Taking Nclex three months after graduating!!!

[kmek30, ASN, BSN, RN]

Is anyone else in the same boat as me I graduated April 13th but thanks to Pearson Vue screwing up my last name, causing issues and losing my board approval I got stuck with the end of July, I am trying to get a job which the big hiring starts in August. I am frustrated tired of studying and getting more discouraged because I heard the longer you wait the greater chance you fail? I am doing uworld and I have a 92nd rank, I guess that's good. SATA questions I always miss one and it makes me angry, does anyone else having advice.

Thanks

Frustrated in Florida

[TiredKitten]

I had problems with Pearson Vue not being able to email me my ATT. After multiple attempts with 3 different emails, they finally just mailed me a hard copy. By the time I got that, a month had gone by and my classmates had long received their ATT and some had already taken the test. I took mine the first week in August after graduating in May because of the delays.

Sometimes people will change their time slot for various reasons, like wanting more time to study, getting sick, etc. You can try checking periodically to see if anything opens up. I did that a few times, but the only slots that opened up were the next day so I just kept my August slot.

I don't know how true it is that if you wait you have a higher chance of failing. The few people in my class two years ago that failed were the ones that took it right after getting their ATT. As for SATA, I really struggled with those in school until one of my instructors said to think of each option as a true/false. Once I started thinking like that, I started getting most right.

I didn't use Uworld, but there is a thread on here where people were posting their Uworld percentage and how many questions they had on the NCLEX. Most seemed to be posting that they had scores around 50-60% and passed NCLEX with the 75 or a little more. So if you are getting 92%, you are doing great.