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Hey ash thanks for the invite, i tried answering but couldn't because I have to have something like 15 topics in order to private message, weird. You mentioned skype, funny thing I have never used it, I will have to get to it, many family members of mine are on it and keep askin and I just have never gotten around to it. maybe for now you can email me at [email protected] thanks!!

Hey nena thanks for the friend invite. Me too dont know where to start. It's been several yrs since I went to school and I feel maybe I don't remember much. I normally work during d week but maybe we can email each other and help each other out that way. I have seen that people mentioned Hurst so I will look into it. What and how r u reviewing at d moment??

Hello Debbie, wow what an amazing and inspirational story!! I graduated back in 2006 and took my test 2x and failed. Was a bit discouraged and then figured maybe I chose wrong and went into the wrong career. So I ventured off to another career, and it had been great until a lot of things started changing at work. I have asked myself if I chose right or not?? Also if I see myself doing what I have been doing for the last 6 years, for the next 20 years. At times I think well God didn't get me through school for nothing, and if it wasn't meant to be maybe I would not have even graduated. I try to pray and ask for a sign, and I think maybe I'm not seeing it, or hearing it. I have wanted to start multiple times to study and well feel super overwhelmed where to start. I have not really studied or kept up with reading so I don't know. I think somex times maybe if I take a refresher on anatomy&physiology at a local community college and some patho and pharm I'll be ok. But then I think maybe it's too late. So usually work gets in the way, and well before I know it yet another year has passed by. I tend to think that I really could do it, and then some sort of fear settles in, thinking would I be good enough. You somex hear stories of hospitals with nurses that don't know what they are doing, and I think oh gosh I don't want to be part of that statistic. I always thought maybe I would give it a try at teaching at nursing school because I would like to really help others through the process, as well as help them not feel like I did while going to school. I feel I kind of lost my fire in my last year, I was discouraged with some clinicals and how the nurses acted as well as some teachers. I also saw other instructors be rude to some students and made them feel like they were nothing. Recently, some things have come up where my husband and I need to make so major decisions that would mean he would have to work less and I would have to try and support us both. He really would like to go to seminary school but not where we are at and well that means a change of place and job, and funny enough the type of jobs they have the most where we would go would be, believe or not nursing or so I have been told so far. I do believe we were all put here on earth for a purpose, and I know I am to help others in some way. I guess I don't want to regret not taking the nclex and think what it would of been like to work as an RN. Your story gives me hope that I can take it a 3rd time, 4th etc. Do you have any suggestions for getting started in studying??

Hey nick, how are you doing with your studying?? I too graduated a few years ago (2006) and failed the test 2x. I then ventured off to another career, but everyone keeps on saying how I should go back and there's a big part of me that thinks I can pass this thing. I have not kept up with reading and I am at a loss on how to start. Any suggestions?? I feel like so much time has passed by that I need to go back to anatomy and physiology. I don't know if a big partof me is just scared of failing again and that is why I don't commit. Work always seems to get in the way of things and well I don't know. Any suggestions??

Hello, it's been a long time since my first post. No I haven't take the test yet, but I am still working towards that. I have been derailed with other issues that have come up in these months (work, family, etc) but rest assured I am not giving up. I have to once again thank everyone for all the advice. I am definitely puttting it all to good use, from "reading like it's a novel and enjoying it"to "putting the test first and others on hold". I finally got an e-reader which will help to study at work during lunch. I opted for an ereader since I didn't want them knowing my plans to switch jobs eventually, I think that would be less noticeable that lugging around the nursing books, haha. I have seen some books called demystified and was wondering if anyone had tried them, figured I would buy them and download them to the ereader to refresh on terms. Also many mentioned Kaplan, Hurst, Saunders, and MDCC, Helen Feuer. I do have the Helen Feuer audio CD and a Saunders book. I do feel somtimes I do better in a classroom. So I don't know if MDCC would be better than Kaplan or vice versa. Any help?? and maybe which one has better nclex database questions?? Although many other times I have said to myself ok I'm going to start. I finally have put everything aside and am ready to start this studying again and do this!! I don't want to be stuck in the same mon-fri 9-5 job, I need something more stimulating and exciting. thanks in advance!! :yelclap:

thanks for the advise tnbutterfly...mmm about 12 more to go :)

hello Ximena thanks for all the pointers. It's true what you said, got to read it like a novel, the more you like it the more you're likely to remember everything. It'll be a while before I sit for boards, so gotta fall in love with it (not sure if at any point I was passionate about it, but I am determined to do it). Thanks for the support. Havent' figured out how to do pm's yet...should I add you as a friend? sorry very new to this ..

Hello msdaschcav thanks for the words of encouragement. Can I ask what did you use for review material?? Kaplan?? Helen Feuer?? every bit of advice helps . Have a great night :)

I graduated 3+ yrs ago and took the NCLEX twice and did not pass. I had already been thinking that maybe being an RN was not for me, and after failing the second test I decided to go towards another career. I was blessed with a great job and was given the opportunity to be in accounting and discovered the world of photography. I for the most part have been content but I have to admit that there have been few times that I wondered about being an RN. Recently a friend (whom I have not spoken to in a long long time) contacted me and gave me a lecture (like the type your mom gives you when you've done something wrong) and told me how I should still get my license and so on, and although it may sound weird I had been praying about it, kinda asking for some sign whether or not nursing is for me, and it felt like an answer. So to make a long story short, I found this website and started reading different threads. I saw a thread where a person posted that they took the test 10x before they passed and another mentioned how it took them 6yrs and 6 tries. So it gave me hope!! So here I am asking for advice/help. Don't know where to start. I'm worried with what I know, and what I don't know and all that I have forgotten. If you have any suggestions I would GREATLY appreciate it. I feel like I have to revise Anatomy and Physiology, PATHO, and PHARM. AHHH really worried, and probably a bit scared. I think I'm starting to feel anxious and stressed like I did in nursing school.