i have been a member on allnurses.com for several years now and was constantly active on the random facts sticky when it first started back in the summer of 2007. i learned alot from that thread and am so grateful for the oppurtunity to have contributed to it!
it's official!!! on my 6th try i have finally passed the nclex-rn!!!! i took my test tuesday, july 20, came home and did the pvt and it showed the "good" pop up. it confirmed my results today, 2 days later!! i graduated nursing school in december '06 and have struggled to pass this dreaded test ever since. i have had anywhere from 89-265 the past 5 times, and this most recent attempt had 75-76 questions!! i had 15 sata, 1 math calc, 1 traction question, and what seemed like more med, infection control (thank you to the original poster of the infection control mneumonics), and some priority/delegation questions. i didn't have any ob questions. i took my time, my test started at exactly 8am and i was walking out of the testing center at 10.20am. i honestly don't know how i felt when i left there. i didn't know if i bombed it or if i passed. as i was leaving, i had to stop to get some gas. i didn't notice this homeless person sitting in the corner outside the gas station until after i paid and finished pumping gas. i just remeber thinking i am so grateful that i am not in that situation, and that no matter if i passed or failed, at least i wasn't in the situation the homeless person was in. i went in and purchased a drink and some food for this man. i walked over and gave it to him and he was so appreciative, it felt so nice to know he was getting something to eat. i got in my car, drove off and just started crying. i still don't know why--whether i was crying because of my exam or that this homeless person crossed my path that day. i just wanted to share this story because in a way he showed me that i can be kind and good in ways where some people might take for granted.
for my review: i started with kaplan when i first graduated for my 1st attempt, and renewed the subscription for the 2nd time (i should have just got a refund!!). the 3rd and 4th time i strictly used saunders comp review and q&a and followed suzanne's plan, but it didn't work because i didn't do my part and stick to the plan (had i stayed focused and did my part daily, i am sure i would have passed using her plan). on my 5th attempt, i used exam cram and some of the kaplan course book. for my 6th and hopefully my final attempt, i took the 3 day sylvia rayfield course in june and they not only go over questions, but also some content as well. they provide 2 books, one a study tool to help you remember what you learn, and another book with questions. i can honestly say this class and my instructor (she was phenomenal) and lots of support, confidence, positivity and prayer is what helped me pass. i went in to each of the first 5 tests feeling so nervous and having so much anxiety, it was to the point where it could have become an anxiety attack. i think the key to my sanity this time was that i kept calm, and stayed confident and positive. i did not surround myself with any negativity, every day i would tell myself, i want this badly, i will be a nurse!! in the end, i think my calm nerves and deep breathing really helped!!!!
thank you to allnurses, and everyone for your support and encouragement!!! to show my appreciation to allnurses.com, i will be upgrading my membership next week!!! thank you for reading my story and experience!!!!!!!thank you! thank you! thank you!!!!!!!!!! :tku: :tku:
time for a celebration and celebratory drink tonight!!! *wine
Oh yes please, close it down so that words that might disturb the so called positive encouragement won't have to be viewed. Or thought about, or considered.
Very sad and disturbing that raising questions is seen as negative and discouraging. When did questioning become negative? When did identifying problems become discouraging?
thanks to everyone for the positive and encouraging words...i am afterall still young and still learning, that is why its important to teach and encourage instead of negative words and discouraging comments.
can the moderator please close this thread?
thank you!
radha parikh, rn
jadu1106,
it's funny how after healthiam" makes a comment you immediately are on her tail? what is wrong with you jadu1106??? you have a lot of learning to do if you want to get along with everybody, every culture and every race. stop thinking you are the end of all ends to nursing problems. you only just finished!!!!! continue in this manner and you will be found out within 36 hours of your shift. instead, try and take some simple advise from well meaning educated women/men who have years of life experience over you and would love to share this with you (without the attitude) and you will be surprised how great you will feel. stop always wanting your way first; life does not work that way. can you just read the posts and sleep on it; as it may make better sense to you tomorrow. perhaps you have a learning disability; thus the 6x taking you boards is not too bad at all. . i have friends who have learning disabilities, but took it 1 and 2 xs respectfully. who cares for gods' sake? just re-read the posts you have received trying to explain why taking in so many tries is a concern to all. please learn how to take constructive criticism, if not your life in any field will be miserable. you must be able to, at least, get to that point before ever moving ahead in nursing. if you do not take this advice, one day it will come up to bite you and make you look really foolish in front of some really important people. so, stop the insanity with your uneducated remarks to "healthim" and for goodness sake stop stalking her; as every time she expresses her opinion or a commit your insecurities rears is evil head?
