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Hi tinaharper too!! I didn't mean to exclude people who didn't have the entire NCLEX experience...let us know your results, but I'm positive you did fantastic!~ CC11

Hi Amybrown! Welcome to the 265 club!! While it's so hard for you to feel confident right now, the rest of us can tell you that we have been in your shoes, many of us in the last couple of days, and it'll be alright! My nursing school friends were telling me to go review the questions that I thought I got right so I'd have a confidence builder until I got my results. My thoughts were.."the questions I got right?? I can't remember questions period!" Have faith, say a prayer, and you're in my prayers as well (along with everyone else who's taking boards this summer :). You'll be a great nurse!! Again, congratulations to everyone who passed, and GOOD LUCK to all who are taking the NCLEX! If you survived nursing school, you deserve nothing but success!! CC11

This was my exact experience. I consider myself reasonably intelligent, and was approaching the boards with serious apprehension, but a general feeling that I would pass. I had studied, done ?s, the usual routine. I had no idea that my anxiety would be over the moon when I arrived at the testing center, but it was. There are few things that I remember from the test, and as the questions kept coming, I kept trying to tell myself "if you're still getting questions, you're still passing." Needless to say, 265 questions later I was a wreck in every sense of the word. I was sure I had failed, and how was I going to tell my husband, my family, his family, our friends, and so on. Anyway, I got my results the next day, and I passed. I still can't believe it. Quite literally it was one of the happiest days of my life!! We all can do this...we've worked hard and we deserve to be successful. Whether you got 75, 105 or 265, be confident and know that it is overwhelmingly likely that you're gonna pass. Worst case scenario, if you have to retake it, retake it. You will be a FANTASTIC nurse whenever that day comes!! Keep the faith and congratulations to all who have passed, and BEST OF LUCK to all those preparing!!!! You're gonna be great! CC11

I spent 45 minutes writing a response to your post, and kept reading and re-reading and then I realized that my reply was way too complicated. Whatever your disorder is, anorexia, bulimia, CED, BED, etc. it doesn't matter. I'm also a second year nursing student who suffered from anorexia from the ages of 15-22. (I'm now 36). I think the most important thing to realize is you are NOT alone!!! I was in two inpatient programs for anorexia when I was a teenager, and while the staff was amazing, what I remember was the feeling that all of the really isolating feelings I was having weren't unusual. You wrote in your post that "I feel so alone in this", and I don't think it has to be that way. Look for support groups- they sound cheesy, but it's amazing the strength you get from listening to people who had the same seemingly debilitating issues during the week that you did. As far as your role as a nurse, the argument can be made that since your health has not yet been compromised, the care will not be compromised. What I'll say is, that you're going to be an amazing nurse, because just in posting your thread you've shown amazing care and commitment to your profession. Please, don't let the irony be that you care so much for others and so little for yourself. The issues of control and the feeling of "voidness" need to be addressed, and I would say fixed, because you, like so many people battling various eating disorders, are complex, intelligent and remarkable people that deserve to give themselves a chance to be happy. You spend a lot of time in class figuring out how to teach and advocate for your patients, so try and take time to do that for yourself. You deserve to be 100% for both yourself and them. I hope the very best for you, and I hope that you're able to heal yourself the way you'll heal others!!:kiss

I start my nursing program this fall, and after reading all these posts, I'm wondering if it's for me. I love to work, and I've always worked really hard, but I hate feeling micro-managed. Is it really as bad as it sounds?? :uhoh21:

Hey everyone- does anyone have any suggestions about A&P study guides? I saw a post about coloring guides, but when I went on Amazon there were several and I wasn't sure which would be most effective. Does anyone have any input? Thanks so much!!

Hi everyone! I'm brand new to the site, but I've been checking it out for the past couple of months and it seems like a really valuable resource. I've actually got a couple of questions- I just passed my state exam to become an NA/R, and would really like to work in a hospital vs. LTC. I've also been accepted into a nursing program and will begin in the fall. Do you think this would help my chances of getting on in a hopital, and if so, does anyone have any suggestions of which area would be the most new-CNA friendly?? Also, I've seen people posting about A&P coloring study guides....which ones are the best? Thanks SO much for any input!!! :)