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That's ridiculous if there are people making you feel that way. There are other areas nurses can get an advanced degree in. They don't have to be an NP. As of now, being an NP isn't something that peaks my interest, though I would like to advance my education sometime in the future after having enough bedside experience. Also, nurses are more than just nurses. We have other aspects to us that we don't share at work. What if you want to go to school for something else completely outside of nursing? What if you want to use the extra time you have outside of work to pursue a hobby you have like art or writing? Saying that every RN should become an NP is like saying everyone should wear the same shoe size. It just doesn't make any sense, especially since nursing is known for being so broad. Each nurse brings different things to the table.

I'm a new nurse and gonna start orientation soon. I admit I'm a bit nervous. I'm scared I don't know enough or if I'm going to do something wrong...or they might fire me because I lack experience with working with certain types of equipment...I mean, I went to a good nursing school where my clinical instructors tried to show me as much as possible, but clinicals can't cover everything. Am I the only one who feels this way? Some of my other classmates who've been working already make it look so simple, and I'm scared to ask how they've felt getting their first job. I'm not sure if this goes for everyone or if it's just me...to be honest, I've always had confidence issues. I just hope this just turns out like other jobs (unrelated to nursing) that I've had in the past; slow in the beginning but eventually getting the swing of things. It's just that this is different for me...this is something that I'm going to be doing for a huge portion if not, the rest of my life, and of course, with huger responsibilities. I just want to do everything right for the patients/clients/etc. and figure out what type of nursing I can focus on to pursue more and feel useful to society. A part of me feels foolish as if I will never be good enough, like I was an idiot to think I could be a nurse. Externally I just suck it up because that's life, but this is why I appreciate anonymity on the internet Am I just overthinking things?

I took a biology class my first prerequisite semester before getting into A&P with college level math (my course was called quantitative reasoning). I also took two semesters of writing, sociology, two semesters of psychology and some other elective courses with physical education as well. I took chemistry too before officially starting the nursing program. I prob left some stuff out too, but I assume CC stands for community college, so it might be a little different for you. I wouldn't worry so much if this is your first prerequisite semester in college. But you should ask your advisor for the required classes for all the years you're going to be in school if the classes you currently have now are concerning you, so you know what to look forward to the following semester and won't be surprised. In my college, our advisors gave us a sheet with all the classes we have to take throughout all of our four years. I'm not sure if other schools do this, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

Like some of the other posters said, if you haven't gone over the rationales, this time around go over them. Going over the rationales is key to improving your performance. Also, are you using the decision tree mentally when answering the questions? Being that you took the test all the way to 265, it means that you do have potential to pass, so don't give up. You can definitely do this. And if you've been living and breathing NCLEX, give yourself a break. Take a day to spoil yourself. You can't just sit studying all day. Your brain is going to give out and won't work as effectively. This is coming from the person who failed twice and recently passed the third time three days ago. You got this. Good luck!

From our awareness, this is the only life we have, and it is gone in the blink of an eye compared to the age of the universe, and even the age of the earth, and just like the many cycles of life here, our existence might be gone in a second if we go extinct as a species. Stop worrying about what other people think and don't do things to try and satisfy other people because in the end, all you have is your consciousness and your self awareness, and by the time you are about to leave this planet, you don't want to be full of regret. You were born with free choice. Do you think you were put here to just be worried about what others said about you? To get to the point, do what YOU want. I do understand you...feeling like nothing but a sack of mediocrity. It tends to get the best of you when you're sitting down, thinking about what's the point of life and this whole system of things...but the fact of the matter is, you're here. And even if the road gets bumpy, do your best to enjoy those bumps, because that's a part of life. And if those schools didn't see your potential, then they probably wouldn't have respected you as a human being anyway. You didn't get accepted for a reason, and maybe you won't find out that reason until later in life. Us humans, we get so caught up in our ego with so many small things that maybe don't mean much in the end. Just take a deep breath and follow your heart, and do yourself a favor and surround yourself with supportive people. It could be subconsciously affecting your performance even if you may not notice it. I wish you the best of luck. =]

I just worked around the class schedule and clinicals I had for the semester and informed my manager beforehand so they would be able to accommodate me. For the most part, I did work on the weekends but there were times I did work on weekdays as well as long as it didn't interfere with my classes or clinicals.

