Taking NCLEX-RN tomorrow morning!!!!!!! YIKES!

RNindmaking · Aug 24, 2009

Goodluck to you and God Bless!

You better expect the out of this world drugs. LOL!

LaneRN · Aug 24, 2009

I know how you feel I take my Tuesday and have studied for about he last month and a half. I know I know this stuff but like you the more test I do the more drugs i see that I don't know. I feel like crying and screaming at the world. I was a straight A student in my class. Have a 97% chance of passing according to the predictor and all through school I said I am going to make an A. But this test scares me to death. I have only been out of school since August 3rd so i have not waited to long to take mine. I am just terrified and even thought about changing my date but everyone keeeps telling me not to that you never feel totally prepared for the NCLEX. Oh by the way I am taking the NCLEXPN and I am still nervous. So I don't think it matters which test you are still terrified I feel like going somewhere and hiding for now. :crying2::crying2:

Little Panda RN, ASN, RN · Aug 24, 2009

Sending "Good Luck" and many prayers your way! Try to stay calm, read the question more than once, use the ABC's and Maslows. :wink2:

jerzie0820 · Aug 24, 2009

lweatherby, your references look pretty good. i myself used Exam Cram, a little of NCLEX 4000, and paid for Kaplan ($499). i was a nervous-wreck the night of my exam, and even WHILE taking it.

but i passed with 75 questions :) lots of prayers did it. and allnurses helped me tremendously too! :) :)

GOOD LUCK!

KAYBDT6, BSN, RN · Aug 24, 2009

G:D:Dd Luck!

lweatherby · Aug 24, 2009

First let me say thank you for the good vibes and well wishing. I really appreciate it! NOW..... the test!!! What a BEAST!!!!! I didn't know ANYTHING!!! I felt like I was guessing through the entire test. The test stopped at 75 questions. I think it took me and hour and 1/2, but don't know for sure because I was so freaked out. I put on ear plugs and headphones that were there and I could hear my heart racing in my ears! I tried to take a deep breath and calm down but the heart just kept on racing. I seriously needed some medication! Speaking of medication!!!!! WHAT THE HECK!!!!! Thank God for drug books where in real life you can look up medications because I just killed about 10 patients during the test! AND.... when I finally got questions about a condition that I was familiar with they were SATAs!!!! Seriously??? I tried to not overthink those, but I am always tempted to select more than actually apply. Not only did I get patients in trouble with poor medication teaching, administration and purpose, I feel sure that I also infected everyone in the hospital, including staff, with every contagious disease imaginable! Well, that's not entirely true. I am sure that I also isolated some poor patients that didn't deserve it! What a beating!!!! I cannot imagine that I passed that test.

No sleep for me for the next 48 hours..... so what else is new? This is the second most stressful thing that I have ever been through! There is no relief in taking the NCLEX.... only MORE stress!! :banghead: Does everyone feel like they didn't know any thing while taking the test?

LaneRN · Aug 24, 2009

Try the trick maybe it will settle your nerves while you wait for your results. Pray for me and send good vibes I take mine tommorrow :crying2: My instructor said that if you come out feeling like it was easy then she would worry because you need to feel like its hard I feel pretty confident that you did well. Do the trick and put your mind at ease and come back and post and let us know you got the pop up. I have a feeling you passed and will be praying that you did while I am praying for the strengh to get through the test and pass myself. Keep us posted :)

lweatherby · Aug 24, 2009

LanePN I will definitely be saying a prayer for you and sending positive thoughts your way. I tried the PV trick and got the pop up that says I have recently scheduled and to contact your member board. I guess that is a good thing.... but my gosh I don't see how I could have passed!

nrcolee6 · Aug 24, 2009

that is a good sign :) congrats!! i test in a week and a half!! what were some of the topics on your exam? you have done it! :)

LaneRN · Aug 24, 2009

Sounds Like to me that you did it. I hope mine goes that way as well. You always feel like you failed but according to everyone else thats a good thing. At least you can calm tour nerves a little. A friend of mine took hers about a week ago her name was on the board of nursing in 24 hours and licenses and official results in her hand in less than a week. So I think you did it. I am going to just look over a few things tonigh. go to bed early do a few questions in the am and go take this dreaded test. Its no use in trying to cram anything into this head now. So thats my plan

lweatherby · Aug 24, 2009

I think that is a good plan. It is very difficult to study for the test because the field is so broad. I feel like I should have studied more, but I don't know what I would have studied.

As far as some of the topics.....I had a test just like everyone else has said... infection control, infection control, infection control.....prioritization. I think I had so many infection control because I wasn't answering them correctly. Some of the prioritization was like the questions I had from all of the reviews, and some were very different. I honestly do not remember there being any specific topic questions. In fact, I can't even remember enough to look up answers and check them! I guess I was in a dumb-founded daze! Good Luck to all who are yet to take the test! My thoughts are with you. I hope I haven't scared anyone with my post. I am sure that I did not put nearly as much preparation into studying that many of you have. I am sure that you all will do just fine. I will keep you posted on my pass or fail status. JUST PLEASE DON"T LET IT BE FAIL!!!!!!