Hi. When my friends and I went to school to start on the BON requirements, some of the clinical instructors discouraged us from taking the NCLEX because we are "fresh graduates" and have no experience yet. Things they said to us sounded so sarcastic and offensive. Examples:
"Believe me, you will not pass the NCLEX the first try if you don't have a clinical experience."
"You're taking a giant giant giant unreasonable leap by going the NCLEX route. You're still young! You can take it later. Think about it."
"Wait for your brains to be ripe." (Oh god is that harsh or what?)
"The NCLEX is not going anywhere. It will always be there. Take it later, get a job first."
"Oh they even bought reviewers! Look!" (Not the exact words but that was what was implied when they told us we cannot bring those kinds of books abroad because they aren't the glossy ones. Yeah, they aren't glossy but they are legitimate reprints. It all reeks of crab mentality to me. I don't know...)
How is one supposed to feel? We felt like the dumbest people in the world.
