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Not even 30 hours later and it is up on breeze already!

I passed!

Also, do you know how select all that apply questions work on nclex? Is it like normal and only 1 point per question or do they give you some credit for part of the answer? Because almost half of my exam was SATA and it really beat my confidence down to the ground! My friend only had 8 SATA yesterday. So I just felt like that was random and wonder why I got so many?

Thank you for the responses... I still have the good pop up 24 hours after... But I am skeptical. Won't believe it until I see the pass! What confuses me is how people pass the first score and fail the 2nd score and vice versa. Like if the computer determined with 95% accuracy either way, then it seems weird how the results can be switched sometimes.

So if you do PVT 12 hours later... is it more accurate? (I am sure not to believe it before 24 hours) Seriously, how is anyone satisfied with not fully understanding WHY the exam is scored 2x? That **** baffles me.

No one knows?

?????

Hi there! I took my nclex today. What a beast of an exam. 30-35 select all that apply. 1 ekg/med SATA, tons of meds... It sucked. It stopped at 75 and I was like "no. but WAIT... Let me prove myself!" 😭 said I wouldnt do the PVT, but I did. Got the good pop up... And I totally know there is a chance it might be a bad pop up tomorrow 😭 but my question is: so, the exam is scored twice... But how? What makes them change a fail to a pass? Or a pass to a fail? Is it because they can tell if you were going to pick another answer? Is their test and items written wrong? Does a person go over it and decide? I just see everyone and the website say it is scored 2x, and would like to know if anyone knows what that really means? Sorry for the grammar issues. On phone and brain isn't working anymore today lol

Peds!!! Class kicked my butt. Managed a B, which is an A to me in that case. And I LOVED it. I want to be a Peds nurse. But it was hard as hell.

Thank you so much for your responses! I really appreciate it.

Hello! I am trying to write my care plan on my pediatric patient who had a bone marrow transplant, and I am really having a hard time with one of the drugs the patient is on. I asked the nurse and I did not really receive an explanation. Then, I went to Davis Drug guide and there is not a pediatric dose for amlodipine... so I am having a hard time! We have to put the purpose specific to that patient... and it was my first and only experience in oncology ever. So I am not familiar with the way any of these drugs work. If you know or can direct me in the right direction, I will be forever thankful! There are several drugs that I am having difficulty with and I really want to do well on this care plan.

I have one! I am on my 2nd and going to be ordering the 3rd in November. It is the best planner! My favorite thing about it is that is separates morning, day, and evening. All the space allows me to write down all my assignments and reading info. I also love the stickers and the positive quotes throughout the book. We can all use a little positivity in nursing hell! :)

I am a current WCU student about to enter OB/Peds rotation. Some words of advice to everyone... DO NOT FAIL any classes. Save the fails for around Med Surg 2 when it gets crazy. I have not failed anything and do not plan on it, but it is nice to know that I have a "cushion". I have lost MANY friends starting in Med Surg 1, and every term we lose a few more. It is very difficult. I have learned so much and I love it, but be prepared to hand over your life to this school once core starts! It goes by so fast, I have less than a year left now. Good luck everyone!!! :)

Congratulations on getting in! So awesome. My biggest piece of advice is to relax while you still can. I wish someone emphasized that more before I started. There is no time to just relax anymore. It goes so fast, just give it everything you have! Good luck :)

Hello there! So I am going to be starting my Peds and OB rotation next month and needless to say, I am freaking out. They say it is the hardest term at school. Anyone have any recommendations for books? Study habits? How are clinicals on a pediatric unit? OB? I just do not know what to expect and I am a lot more anxious/nervous about being around kid patients than I am on a med surg floor around my adult patients. Thank you!

I have a friend that graduated from WCU and just got accepted into a MSN program at UCLA. So just keep your GPA up, and you can transfer to another school for your MSN. Good luck :)

It is really a bummer to me as well.. Almost everyone I know that is a RN hates it. Or they are probably just the super big complainers. At my school, everyone moans and groans about the exams, how difficult everything is... It gets irritating, but then I think that they are probably going to be the complainers once we are nurses. I know that I will not be a bedside nurse for long, I will definitely continue education. All of my instructors LOVE nursing. But they tell us about the job they had on med surg that made them go home crying everyday, etc. So, just go into it with a positive attitude, don't listen to everyone who is so burnt out/calloused, and just know that you picked a great career where you can always advance and go further in your education. That is what I tell myself everyday :)

What a disgusting person. I think you made the right decision by keeping quiet. Just don't get involved with her at all. There are several students at my school that I do not associate with because of them acting like that. It is best to keep yourself under the radar and graduate without any drama.

The fear of being left with debt (I go to a private school), my pride, I am NOT a quitter, the fact that I do not want to let anyone around me down, I want to prove to myself that I can do it. I honestly like school... I do not like the busy work, but I do like clinical and I love lecture. I love learning. That is what keeps me motivated. I have moments where I get scared and I want to quit, I throw a fit and then I end up doing better than I thought. Also, I want to have a baby sometime soon, and I need to be done with school by the time the first is born. That is perhaps the biggest motivator I have. Good luck, it will be worth it in the end! I know it will :)

It is completely normal and it sucks! I really hate getting the bouts of depression. They always happen to me right after I start a new set of classes. When the material is overwhelming, it makes me just want to give up. I am currently going through it right now and I just realized that it helps to cry lol. I had a crying fit the other night and my husband was just hugging me and was like do you feel better now?? I am not one to cry... like ever. So when I cry, he knows it is an issue. But I felt SOOO much better after. I think it is just all the pent up frustration/fear/insecurity/no life in school all wrapped up together. I really hate going through that and I thought it was only me, and then all of my friends started talking about it and we all feel this way.

I know this feeling all too well. Some nurses are good and some are awful. We all know what kind of nurse we will be when we have students... Yes, it is stressful. I think the workload of a nurse is crazy. But it is not cool to treat students bad. I have had nurses that made me feel stupid and there are 2 nurses that I will always remember that let me do EVERYTHING while they made sure I was doing it correctly. She would ask me if I knew what to look for when passing Med A, B, C, D. I will always appreciate those experiences and I hope to be able to give back to curious students one day.

I am kind of like you as well. I do great in lecture and if I do not study at all, I will still end up with a B. When I get to clinical, I freak out sort of. I hide it very well, but I have bad anxiety and I always have to take a deep breath. I am going into my 3rd clinical, and it has gotten a little bit better. I feel like the more experience you have, the better it gets. Just pretend like it is your mom or dad in the bed when with you are with a patient. That has been helping me tremendously. And I agree, keep practicing the skills. I just finished my psychiatric rotation and we did not use our skills for the whole quarter which really sucks because it is back to having to know everything again in a couple weeks. Regarding failing the check offs, I think it is just your nerves getting to you. Just tell yourself before you do skills that you can do it. And if you have faith, it really helps to pray. Good luck, you CAN do it! :)

I exercise about 1 hour per day. It really helps keep my stress down. If I do not have time to exercise, I will go on a one mile run and that will have to work for that day. On clinical days, I do not exercise. I probably should, but I just need that extra hour of sleep so bad.

My Bible, Fluids & Electrolytes made easy, Nurse Tabs app, my zuca bag, my northface backpack for lighter days, Littman classic II se, and lots of coffee

I say LLU! Good luck! :)