Terrified of 2nd exam..

[Kends]

I failed my first time of the NCLEX last month. I had all 265 and I have been a wreck ever since. I felt so confident going into the exam and to fail was debilitating. Now I take it this coming week and I feel like I can barely study because I'm so terrified of failing again. I'm scared I will fail and can't start working, in turn, not being able to provide for my family. It's been so hard without any steady income. I know I passed nursing school and I've always felt so good about how I study and what I know but now it's the opposite. I'm psyching myself out so much that I think I'm hurting myself.

What can I do? I'm a mess. 😢

[NurseKait_11, BSN, RN]

Hey. So sorry to hear about you not passing Just take a deep breath. What kind of study materials did you use before hand? Like Kaplan, Hurst, etc

[HopefulGradNurse, RN]

If you are having that much anxiety I would suggest that you push your exam back some. Anxiety alone can/will cause you to fail the exam because you will get stuff that you've never heard of before, or feel like your failing and it will only hinder your critical thinking. Take time to focus on relaxing and go into the test knowing that you will either pass or fail and that there's nothing else you can do. The NCLEX will really mess with your mind, and most people miss half of the questions and pass because it is a computer adaptive test. It is there to make sure that you are a safe and competent nurse so you don't kill someone in your first few years as a nurse. You got this!