75 Questions and now the waiting begins...

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Specializes in 4 years of L&D and 6 years of Med-Surg.

hey everyone!

well, like other people here in the forum.........took the nclex today june 22nd!

went to church yesterday and today in the morning and had a long long conversation with my heavenly father and poored my heart and soul to help me and guide me thru this.

today woke up early and went to church mass at 0830 and did the same thing and poured my heart and soul to him for the same blessing.

ate a good breakfast and just went home and just relax and get all my things ready.

went an hour early to the center and sat in my car, listen to my christian music and just prayed again.

went to the center feeling ......"ok, here i go....im going to do this....get it over with"

it was nerve wrecking going into the center. hands starting to sweat.....couldn't get my locker open.

sat at the computer and said another prayer and off i went and answered my questions. ...............i got up to 65 questions and it stopped. omg! thought i almost had a heart attack....but it was telling me if i wanted to take a break.....

went on with the questions......they were not easy.....they were hard......a lot of critical thinking, a lot of sata, had 4 math questions (i knew i got those right!) .... who would i see 1st.....nurses from a another unit from l/d, mental health floating to peds, or l/d or to mental health.......a lot of ob questions (who would of known).....meds that where not in my review books, a lot of teaching. a lot of statements looking for the wrong answer.

i took kaplan and did use the decision tree, on some but not most of them. like ok, this is an assessment, implementation, implementation, assessment......and i read the question over and over.

i was heading to 75 questions and i was hoping to get more because i wasn't sure if i was doing good.......so hard to tell.

but the next thing i know...... it shut off....oh my gosh! did i do good? did i do bad? so hard to tell!!!

i left the building not crying but just in shock and speechless and not knowing how i did.

now the waiting period begins!

went to back to church right after i took the test today and had another conversation with my heavenly father and thanked him for his blessing and for keeping me calm thru the whole exam..........thank you my heavenly father!

as a treat for all my hard work.....went to dairy queen and bought myself a waffle icecream cone.....yum, yum!

went home, waited for my hubby and went out to get dinner at this yummy korean bbq restaurant.

now, checking my emails and posting this and of course just venting here as you can read.

now, going to enjoy what i love and enjoying doing best........going to open my desk drawers and do some scrapbooking and card making with my rubber stamps!!!!

oh? one more thing to my new allnurses.com friends.......if you are taking the exam soon........all i can say is just to stay calm, positive and tell yourself "i'm going to do this over win it!!!!!" [color=sandybrown] have faith in yourself!

take care and post ya' later!!!!

:redbeathe nursegreeneyes :redbeathe

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Specializes in OR/DR/RR, Surgical Unit.

i bet you passed!:) ive been reading a lot in this forum and figured out that attitude is a major factor in passing the exam. you sound relaxed when u took the exam, with enough confidence and strength from our dear lord, i know u passed.:) even without the result yet im greeting you congrats in advance!

:yeah::redpinkhe:nurse:

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Specializes in 4 years of L&D and 6 years of Med-Surg.

:typing nursemich,

your so sweet my dear, thank you for your kind words.

i have to be positive nursemich, i won't allow myself to torture my mind and soul with negativity.

if i can pass my encouragement to to other i will do it as long as i can! because i know what others are going thru. we are all in the same situation. it is an emotional roller coaster ride.......levels of anxiety are high here with prepping.

if i can give any words of encouragement.......im always here to lend a helping hand.

i try to take my own advise as much as i can.....sometimes it's hard but i talk to god and pray to him to take those negative feelings away.

but your such a sweetheart yourself too nursemich!

take care,

:heartbeat nursegreeneyes :heartbeat

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Specializes in Hem/Onc/BMT.
hey everyone!

well, like other people here in the forum.........took the nclex today june 22nd!

went to church yesterday and today in the morning and had a long long conversation with my heavenly father and poored my heart and soul to help me and guide me thru this.

today woke up early and went to church mass at 0830 and did the same thing and poured my heart and soul to him for the same blessing.

ate a good breakfast and just went home and just relax and get all my things ready.

went an hour early to the center and sat in my car, listen to my christian music and just prayed again.

went to the center feeling ......"ok, here i go....im going to do this....get it over with"

it was nerve wrecking going into the center. hands starting to sweat.....couldn't get my locker open.

sat at the computer and said another prayer and off i went and answered my questions. ...............i got up to 65 questions and it stopped. omg! thought i almost had a heart attack....but it was telling me if i wanted to take a break.....

went on with the questions......they were not easy.....they were hard......a lot of critical thinking, a lot of sata, had 4 math questions (i knew i got those right!) .... who would i see 1st.....nurses from a another unit from l/d, mental health floating to peds, or l/d or to mental health.......a lot of ob questions (who would of known).....meds that where not in my review books, a lot of teaching. a lot of statements looking for the wrong answer.

i took kaplan and did use the decision tree, on some but not most of them. like ok, this is an assessment, implementation, implementation, assessment......and i read the question over and over.

i was heading to 75 questions and i was hoping to get more because i wasn't sure if i was doing good.......so hard to tell.

but the next thing i know...... it shut off....oh my gosh! did i do good? did i do bad? so hard to tell!!!

i left the building not crying but just in shock and speechless and not knowing how i did.

now the waiting period begins!

went to back to church right after i took the test today and had another conversation with my heavenly father and thanked him for his blessing and for keeping me calm thru the whole exam..........thank you my heavenly father!

as a treat for all my hard work.....went to dairy queen and bought myself a waffle icecream cone.....yum, yum!

went home, waited for my hubby and went out to get dinner at this yummy korean bbq restaurant.

now, checking my emails and posting this and of course just venting here as you can read.

now, going to enjoy what i love and enjoying doing best........going to open my desk drawers and do some scrapbooking and card making with my rubber stamps!!!!

oh? one more thing to my new allnurses.com friends.......if you are taking the exam soon........all i can say is just to stay calm, positive and tell yourself "i'm going to do this over win it!!!!!" [color=sandybrown]have faith in yourself!

take care and post ya' later!!!!