I passed my NCLEX with about 110 questions! I'm making this topic for people who may have failed the first and second time around. My mother has told me stories about people who give up and never take the NCLEX after failing the first time. So here's my story and maybe other people on here might be able to relate, and I hope that it can bring some relief to some of you guys. =] I'm telling you don't give up! You can do it! Being honest I had a very rough year starting my last semester of nursing school. My depression was getting progressively worse and I wasn't able to go to therapy because it interfered with my school schedule, and my depression never got in the way of my school work so I know that me passing and graduating wasn't going to be a problem; I was even on the Dean's list. Toward the end of the semester I ended up self harming, and by the time I took the Kaplan course (at a discount), I just couldn't focus and my heart wasn't into it. I kept postponing the NCLEX until I couldn't anymore and failed the first time 250 questions in. My qbank was still active, and to be honest, I barely studied the second time I scheduled my NCLEX (probably due to depression and other extraneous factors that was my own fault) and the same thing happened; failed 250 questions in. I told myself that I had to focus this time, and I didn't let it break me. Confidence in yourself plays a HUGE role in your performance on the NCLEX, and if you have supportive friends and family members, surround yourself with these people! They will push you to keep going and believe in you! Remember, you didn't go to nursing school for nothing! All your knowledge is there, just believe in yourself! I paid for Kaplan to take the course again, and scheduled my NCLEX once again. I did my best to focus this time, and did the question trainers, getting around 60-61% on them, and reviewing the content based on the rationales of these questions. I got only a 49% on Question trainer 7, and a 54% on the readiness test. These scores aren't good, but for those who are taking Kaplan, don't let it get to you! Look over ALL the rationales, even on the ones you got right, and retain the information so you don't make the same mistakes again! I also did qbanks that were focused on my weaker points so I could improve on it, and I would say I got around 50% on most of them, BUT LOOK AT THE RATIONALES FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE. I can't stress this enough! During the NCLEX, I didn't take a break the first two times, but I figured maybe for me taking a break would help, so when the two hour mark hit I was at question 100 and I figured maybe this time I should take a break because it might help me. This might not work for everyone but it worked for me. I only took a minute or two to take a couple of deep breaths, ate a quick snack and drank some water and walked back into the test room. After regaining focus and not panicking so much, I answered the last few questions and it surprisingly cut me off very soon after my break. This was on the 27th. Two days later, I found out I passed! So if you fail, don't give up. You can do this and believe in yourself. Okay, I'm really exhausted and going to go to sleep. I barely slept and it's been a real rough week for me. I was scared that the breakup with my boyfriend was going to affect my nclex performance because he left me the same week I was going to take the exam! Okay, good night people and good luck to anyone who has their exam scheduled. =]

I'm open to trying almost any type of nursing at the moment, but I think I'll be most comfortable in palliative and hospice. Psychiatric nursing and neuro, maybe even TBI are interesting to me as well, and working with geriatric patients. Anything else I'll do out of formality (everyone tells me to do the med-surg thing, but who hasn't heard that by now?). Regardless I'll feel honored to be offered a job as a nurse anywhere, though I'm not really big on pediatrics, and my experience in the ICU was a bit boring for me but I had a great learning experience.

She didn't get overdrafted by the way

It's a debit card and yes, she knows I did it. Her card doesn't overdraft; it most likely would have declined the charge which is why we did it.

I did get my mother's permission. I'm 22 years old. I wouldn't do that without her permission.

Hey, I just took the NCLEX-RN yesterday and I wanted to verify the validity of the "good pop up" trick. I had put in my card information yesterday and I got the good pop up! The only thing is I used an old bank card that's probably invalid by now, so I used my mother's bank card to verify since hers is valid and I still got the good pop up! But the thing is her card didn't have $200 in her account even though I put her card information in (because if I failed I suspect that it would have just declined her card since it would have had insufficient funds). But does any of that matter in pertaining to the good pop up? I also heard that you can look for your name in the New York State Board of nursing? Is this true? How can I do this? (I'm in New York). I know I have to wait 48 hours but I just want to ease my anxiety, I guess. The test cut off about 110 questions in literally like, right after I took a short break when I hit question 100. I thought I was going to be there for a longer time, so I was quite relieved when it cut off. I had failed the NCLEX twice before after going through to about 250 questions both times, but I had paid for Kaplan and had been practicing and going over rationales with a bit of content review, so if I failed this time, that would mean I would have done worse than the first two times I took it which doesn't make much sense to me. So...yeah...can anyone answer these? Or do I have to wait another day?