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Woops, sorry. I did go to register and that's when I got the pop up that says "The candidate currently has test results that are on hold," which I've told that is the not the correct "right" pop up. It does not allow me to enter CC info so I thought I was good to go! But then I was told it was the wrong pop up

Took my NCLEX-PN today. Started around 10:45 (my appt time was 11:00). Had difficulties ach time doing the palm scan. Got 3 or so questions in and had a lab value question. Wrote some notes on my board. A few more questions later, I teacher up to adjust my monitor and accidentally turned off my screen! I immediately tuned it back in and continued my test. It shut off at either 97 or 98 questions at around 12:36. I know for a fact I got my last question right. Got home at about 3:30 and tried the Pearson Vue trick. The main screen shows the status as "delivered successfully" and in bold re, it says something about the results not being available yet. I got a pop up that said "The candidate currently has test results that are on hold." Can anyone explain this to me? I have HORRIBLE test anxiety and this just isn't helping anything! :)

Hey all, Ill be retaking my test in 2 weeks. I was feeling confident until I clicked on CONFIRM while scheduling my test this morning. Now, I feel like everything Ive learned has left my brain all over again. I get really bad test anxiety. I get light headed and nauseous just thinking about taking the test. I've even vomited a few times while studying and thinking about the test. The morning of the test, I threw up at home before the 1.5 hour drive to the nearest facility and dry heaved in their restroom before i headed in. My mouth gets very dry and my palms get sweaty while taking the test too. Its just an awful situation for me. I cant focus...I get so nervous. I know how much is riding on this test. $240 to take the test again is extremely hard to come by for my family. There's just so much pressure. In the past, I've worked in a hospital. I've had all sorts of high pressure situations and have handled them well. I don't understand why a test makes me freak out, but a patient coding doesn't. I graduated LPN school in July with a 3.87 GPA. You'd think Id do well on this test I took the test in August and failed. I had one ABOVE PASSING, one BELOW PASSING and the rest were NEAR PASSING. Although it gives a list of whats in each area, its still really hard to use that info to study. I feel like I'm just all over the place. For those that have failed at least once and retaken and passed, do you have any advice?

Hey, how'd you do?? I will be retaking mine for the second time in 2 weeks.

Hello all! I took my NCLEX last week and am quite embarrassed to admit that I failed. I was looking to see if anyone else had failed their first time and what they did differently that helped them pass the second time. I have severe test anxiety when it comes to test like this. I passed the LPN program with a 3.87 GPA. I did well on all my assignments, projects, and tests. I did fail the first test of each class due to anxiety. Not knowing how it was going to be laid out and stuff. For my NCLEX, I studied out of 3 books. 1 Kaplan with 250 questions, 1 Lippincott with 1000 questions. And 1 PN flashcard book. I did well with them, so getting 205 questions and failing came as a surprise. What do you think?

I feel that unfortunately sometimes, the legal obligations we have trump any morally/ethically correct obligations. You did your legal obligations. What sets you apart from a lot of nurses is that you knew it wasn't fair, but most importantly, it emotionally affected you. It seems to be rare these days (from viewing the people I've met/seen/worked with....I don't know any of you and I am by no means saying any of you lack in the emotion department :) ). The day where our patients just become a routine is the day we need to reevaluate what we are trying to accomplish.