Super Nervous for NCLEX-PN

[cleyva8]

Hi nurses and future nurses!

I am taking my NCLEX-PN in 2 and a half days and I am freaking out. I am seriously considering rescheduling my NCLEX to a later date, and here's why...

I haven't been able to study as much as I wish during this past week due to surgery last week. (Yeah, dumb to schedule both events close to each other... I thought I would be fine, explanation later...)

My Saunders and NCLEX 3000 scores keep getting lower and lower (87%, 78%, 76%, 69%, 63%).

I don't know if this is just typical anxiety before the NCLEX, but I am seriously freaking out, and that's probably why I keep scoring lower and lower... these late night's of freaking out and trying to test probably don't help.

Here's my background as a student (and why I assumed I would be okay):

4.0 GPA

Passed my HESI with the highest score in my cohort - above 900 gives a 95% chance of passing NCLEX first try, got 979.

Everybody that I have talked to (instructors, students, friends, family) is positive that I would pass on my first attempt. A friend of mine took it and passed last week (yay!!!) and she said that it was easy, and she knows my abilities and if it was easy for her, it would for sure be easy for me.

What should I do? I have until Monday at 12PM to reschedule.

Any advice for passing my NCLEX? I have been reading through the other threads, and that gives me more anxiety... but writing this is at least a little therapeutic (no longer in full panic attack mode.)

What should I focus my studying on?

Should I reschedule?!

Tell me about your NCLEX experiences.

I will reply with my NCLEX experience after I take it so that, hopefully, I can help anybody else my situation for future NCLEX takers.

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

This close maybe some basic review and don't study the day before do whatever you need to do to relax

[Darkstar1485, BSN, CNA, LPN, RN]

I know your pain. I took the NCLEX-PN yesterday. I decided to challenge it. Maybe its because I'm a BSN student, but i found the test to be difficult, but that could be relative. I have SOOOO many Alternate format questions. If yo have a saunders book or NCLEX 3000, do a BUNCH of alternate format questions. I also got MANY priority questions. Good LUCK!!!!

P.S I decided to stop studying at about 3pm the day before the test to give my brain a rest. I went out and had fun!!!!!

I got the "good" pop up

"Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Another registration cannot be made at this time."

[babyisa, MSN, NP]

Hello , future nurse! I recently took the NCLEX PN; about 2 weeks and 2 days as of writing. I am in CA, so no quick results for us and still waiting for results, so I'm not very certain if my advice would be sound advice LOL. But trust what your head tells you. If you feel like waiting just a couple more days or a week or so will help calm your nerves and ease your anxiety, then I would reschedule. However, I don't think anyone feels super ready for it either. In my own experience, I think it helped a great deal that I was surprisingly calm when i took my test. I had some sleepless nights to the weeks leading up to it; until about a week before my test I've decided that I'm going to have to try to calm down (and like they say mild anxiety is healthy and productive) if I want to tackle and pass this test. I realized the calmer I am, the better off I am when I read the questions and pick out answers. I've noticed when I get very nervous, I miss out on some key words when I was doing practice questions. So, days leading up to my test I've decided I needed to study less and try to relax more (i know easier said than done though). Sorry I think I might have gone off topic, but my point is do what feels right for you, and know that whichever day you choose to take it, you will leave that testing center as a licensed nurse. I wish you well and I am certain you will do just fine.