shnda22

Just wan t to be an encouragement to anyone who needed it. I call myself the late bloomer because it took me some time to tackle the NCLEX-RN BEAST. I graduated lpn - rn mobility May of last year.and failed boards in July. I really can say failing boards took me down for a minute. I mean I felt ashamed to see my classmates moving on without me. It took me a good 5 months to even consider studying/reviewing for the big test. Fear had me in such a bondage that even I couldn't shake it. There were times when I would read fail to success stories on allnurses , youtube, and just search engines. But one day it finally clicked with the help of my hubby, coworkers, classmates, church family and God of course. I snapped out of it started to revamp my strategy to winning the beast. With the help of my coworkers I was able to utilize review books, lecture videos, and drilled myself on questions from Saunders, nclex. Cram, quizlet lacharity questions, and reviewed the rationales along with studied stuff I just couldn't recall and needed refreshing on. I finally got the nerve to set a date and that was when i really got committed to answering at least 75 or more questions a night, read answers and rationales, reviewed lab values, prayed and fasted. My test was on Thurs March 19 at 2pm. a day before my birthday! Why that day, I was able to take some days off from work in relation to my birthday and felt I would have given myself some time to study while the kids where at school. I did as usual questions reviewed answers and rationales. Day before the test I hung out with my hubby which was his hidden strategy of keeping my mind off the test. Day of the test reviewed lab values and quickly glanced at chest tubing, etc. Prayed all the way to the testing center listened to some worship songs and imagined myself wearing my boxing gloves. Got there on time took the whole entire 6 hr. and a break! I timed out at 241 questions. Since I had failed the first time I decided to wait to see if I had passed or failed so i figured Monday, lol. I just didn't want to cry on my birthday 9 the weekend a head. My hubby checked boards for me as I had requested and at that time he said I was still an lpn, but I wanted to see it for myself so that I could sob the rest of the night if need be. Once I had decided to check for myself there was a new license# and registered nurse by my name, best bday gift ever!!, Stay encouraged, keep studying, reviewing, seek help, find strength and get back in the race; you've graduated so you know your stuff, now apply it and believe in Him. If I can you can too!

Please help, I graduated in May and failed my Nclex exam in July. Since then I have not been studying as often as I should and have put off taking the exam because of fear that I will fail again. Studying has gotten worse due to what I feel is a great deal of disappointment and depression. Thanks for any advice that you can give me. Shnda22

Need to some advice on how to study, I failed the NCLEX-RN exam in July and have been studying poorly for the test. I graduated in May. Not sure how to snap out of this what I think is depression and a great deal of disappointment. Just recently I had another melt down with feeling as if my classmates and fellow nursing students have moved on without me. What to do? Where to start? My desire is to sit again by the end Nov. or no later than Dec.