RN Refresher, What do you think?

Published Aug 16, 2017

20 Posts

Hello All,

Well i am kinda in a weird spot on things in my nursing career... I graduated Oct of 2015, but after failing my NCLEX the first time and having multiple life issues fall on my lap, i was unable to take my NCLEX again tell 2017... started studying in 2017, went and took my test in June after saving up for it and passed at 75 questions.

So im thinking im good, but since June i have applied for over 40 position, been on roughly 11 interviews and literally i keep getting the same freaking answer, i dont get it.... Im being told numerous times that they took someone else over me because i have nearly a 2 year gap between graduating nursing school and passing the NCLEX, today i went for a new interview and they didnt even ask me a single nursing quesiton, all of the questions were just generic stuff like...

Why should we hire you...

What makes you a better asset to the company...

What was your biggest mistake ever..

What your goals in 5 years...

I answered them all with very professional questions and after we finished one of the nurses walked with me out to the parking lot and basically told me she liked me as a candidate, but the department head didnt like that you graduated and went so long before passing your NCLEX. Then recommended that i take a RN refresher course and try back afterwards...

Im just like, i just passed the NCLEX... isnt that suppose to mean anything?