i hope the future helps you to develop some better skills on how to talk and treat people in the future! another question, why do you so desperately want the moderator to close this window when so....many of us are enjoying it?
can you imagine if the moderators' close a window each time a particular person did not like the opinion she receives back? we might as live in a 3rd world country then under a dictatorship. it doesn't work like that here; you started this post and people are only giving their personal opinion. we are in america now and we have free speech here. that's the beauty of living in america; as long as we are constructive in what we say, then we can debate about anything. again, remember it was you who brought this topic up!
i do hope as you grow in your nursing, you will one day remember how you sounded years ago on your first post (after 6xa trying to pass boards). good luck to you in the future!!:)
thanks to everyone for the positive and encouraging words...i am afterall still young and still learning, that is why its important to teach and encourage instead of negative words and discouraging comments.
jadu1106,
who is saying negative and discouraging comments to you jadu1106, because i would be the first to correct them. i have not read anything on the post you created that personally put you down. what i did read were some posts that made several of us think about these new nurses coming out that pass after 6xs. that was unheard of in my time and most importantly, if it is not the students fault then we need to be concerned that these students are not getting the education they need to better prepare them for these boards.
so, i will continue to look but as of this writing i've not seen anything that was unprofessional, uneducated, negative or discouraging comments about you or anyone else; however, i will keep on looking. i can't believe that these established nurses would do anything but help and guide new nurses, thus i would be upset if anyone would do this. maybe you innocently misunderstood in reading another's post???????
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You did it!!! Let me say....I have major test anxiety. I went through the review courses, I used the books with the review CD-ROM, I had friends/family quizzing me as well. I even took an anti anxiety medication to help me relax enough to be able to study and comprehend.
I finally passed as well........on the 5th time. That dont matter now. I am not a perfect nurse....but I am a good nurse. It isnt tattoo'd on my forehead with a "5" like a scarlet letter. None of my residents and/or family members have to know, unless I CHOOSE to tell them. No matter whether it takes ONCE, 5X like me, 6 like you....or 10.....we take it, we pass and we are nurses. YAY!!!!!
Congratulations again.....and welcome to Nursing!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You did it!!! Let me say....I have major test anxiety. I went through the review courses, I used the books with the review CD-ROM, I had friends/family quizzing me as well. I even took an anti anxiety medication to help me relax enough to be able to study and comprehend.
I finally passed as well........on the 5th time. That dont matter now. I am not a perfect nurse....but I am a good nurse. It isnt tattoo'd on my forehead with a "5" like a scarlet letter. None of my residents and/or family members have to know, unless I CHOOSE to tell them. No matter whether it takes ONCE, 5X like me, 6 like you....or 10.....we take it, we pass and we are nurses. YAY!!!!!
Congratulations again.....and welcome to Nursing!!!!
I agree. People stress too much about not passing the first try. True it would've been better if we all passed on the first exam, but it doesn't take anything away from you if you didn't. I congratulate you for passing on your fifth try. It doesn't matter how many try, in the end, if you pass, that's all that matters. No one will remember how many take you took, but what you are, and that's an RN. I hope I'll be one soon!
congratulations!!!! you did it!!! let me say....i have major test anxiety. i went through the review courses, i used the books with the review cd-rom, i had friends/family quizzing me as well. i even took an anti anxiety medication to help me relax enough to be able to study and comprehend.
i finally passed as well........on the 5th time. that dont matter now. i am not a perfect nurse....but i am a good nurse. it isnt tattoo'd on my forehead with a "5" like a scarlet letter. none of my residents and/or family members have to know, unless i choose to tell them. no matter whether it takes once, 5x like me, 6 like you....or 10.....we take it, we pass and we are nurses. yay!!!!!
congratulations again.....and welcome to nursing!!!!
nursebear,
thank you so much! i'm glad i didn't give up hope! :)
congratulations to you as well on passing the nclex!
:yeah:
heathIam, RN
54 Posts
Oh yes please, close it down so that words that might disturb the so called positive encouragement won't have to be viewed. Or thought about, or considered.
Very sad and disturbing that raising questions is seen as negative and discouraging. When did questioning become negative? When did identifying problems become discouraging?