lynne08

My score was around 87% and I passed the NCLEX with 75 questions. One girl in my class had the highest in the class (who bragged to everyone) and she failed the NCLEX the first time (over-confident). My daughter who is also a nurse had a very low score and she passed with 75 questions. I'm not so sure it is too accurate. Just study, study, study and I'm sure you will be fine. Good luck!

While they do show areas you need to study in, they certainly do not predict how you will do on the NCLEX. One of my fellow classmates scored the highest in the class yet she failed her boards the first time. My daughter and I were in nursing school together. I did pretty good on them but my daughter did not do good at all on the Arnett tests but we both passed with 75 questions. I wouldn't stress over it.

I started nursing school at age 37 and graduated when I was 40 (1 year of pre-req. and 2 years of nursing school. Though I had always wanted to go into nursing after graduating school, I was not able to because I was married with children. I worked at a medical clinic for 13 years as an office manager. During this time I got a divorce with 2 children at home to raise and decided to go ahead and do it. I was very fortunate to work for 2 great doctors who allowed me to cut my hours to 32-36 hours a week in order to go (less when I was in my last 2 semesters). The experience I had from the clinic helped me tremendously in school. I was also fortunate to be able to attend my nursing courses at night, my clinicals were during the day. I look back now and wonder how in the world I did it, but all I can say is dedication and hard work.

I'm sorry that you are going through this. It really doesn't sound like you should have been fired since your patient was not harmed and you realized the mistake and corrected it. We are all human and we will make mistakes. I have, you have, and anyone that says they haven't, well....that's scary. It is what we do after a mistake that matters. You should not continue to beat yourself up over it. If there is something that I have to do that I do not have much experience in or if I have never done it, I always ask for help and I have been a nurse for over 3 years. The day I think I know everything is the day I need to quit nursing. But, from the sound of it you didn't have much support. I hope everything works out for you. I also wanted to make a comment regarding the post about working in the "South". I am from the South and have lived here all of my life. I am sorry you have experienced such poor work ethics while working in the South. Though I personally have not experienced what you have, to portray us in that way does offend me. I would never condone such conduct anywhere, but to say it is because it is in the South is unfair and judgemental.

Normally I do not tell other nurses that I am a nurse if I am with one of my family members. However, as another one posted, sometimes it is obvious. Once I was with my 3-week-old grandson who was in the ER because he had pyloric stenosis. A nurse came in and started an I.V. and hung some fluids on him and left the room. I noticed there were multiple air bubbles in the tubing. I was getting some of them out because no way did I want them going into my grandson. She walked back in and saw me and I said, "Oh, I'm sorry, but there are lots of air bubbles in the tubing and I was trying to get them out." My daughter said, "Sorry, she is a nurse." The nurse then disconnected the tubing and let all the air bubbles out of the tubing" and said "Well, those little air bubbles wouldn't have hurt him". I guess I shouldn't have tried to do it myself but I know as a nurse, I wouldn't have connected the fluids to one of my patients.