Sacrifices you made to pass the NLE or NCLEX

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Reviewing for NLE or NCLEX takes a lot of hardships, patience, perseverance and sacrifice. What were the sacrifices you had to make in order to focus for the exam and pass it? :)

Well, mine was not spending my '08 summer out of town with my friends and barely going out on dates with my boyfriend hehe, too bad for him. :p Then, after i passed the NLE, i was rarely home already haha :)

What about you?

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when i was reviewing for the nle i didn't read non-nursing books (am a book lover myself hehe), didn't go out with my non-nursing friends for 2 months, and gave up watching tv altogether. it wasn't that hard though because almost everyone else i knew is in review mode anyway

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hmmm...sacrifices, sacrifices..

for my foreign exams, since i wasn't receiving much help from my parents financially, i had to save up for the finances myself. so yeah, my sacrifices include not going out during paydays, not going along with outings, not spending too much for my little perk-me-ups, all to finance my exams. yeah, i passed all of them, so it was worth it. but then, i'm still stuck here, so sometimes i wonder what would have happened if i opted to "enjoy" my money for fun instead of being so scrooge-like with it all the time. hehe

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hmmm...sacrifices, sacrifices..

for my foreign exams, since i wasn't receiving much help from my parents financially, i had to save up for the finances myself. so yeah, my sacrifices include not going out during paydays, not going along with outings, not spending too much for my little perk-me-ups, all to finance my exams. yeah, i passed all of them, so it was worth it. but then, i'm still stuck here, so sometimes i wonder what would have happened if i opted to "enjoy" my money for fun instead of being so scrooge-like with it all the time. hehe

Oh, I'm sort of in the same sentiments as you are... After I took the board exam I immediately looked for a job because I wouldn't be given allowances anymore. And then after passing it, most of my salary just went to PRC for my registration and certificates, some nclex requirements, and other trainings as well.

We nurses need a lot of investments in our career. Just hope it really pays off someday.

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hmmm...sacrifices, sacrifices..

for my foreign exams, since i wasn't receiving much help from my parents financially, i had to save up for the finances myself. so yeah, my sacrifices include not going out during paydays, not going along with outings, not spending too much for my little perk-me-ups, all to finance my exams. yeah, i passed all of them, so it was worth it. but then, i'm still stuck here, so sometimes i wonder what would have happened if i opted to "enjoy" my money for fun instead of being so scrooge-like with it all the time. hehe

Oh, I'm sort of in the same boat as you are. Most of my salary just go to PRC, nursing books, NCLEX and trainings. We nurses really need to invest a lot in this career. I just really hope that it will pay off someday!

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Well me not much since im a bum i dont have real work

but i make money online about 5,000/month doing nothing

so i have the time to review for NCLEX this April:rolleyes:

hopefully i pass its been 4 years now since i passed the CGFNS

exam:yawn:

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reviewing for the NLE, it was about sacrifices.. not partying,forgetting about the social life..just concentrating on the review and doing alot of practice test

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I can sum it up in one word: EVERYTHING.

In the end, I made it!

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Specializes in Med Surg, Telemetry, Long Term Care.

Thanks to my sister and mom who helped me financially.Looking for a job is the hard part but the the hardest is taking the exam.Goodluck to those who will be taking

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Me,,, Is like having your own world... No one should bother me. I gave up going out with my non-nursing friends, watching tv and movies. I even rarely see my family because I am locking myself in my room. I missed all the gatherings for 2 months but it was all paid for because I passed it at first take. I thank God and everyone in my life for the understanding and support.

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Specializes in neonatal ICU.

Lots of pains of reviewing... Our clinical instructors started our review for NLE in August 2006 till December or something. It was tough then coz we're still having duty. Then after that a review with RCAP. After that, we were housed in our university dorm for review until the day of the board exam in June 2007... We got 99% passing rate! yehey. We never get to go malling anymore, never get to have fun... I get paranoid sometimes while in the university dorm, coz our school always gave us reviews from 8Am till 5Am, rosaries in the evening, and lots of exam drills at night that I didn't get to review things myself.

NCLEX? Ugh... one word. Expensive. It hurts me financially. :cry: Anyway, I'm over that. Finally got my exam scheduled on April... :yelclap:

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I just passed the Nov. 2008 Licensure Exams. I'm working on the requirements for NCLEX eligibility where I have to pay the school once again for the requested documents then pay the NCLEX fees which are really costly. At the same time, I've been sending applications in various hospitals and waiting for exams to be scheduled.

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