:redbeathe nursegreeneyes :redbeathe

i have been waiting for you all day my dear!! happy to hear that it wasn' t too bad and it is true need to have faith in yourself ... a positive attitude will get you very far ... enjoy the up coming days and look forward to hearing the news :rolleyes:

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Specializes in ICU.

It sounds like you did great and you mostly got "high level" questions which is a good sign! I don't want to give you false hope, but I bet that you passed!

Stay positive while you're waiting for your results and best wishes!

Keep us posted!

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Specializes in 4 years of L&D and 6 years of Med-Surg.

:typing ALSE04

Hey there again!

Yeah, I'am relieved that I got this over with......it is a HUGE weight off my shoulders.....I'm just glad i got it over with!

I studied so hard and I gave all my heart and soul into this prepping. Honestly, my hubby working hard and long hours and with working part time it's been really hard financially but he has been SO SUPPORTIVE with me for that I'am really really TRUELY BLESSED!

Well, I'll keep in touch with future threads and hope to see and chat and post with ya soon!!!!

Luv,

:heartbeat NurseGreeneyes! :heartbeat

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Specializes in Pediatric critical care.

nursegreeneyes!!!!

i put a message up for you in the prayer thread!! i know you did great!!! i am so happy to hear that you are relaxing. i'll be praying for you.

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nursegreeneyes,:nuke:

good luck in your waiting time for your results! does your state post them or are you waiting for quick results from pearson vue? i'm waiting for your post that says "i'm an rn!"

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Specializes in 4 years of L&D and 6 years of Med-Surg.

:typing

to all my friends and new friends that i have made in allnurses.com............still :anbd: waiting for those results.

man i was ok after the exam.......i was relieved that it was over with!

now that the day 1 passed, reality is hitting me now! hahaha! like a slap in the face, like "hello?, you took the test yesterday....wake up nursegreeneyes! :selfbonk:".

i keep thinking in my head just like you guys did....over and over about it!

ahhhh! go away stupid thoughts! :innerconf just go away!!!

i took the test in california thru pearson vue. i thought i check and give it a shot that "maybe" i might see something. but, nada....nothing....negative! so, i thought i call that (900) number, but it does not involve california. it involves a lot of states but not california.

i said to myself, i'll check the ca state boards website.....and maybe (again) out of the blue my name would pop up....but again......nada, negative, zero, zip, nope! hahaha!

ok, :anbd: so day 1 it is and nothing!

yes, my friends i know that it takes about a week so and so to check but i'm beginning to act like you guys......"i want to know now!!!" :behindpc:

well........going to keep my mind busy.........im off to my duties as a wife now! got to go clean the kitchen, clean the living room (got 2 cairn terriers and a cat) never seen soooo many dust bunnies in my life! omgosh!!

alright friends.......post to ya soon!!

oh? before i go.........if you are taking the test today or tommorrow or the next day........i sincerely wish you the best of luck!

remember: "stay positive, stay calm, take deep breaths and above all.............have a lot of faith in yourself and also in our heavenly father!. if you have that attitude.......you can do it!

hugs,

:redbeathe nursegreeneyes :redbeathe

:anmllvr:

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Specializes in Med Surg, Telemetry, Long Term Care.

goodluck to your result

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Specializes in 4 years of L&D and 6 years of Med-Surg.

hey all my buddies at allnurses.com,

well just wanted to vent 1 more time before hitting the hay!

day 1 is now over for me. i kept busy today cleaning my kitchen and as well as the stairs. man, was i living dirty! so sad, never had the time to clean while studying!

with 2 cairn terriers (luke & mitzy) and a my cat (fuzzball)......man those dust bunnies sure know how to multiply!!! geesh!!! hahaha!

i love to post at allnurses.com and have met a lot of nice wonderful people in this forum. i enjoy keeping touch with you all!

so tomorrow is another new day and we shall just wait and see if any results pop up! who knows? i'll just check once......ummm ok maybe twice!

but seriously, the waiting is just horrible!

but have an early wake up tomorrow! i'm going to church mass at 0830 and just vent to my heavenly father.

to all my buddies and new buddies...........!say a prayer before you go to bed!

:tinkbll: good nite!!

:redbeathe nursegreeneyes :redbeathe

:lvan: and :igtsyt: im also a :anmllvr: as well :cmptradct: which makes me a :cmptrgk:

:lol:

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I took mine today and am in the same boat. I did soe cleaning and spent soem time with my daughter ( that I was not able to do since ...God knows when). Pray for me too.....

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