75 ?'s going through my mind, nonstop

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I've talked to some you already and yesterday it really helped soothe me for a few hours... but then as I was driving to go out to dinner I thought of another question... one of my only prioritizing questions and I realized that I got it wrong and put the wrong answer on the NCLEX... i'm convinced that getting that ? wrong is what's going to make me fail... I tried sleeping last night and was doing pretty good until about 6 am and then I had a dream about my questions and woke up in a complete panic... It's been about 3 hours and I still feel like I can't breathe and I feel like I'm sitting in the testing center all over again... heart pounding, SOB, nausea... I'm just so certain that I didn't pass.... I feel like I'm going to be the small percentage of people that fail with 75 questions because I can't think of enough that I maybe got right and i'm still worried about only getting about 5 prioritzing ?'s.... I know that if I fail it's not the end of the world... but it feels like it to me... urgh... this whole process is making want to change careers!!

My results didn't pop up on Pearson until a wee bit over 48 hours from the time i FINISHED my exam. I believe I finished around 11:07 ( haha exact minute lol) and they popped up about 11:15 2 days later.

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I passed!!!! yay!!!! what a relief! thank you guys so much for helping me get through this!!! and emnicans a special thank you to you too!!!

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YAY DAKOTA!!! I logged on just to see if you passed! HURRAY!!! I am so relieved for you!

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YAY DAKOTA!!! I logged on just to see if you passed! HURRAY!!! I am so relieved for you!

It's so funny that our tests were so similar! My friend from school took hers today and she had some of the exact same questions as me! What unit are you going to be working?

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[banana] congratulations dakota, rn! [/banana]

i passed!!!! yay!!!! what a relief! thank you guys so much for helping me get through this!!! and emnicans a special thank you to you too!!!
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I passed!!!! yay!!!! what a relief! thank you guys so much for helping me get through this!!! and emnicans a special thank you to you too!!!

:ancong!:

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I just took the boards yestarday and stopped at 75 also! I was so afraid when it shut off at 75. I mean I think I'm a pretty good student but I really stink in high pressure situations. I have to start my job on monday that will only start if I pass. I think I'll just pass out the next 24 hrs and wake up to find out. good luck to you too:cheers:

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I just took the boards yestarday and stopped at 75 also! I was so afraid when it shut off at 75. I mean I think I'm a pretty good student but I really stink in high pressure situations. I have to start my job on monday that will only start if I pass. I think I'll just pass out the next 24 hrs and wake up to find out. good luck to you too:cheers:

75 is a good sign!!! remember that you just had to get more right than wrong and that the test is designed to help you pass!

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I know that and I keep replaying the questions in my head. I can think of some I know I got wrong and right. I keep looking stuff up and trying to remember questions. I'm just driving myself crazy! I know my results won't come up this quick but I keep checking like a crazy women. My house is a mess and I really feel like doing nothing but sitting comatose until I find out. The boards aren't like I thought they'd be. Never would I think they put us through so many hoops to be able to be a nurse. This last hoop was like a burning one! I'm trying to stay hopeful but honestly have to think about what I'd do if I failed.

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I know that and I keep replaying the questions in my head. I can think of some I know I got wrong and right. I keep looking stuff up and trying to remember questions. I'm just driving myself crazy! I know my results won't come up this quick but I keep checking like a crazy women. My house is a mess and I really feel like doing nothing but sitting comatose until I find out. The boards aren't like I thought they'd be. Never would I think they put us through so many hoops to be able to be a nurse. This last hoop was like a burning one! I'm trying to stay hopeful but honestly have to think about what I'd do if I failed.

That's an exact description of me after I took that horrible thing. and now that I passed I'm too excited and happy to clean the house!!! Stop looking stuff up, I made that mistake too and it really did just make me more anxious. Hide the books somewhere and don't look at them, that's what I had to do. I know it sucks and nothing anybody says is going to make you feel better right now. I too started checking that pearson vue site as soon as I got home from the test and even got up every 1-2 hours during the night to check it as though it would give me results early... I drove myself completely crazy.... then I kept picturing myself having to go to work and tell them that I didn't pass and thought about how I'd feel like such a loser and a complete embarrassment. I really think it's BS that it makes you wait 48 hours when they know right away if you passed or failed. That needs to change. I remember having moments where I'd think that they couldn't have been 95% positive that I failed at 75 questions and that I must have passed... and if you've had that thought at least once just focus on that and if you haven't had that thought yet... here you go, I just put it in your head :) I felt like slapping people when they told me to "be positive" but just try... have warm cup of tea or whatever you like drinking and go eat some really good fattening food and try to find things to do with your time... my husband made me go outside and dig flowerbeds... it took up at least 3-4 hours and then I went back to freaking out until I had something else to do.... I'm thinking about you and feel your pain and know that you passed!! In a few hours you'll be able to change the GN to RN behind your name :)

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thanks alot, that's what I need to do right now. I just want to hear positive news and that everyone else goes through the same thing. Most people I know have gotten more questions and I just am not always that sure of myself. I have been cleaning! and got a big pile of books to start reading. Watching a lifetime movie and I did put my books away. Threw all my papers (i keep writing when I study) in the recycle bin. It felt good. Even if I learn bad news...at least my house is clean.haha.

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Hi everyone I passed!! I'm going to get my nails done and my hair...sooo happy! thanks for the support!

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