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Then, some can take in and process information quicker than others - don't need as much time, actually can lose momentum and slacken. I prefer things at an 'accelerated' pace else I get bored.

By the grammatical errors in your posts it appears as though you have difficulty with the English language which can indeed pose a problem in passing the NCLEX. I've lived for many years and have received all of my education in NYC. There is no shortage of foreign born people here, in fact I am myself! So please don't try to cast me as maligning immigrants.

I am wondering if you are a foreign born student. I've known a lot of exceptionally intelligent ESL people who had a tougher time on the NCLEX. Statistically, I believe this holds true. However, whatever challenge or obstacle in your path, it can be surmounted. Guaranteed, if you keep at it, you will pass the NCLEX! So suck it up and move forward into your destiny as a professional nurse!

I must add that if you are hard pressed to find someone to give you a good reference it is worrisome to me. I do understand the Nurse Managers response. She doesn't know you, have a history with you. All she has to go on are the assessments of your past performance. This former preceptor... not a nice person at all ! If she had issues with your performance she should have not agreed to be a contact person and more importantly should have spoken to you about the concerns she had prior to this conversation with your prospective employer. Maybe there is a gray area here, but it is my understanding that it is unlawful for a former boss/supervisor/educator to give a bad recommendation. I well knew this in the Biz world and later on when I was speaking to my Dean in NS, she indicated that when employers would call her regarding a former student she had little respect for, all she could lawfully do is confirm the dates of attendance and graduation and remain mum on her negative assessment of the students character or ability. Whether or not this is useful in your situation or applicable to preceptors, I don't know.

I hope they can arrange for LICHSON students to go elsewhere for med-surg clinicals. There are so few surgeries being done at LICH nowadays that you won't have enough patients to go around.

Kaplan is not overrated, it is overpriced. As has been stated, in selling their product they send the message that your NS exams were insufficient preparation and that you need THEM to guarantee NCLEX success. This is what most programs, review books will say to prospective buyers. They all attempt create, then capitalize on the student's anxiety. This is how they all make their money. Kaplan just demands more of it.

Depends what kind of questions you got on your exams in NS. Some schools apparently don't give NCLEX level questions which are application and analysis rather than recall or knowledge based. My class got killer questions on our exams, however, those who survived and graduated did quite well on NCLEX, in fact, 100% passage. Overall I think too much fear about the NCLEX is instilled in NS grads. Most of it coming from those that would profit from this anxiety such as Kaplan, ATI etc.

Good for you!

Isabella, You've received great advice here, so I will not comment on the steps you need to take in order to be reinstated (good thing, I know little about this) I too wish to congratulate you on your recovery, though as you know you would not be at this point in sobriety if it were not for a great deal of support of the fellowship. I want to offer you a guarantee: Providing you continue to stay sober one day at a time, continue to utilize the tools of sobriety and the support of your fellow recovering addicts/alcoholics YOU WILL make it back into this profession. You will not be penalized for the rest of your life for having been ill. Recovery does not only happen in 'the rooms.' We extend ourselves beyond the meetings with our sobriety and new found principles and become, in many cases, standout citizens and professionals. Your making it back into nursing would be far from dramatic comparatively speaking (meant to be reassuring) ... I am thinking now about a certain sober prison warden in TX (where I am not from) who was once a prisoner in that very same penitentiary he presides over.

RNwendy - Don't get overly stressed about the overall economic crisis. Though it is true that health care is not entirely insulated from market forces and the current deep recession, it will not suffer to the extent that other sectors will. It never will. People will always get sick. This is a constant. On top of this there continues to be an overall shortage of RN's that will, like the economy, get worse before it gets better. There will continue to be a need, a demand for nurses. This is all to say, don't make you decision based on a false notion that you must be grateful and grab onto any job that comes your way. True many facilities are in a holding pattern, trying to cope and manage with a shortage of RN's. Soon enough, they must open their doors to new hires else they will be regarded as unsafe facilities and will suffer, not only in reputation but accreditation.

You will get loads of experience. Hard, Tough experience with that ratio and patient population. Will you have a preceptor? I hope so. Nonetheless, after a couple of months there, if you are not broken, you will be an amazing nurse. I must add ... $19/hr? This is an awful salary. You are worth more!

Thank you for the replies! Yes, I suppose speaking genuinely of what IS a genuine interest is a good idea rather than trying to dazzle them with theory. Now all I need to do is review my med-math to get past the HR person.

Hi all, I am relatively new to these forums, (mainly a lurker) and I am a newly registered nurse. On Friday I have an interview for an RN position in a psychiatric facility. This is the area of nursing I walked into nursing school wanting to pursue and walking out feeling stronger than ever- particularly after my psych clinical rotation and the encouragement I received there. My query here is perhaps impossibly general, however, I must ask, what might I expect at this interview? What might be expected of me? How can I best prepare myself .... are there any key words, phrases, concepts that I should have at the ready to insert at any opportunity? Many of my fellow graduates have gone through the interview process for med-surg jobs and can offer guidance there, not a one for psych nursing. Thanks!

Dude, I had the same test it seems. 2 SATA and no math. Same overall composition of questions as you had. The computer said enough at 75 questions. I thought I failed as well -I think most do. I didn't. Yes way you passed, I think. How much $$ will you give me if I am correct?

I empathize with your worry. It seems nearly universal that one walks out of the test feeling uncertain, often doubtful, and sometimes despairing, or bordering on such. I recently went through the same experience and for similar reasons such as yourself. I had only two SATA questions which I did not love my chances of getting right, and zero calculations. I come to understand that this may be due to luck of the draw. (btw, just because it is a calculation question does not necessarily make it a passing question.) The computer shut down at 75. I felt like I was finally getting into a groove at question 70! I thought I blew it. I did not. All I can say is hang in, try to distract yourself. You will likely not be fully consoled by any words or gestures of support in lieu of the results. The results will come, and I do hope they will be favorable.