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No, it won't change the process. You can keep Texas as your home state. List your Hawaii address as your mailing address and list the Texas as your primary. Just be sure that your drivers license matches up with the one you list with Pearson Vue (Texas). The proof of residency thing won't interfere with the tax stuff, and since they Hawaii isn't a compact state, they may not require one. Its primary just to show that you are physically within the state. Hope that helps.....

Don't feel that way. You are not the first to be confused by this process and you certainly won't be the last. These were the same questions I asked too. If you have orders for HI, then apply for NCLEX/licensure through Hawaii. You're able to claim residency with the BON in Hawaii due to your husbands orders.

During school I worked part time, but after graduation is a different story. For the last 8 months I've done a figure 8 across the country in order to finally spend time with the hubs (military). I'm sure it won't look good during interviews.... I can't wait to be working again, even if it wasn't nursing related. What field is you current job in? You could probably "spin" your situation during interviews by wording it in a way to highlight your loyalty....

Ah, superstitions.... The noise thing was a must for me but it wasn't really a superstition thing. I had a rule for the night before consisting of being showered and in bed to guarantee at least 8 hours (during school i lived off of 4 hours/night on average). The superstitious stuff was the day of the test. My classmates would even joke to me about my "rituals." My outfit had to be jeans, a white gap tee, with my north face fleece pullover with running shoes. oh, and I had to wear a pair of pearl earrings, but not just any pair.... nope, they had to be the ones my husband gave me. What we brought into the testing room had to be in a clear zip-lock bag. All the contents of the bag then had to be neatly place on the table around me. These items were: my luck brand of mechanical pencil x3; tic-tacs which also held 2 Excedrin tablets; a pack of gum; my lucky hat; a stress ball; carmex lip balm; a bottle of water; a set of keys that had my favorite picture as a key chain; and last but not least- NOT KIDDING- MY HUSBAND'S NEAR EMPTY BOTTLE OF MENS AQUA DI GIO (um, yeah. looking back now, I was totally nuts. but at the time the cologne thing started the husband was oversees and he's always smelled lucky to me...lol.). Looking back now, it's no wonder why my friends in class gave me a hard time.

It's great to finally read that I'm not the only one in this position right now (and for multiple reasons too). Not sure how many people have been in the same boat, but judging by this NCLEX board, I'd have to say not many. I graduated in May '13 and I also took a test prep course last year after I graduated. I'm planning on finally taking it at the end April. Lately I've been alternating between doing questions and reviewing notes/content. It's been kinda hard to study though without a test date...