhere. I am certainly not above admitting my wrongs or apologizing for anything that I have done which I did in an email to both of them. The whole thing is just weird. It just seems like HIgh School all over again. I have just moved on and am not worrying about it. I told both of them in an email if they wanted to talk about this, I would be glad to talk to them. I also said that I was here if they needed me for any reason and that I wished them all the best. What else can I do at this point? I am certainly not going to stalk them. I did distance myself from them a little bit this last semester, nothing drastic. It was only because I was working, am a mom of three kids, wife, etc. They tend to freak out over exams and I just didn't need the additional anxiety that they brought to the table, but I never said anything about that to anyone. I don't know, I can't figure it out, but I am not going to waste my energy on it. I want to focus my energy on my new nursing career and hope that when they do pass the HESI and NCLEX that their attitudes might change. I will be here if and when that happens.

Well, I had one finally reply to me via email and she said our ideas of friendship differ and that I thought I was better than them. Never once did I ever think or act that way. I did live my life very different than them, but never said anything to them about the way they lived vs. the way I live. It was like when I passed HESI and NCLEX, she was done with me. It sounds like there is a lot of resentment and I am hoping that when they both pass HESI and NCLEX that it will change. I am always willing to forgive and forget. I am a very forgiving person to my downfall. I am like "old faithful" or at least that is what some of my friends call me. Thanks for the encouragement and words. I guess we will wait and see what happens.

Has anyone experienced their classmates whom you thought were your close friends mad at you because you passed HESI and NCLEX, and they haven't passed HESI after 2nd time? I am just flabbergasted. After phone calls were ignored, I finally found out that they didn't want anything to do with me. I just don't understand. I am just so hurt for them and me. I didn't even tell them that I took NCLEX, but of course they found out. SHould I just let it go? I am one of these people that can't handle friends being upset, but I know that I didn't do anything. Help!

I have three kids and what I did, was get on my laptop at night when I would go to bed and do at least 100 NCLEX questions for 4 weeks without fail. If I thought I wouldn't be able to do it one night, I doubled up the night before or the night after. You have to be religious about it though. I did Kaplan question bank the whole time and then attended the class. I passed with no problem. Good luck!

I don't think Saunders is a bad study tool as it does help you learn content, but the difficulty level isn't there like Kaplan. I stayed with Kaplan the whole time and did very little SAunders after I realized it wasn't challenging enough. After taking the NCLEX, Kaplan is really the way to go I think. It is a little more difficult than NCLEX and it resembles NCLEX very closely.

good luck!

good luck!

Peds and OB aren't hard, but it is more time management with those classes as far as the workload. Med/Surg 2 is probably your hardes semester I would say. Med/Surg 3 is difficult as well though, but at that point, you have pretty much made it. Concept wise, you have probably made it through the most difficult part and that was Med/Surg I and II. If I had to guess, you probably lost quite a bit huh? When do you take pharm? If you take it third semester, that will make the third semester really hard. Pharm isn't easy by any stretch. The fourth semester now has a different instructor, so it could be a lot harder than it was for us. Our professor really took it easy on us. We were brow beaten so bad the first three semesters that he felt that we had had enough. A lot of us were timid about doing skills because of it and that really frustrated him.

I personally thought Saunders was a little easier than NCLEX. I found that KAPLAN questions resembled NCLEX, but with more difficulty. This is just my opinion. I passed first time. Good luck!

I graduated December 13th with a HESI score of 1031, took Kaplan the week before Christmas, took NCLEX December 26th and found out that I passed on December 27th. I stopped around 103 and I too got a lot of select all that apply. Those are just nasty things. I felt horrible when I came out of there, was literally sick the rest of the day. This site is a great source for support. Just remember that 85% of the people that take NCLEX pass so that is a pretty good number if you are into statistics. I did about 2500 NCLEX questions before and learned the material that I was weak in that way. Good luck and keep us posted!

No problem. Anytime you need advice, support, pickmeup, or have a question, please do not hesitate to post. I empathize and understand where you are and the more support you get, the better you will do. This is just not something you can do a lone without help and support. I went through with three children, 14, 12, and 9 and a husband that was extremely supportive. Not everyone is as lucky or shall I say blessed as I, but you can still find good support that will get you through the stress.