ArlyneIvette

Thank you everyone for your input and advice. I have a BSN and I'm far from picky. I'm just feeling tired of applying online to all these different job postings in exchange for nothing. I feel like I'm wasting my time.

So I passed NCLEX back in July and have been looking de a job ever since. Massachsuetts' health care centers apparently want nothing to do with new grads. Three months searching for employment and I'm afraid it's not going to get any better. ? Is anyone else in the same position? Or was successful enough in landing a job as a new grad? I really want to work in a hospital but it seems like a far-fetched dream at this point.

I took NCLEX on 5/8 with all 265 questions, did PVT and went to the CC page. Waited 48 hours and did the quick results because I was in denial and sure enough I failed. The PVT is very accurate.

@SirMiggy, I understand your frustration because I have taken the NCLEX twice so far and have been studying for the past 6 months approximately 15 hrs a day 7 days a week. It's exhausting, I know. But each time I know I'm just one step closer. I will retest every 45 days if I have to but I did not dedicate 4 yrs of my life to settle for less. So I ask you to do the same. Please, don't delay your dream and efforts; don't put them aside. If you are facing a financial crisis, employment is a good option. But I don't think you should take a break from NCLEX. I think you should keep retaking it each time with even more enthusiasm, confidence, and determination. That way all of the information that you have retained up to this point is still fresh and crisp in your frontal lobe. As Winston Churchill once said, "When going through hell, just keep going." You can do it!!!

I thought they said projectile vomiting not avalanche escapade!!!!

Thanks Obloom14 for your input and advice! I definitely won't give up and anything worth fighting for doesn't come easy. When there's a will there's always a way.

So the first time I failed with 81 questions and felt prepared. I had read Saunders cover to cover answered over 4,000 questions and listened to Hurst audios repeatedly for 3 months. But soon realized I knew less than I thought. I was crushed, depressed..heart broken. After mustering up the energy to arise from my slum, I decided to give it another shot; this time with a different approach. I did NCSBN 3 week review, PDA, Kaplan strategies, Hurst and Feuer Audios and an additional 4,000 more questions on NCLEX 3500 in which I was averaging 65%ish. I feel like I've done everything under the sun to no avail. I even prayed more so than before. If anyone else has had a similar situation, how were you able to slay the NCLEX demon? I don't know what else to do since I think I've done all there is. :/ Signed, Hopeless

You should do it tonight. So that just in case you didn't pass, you could sleep on it, vent, get it out of your system and start fresh tomorrow. Good luck!!

Congratulations on your success!!!! Did you do practice questions? If so, how many did you do daily and for how long? And was Saunders the only resource you utilized? Oh and what number did your test stop at?

Congratulations!! About how many questions did you do daily?

Yeah, what was your test like? How many questions did you stop at? How many SATA's did you get and how many drugs??? Please do tellll!! Lol I hope you passed also!! Good luck!

I'm so sorry to hear that. Now it's time to dust yourself off and try again even more vigorously than before. Don't let an exam intimidate you and come between your goals and dreams. You're already at the finish line. You finished nursing school and all of those clinicals and years later this is your very last hurdle to overcome. You can do it! Believe in yourself and you SHALL succeed. Believe. Achieve. Conquer. BTW what is your study habit like and what tools are you using?

Congratulations!!!

At this point you should just be looking over your lab values maybe brush up on some medications...and most importantly PRAYING!! Chances are, if you havent learned all that you needed to up to this point you're not going to learn much in a couple of hours. Get a good night's rest and good luck!!

I just finished the NCSBN 3 week review course and I highly recommend it. They have great audios but what I liked the most aside from their summarized content review was the level of difficulty in their questions. They have these brain crunching questions and detailed rationales that help you during your question analysis. If it made a difference or not I won't know yet until my test date 3 weeks from now also. But I have heard stories of people that have taken it and have actually came out worse than prior to taking the review course. But I figured it was worth a shot. Good luck and hope this helps!!