Took Nclex today-I know I failed

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I took Nclex today, it was horrible. Basically, I feel like nursing school in no way prepared me for that test. I passed Hesi, but Hesi was a breeze. I really feel like the decision tree did not help me at all, I couldn't apply it to most of the questions. I remembered some of the questions and came home and looked them up and I missed them and I can't believe I missed them. I got some infection and control questions, a lot of who are you going to see first, but no delegation. I also got medications which I was happy that I knew most of those. But I also got some recall questions which I know is below the passing standard. My test shut off after I picked an answer for #77. I was wishing it would have gone to 265 so I could have redeemed myself. I feel like an idiot. I gave up my full time job to start an internship, so now I am probaly unemployed and my husband quit his job bc he is going to school full-time. I feel like such a failure. I am embarrassed. I have let everyone down.:crying2::cry:

Specializes in LTC, case mgmt, agency.

Good luck. Hang in there the waiting is just so hard. Stay positive and we'll all be sending positive thoughts your way.

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i took mine yesterday and it was an absolute disaster! I know I failed the exam..there is just no way that I passed. Like one of the previous posters said, the machine saw the questions that i was weak on and kept shooting them back at me. I shut off at 75, and i really wish i could have gone further to redeem myself a bit. Apparently though, if you get 50% wrong the machine cant make a decision if you pass or fail so it lets you continue. If you are getting only 25% wrong at questions 75 it will shut off and you pass, if you are getting 75% wrong at question 75 it shuts you off because you fail. My whole problem is at question 75 may still be warming up to the test! if you have 265 questions..why do they stop you! see if you improve further in the questions!

But in any case, I know I failed and I need to make peace with that and move on.

Good luck to you

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And I am dreading tomorrow because I have to go sit in my internship class and waste my time when I know I failed. And then I am suppose to work with my preceptor on Friday and I have to take a patient-my first vent patient-and there is no way that I am going on Friday because once you fail your nclex, your GN permit is no good so when I find out my results and that I failed on Friday at 0800 am, I will have to leave work because I will be terminated at that point. I am not going to put myself throught that. It would be so embarrassing.:crying2::cry:

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Tolerant,

I am so sorry to hear this. Maybe you did better than you think. Keep positive until you get your results!

I will be thinking of you tonight!

:redpinkhe

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i hope u made it! let's all pray.. i took mine yesterday and it stopped at 75. let's be positive and leave it all to God who does the impossible things!

Godblessus! we can do this!

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hang in there u all. u dont know the official results. wait it out an pray. :) I wish u luck!

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I, somewhat, feel your pain. I'm sorry that this has happened to us but it makes me accept things better knowing that this could happen to anyone, and also that I'm not going through things alone. I traveled out of the city to take the test (I'm still here) and I just got a call saying that my brother is going into an unexpected surgery(the brother whom I've been living with). Talk about adding stress on top of stress! I'm about to go back early to take care of him. I spoke to his nurse and it's a shame, but I was jealous that she gets to be called nurse and I don't. Tolerant, my job offer will be withdrawn if I "don't pass on the first try" so I know what you mean when you pretty much said that you're between a rock and a hard place. I keep refreshing the screen llike some good news is going to pop up! :-( I need an antidepressant.

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Antidepressants don't help. Nursing school caused me to end up on 2 of those and I am miserable right now.

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I'm sorry to hear you're feeling this way. But you can't assume that you failed. When I took my test last week I was convinced I failed. I really didn't think my questions were difficult so that kind of scared me. Like everyone is saying, stay positive! I know it's hard but don't beat yourself up over it.

*Crossing my fingers for you!!

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I was reading on NCSBN's site about the CAT test and it says there are three rules to determine passing and that maximum length tests (getting all 265) and then "ran out of time tests" are "second chances to pass." Then why wouldn't the computer let me answer more questions. I must have been way way below the passing standard for it to cut off at 77. I am doomed.:crying2::cry:

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Don't assume anything until you get your results, you never know

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I have to admit, I feel a lot better today. I think I was just in complete and total shock yesterday after taking the NCLEX. And it is not the end of the world if I do not pass, I can take it again. I thought I would lose my job, but I will be bumped back down to my old job, but I still get to go the internship classes so that I will continue to learn and then when I pass Nclex, I will just go back to being precepted. I consider this a slight detour, but life is full of slight detours, they are around every corner in your life. Life doesn't go the way we want it to for some reason or another, I think to make us stronger, to make us grow, and learn how to accept challenges. I somehow made it through the second semester of nursing school after my mom had been killed in a car accident and if I got through (actually I'm still going through it) I can make it through this. I just want to thank Silverdragon and Suzanne and all the other nurses and nurses-to-be on this forum, thank you, from the bottom of my heart. You give me hope and comfort when I feel alone. I hope that I can help someone someday like I have been helped here. God Bless you.:redpinkhe

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