Supposed to test August 2nd...but

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Part of me doesn't want to bother anymore. The chances of me getting a job are pretty much nil considering the sheer amount of competition for the couple of places that will even think about hiring new grads and I know my resume looks terrible compared to most people. I have zero experience in the medical field and only an okay-ish GPA. I feel like I should just save the time and money and not bother taking the NCLEX. I don't even have the motivation to study or do anymore assessments to prepare for the test. Worse of all no one around me would give a damn whether I tested or not...to them it's a waste of time for me to even have gone back to school. I've lost my motivation and I don't know what to do.

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Sorry your support system is not supportive but prove them wrong give them a reason to talk about you in a positive way... You spent all this $$ on a nursing education and now your gonna throw it all away because your not motivated... I'm sorry but I'm not gone say it ok you feel the way you feel because it's not.... Let all your haters me your motivators and put on your big girl panties and kill the NCLEX .....

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Yeah I know but why test if I'm not ready. Does anyone know anything else besides ATI that doesn't cost a small fortune (better yet something that is free since I don't have money anymore). ATI is not working right...the answers are all repeats and I've memorized most of the assessments which is why the Predictor said I have a 96% chance to pass...probably more like 50%.

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Heyy AvaRose I will tell you now DONT GIVE UP!! You should not let what others have to say or feel about you determine your success. You went to Nursing school and that alone is a lot of time and effort in which you made it this far to sit for the NClex!! Please pray, study and have faith!! You got this deep down in you!!

Use Uworld it's only $60 and it's really worth it as compared to the other pricey resources

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Specializes in Urology, HH, med/Surg.

Ava- I'll let you in on a secret- NO ONE feels ready for NCLEX!! And when you walk out of the test- you will be convinced there's no way you passed!

Also- your GPA doesn't matter to future employers, once you graduate- it becomes irrelevant. I can't even remember my class ranking & it wasn't that terribly long ago- I do know that out of my whole class ( 27 or so that finished) only 1 didn't pass NCLEX the 1st time, but did the 2nd time. So that means the person with the highest gpa and the lowest (passing) gpa is now an RN.

I remember after graduating, I didn't want to study or even look at at a nursing book- but you've got to find the motivation somewhere inside you for one final sprint to the finish line!

It's sad you don't have a good support system, but you have to find the resources inside yourself. After you pass & go to work, there are going to be days- especially in the beginning (because there are still learning days ahead of you) that you will feel like giving up & you will need to be your own cheerleader because no one else wants you to succeed as much as you do!

Take a day off to do something fun, de-stress & then hit those books again! Ignore the negative people, you are the one that is going to reap the rewards if your hard work- not them.

Good luck!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.

I don't know about the job market in your area. But what I can guarantee you is that you will definitely not get a nursing job without a nursing license. If money is an issue at this point, go grab an NCLEX study guide. I bought Saunders, NCLEX 3500 and 4000, but the only resource I used was Kaplan's Strategies, Practices, and Review. I didn't even take the wrapper off the Saunders guide and the other two resources I listed were given away to a co-worker friend of mine. I took the NCLEX-RN back in 2010 at 40+++++++ years of age after not having had to study for anything in well-over 20 years.

With your self-invited pity-party, you've taken yourself out of the running, thereby saving potential employers the time and effort. Your nursing program felt that your "okay GPA" was enough to grant your degree, right? Are you saying that they didn't know what they were doing? How will your patients have faith and confidence in you if you have not even enough in yourself to take the darn test???

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Part of me doesn't want to bother anymore. The chances of me getting a job are pretty much nil considering the sheer amount of competition for the couple of places that will even think about hiring new grads and I know my resume looks terrible compared to most people. I have zero experience in the medical field and only an okay-ish GPA. I feel like I should just save the time and money and not bother taking the NCLEX. I don't even have the motivation to study or do anymore assessments to prepare for the test. Worse of all no one around me would give a damn whether I tested or not...to them it's a waste of time for me to even have gone back to school. I've lost my motivation and I don't know what to do.

With that attitude, you picked an appropriate avatar (Eeyore). You passed nursing school and have a "ticket" to the test. That is a lot more than a lot of people have. Think of the many people who couldn't get into nursing school or failed out of nursing school.

You need to stop having the "Eeyore" attitude and start having the "Simba" attitude. Now is the time to be the "Leading lady" in your own life instead of the "supporting actress". You passed nursing school, so pass NCLEX and move onto a better life and leave the negative people behind. Life is way to short to surround yourself with negative people. It is time for you to ROAR.

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