3rd times a charm

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welll!!!! Today i took the nclex for my third time.. i felt very prepared ,calm and mildly nervous. I arrived 30 mins early to the test center and started 10 mins before my 2pm start time. I swear i was calm as could be which must have been god. I had sooo many sata and 3 pharm calculations. The sata would never stop!!!! I had to pee sooo bad and i told myself when i get to 75 i would raise my hand and take a break... well at 75 questions i clicked next and the exam was over... I wasnt scared... I just had to pee!!! I got up after completing the end of course survey and i told the preceptor "I Passed!!!!" I came home and had the good popup!!!!

I know this post seems over confident but i had no clue what i was doing when i took the test the first two times!!! I thought my nursing knowledge was sufficient and i would do well. It caused a depression when i failed the second time.. I decided i would not fail but i would plan and prepare... I took kaplan's nclex review course,i then took a time out and signed up for the test bank and the drug calc tutorial. studied the kaplan book from front to back and studied weekly for 5 weeks. completed around 2500 test questions...

Let me also tell you this... I have a MPH in nutrition and doctorate of naturopathy. I live in a state where we as naturopathic physicians arent recognized so i decided to complete my RN while finishing my clinical rotation in Naturopathy.

I have said all of this to let those who have failed that its not a measure of your intelligence,or your worth. There are many who have gone through failing the test or the anxiety of preparing and taking an exam... YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!

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Congratulations! I hope you are celebrating. I found Kpalan to be a great resource

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Congratulations

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Yay! Congratulations! :up:

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thank you all for the congrats.. i am sooo happy

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Congratulations.

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Well done!!!! I really think a lot of it is going in with a clear head, and KEEPING a clear head. I kind of freaked out when the first 10-15 questions on my exam were stuff I seemed to know nothing about (and I do wonder if some of those were the "pilot" questions or whatever.....at least one of them was really poorly worded). I started panicking a little, but I stopped myself, and reminded myself to focus on the question at hand.....one at a time.....let the answered ones be gone. I think it is REALLY easy to second-guess yourself on this test, especially where we've been told stuff like, "They get harder until you answer one wrong, then you get knocked down to an easy one." so when you get an easy one you think you must have answered "wrong" on the question before, so then you start second-guessing yourself into answering differently on future questions, wondering if you have the hang of the test. (Don't do that.......take each question at face value).

Anyway.......the above^^^^^ obviously was more for people who are getting ready to take the test. Keep your cool people, you made it through nursing school, don't let the test screw you up. But huge congrats to you, navynursejoy, that is great news, and well-deserved. Now take a little break and pamper yourself! ;)

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i went on the bon today and it says i passed... sooo happy the popup trick does work!!

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