So I decided I really didn't want to study for the NCLEX. When I heard you can just take it again, I thought: brilliant. I'll just give it a shot and see if I can do it. If not, I'll disillusion myself of what the test is not and I'll study a bit each day for the next month or so.
Luckily, I don't need to be working right this second, and I'm not in an embarrassing situation where employers are waiting on me to pass.
Wondering if anyone else decided to give it a whirl without studying.
My experience today:
I started out thinking, "Hey, these aren't so bad. Not so bad at all." But by question 50 I was quite ready to be done.
I have a hard time staying interested in tests. Mostly, I think, because they don't scare me, and they certainly don't interest me. I simply find them boring.
Having heard the test could end at question 75, I had high hopes. Real high hopes. These soon turned out to be hopes made of wishful thinking. Question 76 arrived. Then 77...99...110....150...180...I soon realized the test was on to me and I wouldn't be let go until I'd received every delicious question it had to offer.
Around question 240 I seriously just wanted to walk away, it was becoming so tedious. 265. Finally. Test ended. Whew. That's a lot of questions if you're not used to that kind of question load. Took me five hours. I didn't take any breaks because I didn't want to run out of time.
I've since learned you can run out of time and it will just look at your last 60 questions. I also learned that there is no way for the test taker to know whether he/she passed based on how many questions they received.
While I doubt I passed, I honestly have no idea. The fact is, the test kept giving me questions...so I was hovering somewhere around certainty--either just below, or just above. It was basically five hours of guessing.
Oh well. I'll either be very pleased I don't have to study for that test, or I'll frown for a second, laugh, and start going over some questions (and memorizing some lab values, etc.). I think I'd start with that "random fact" thread, only because it seems way more fun to read than actual practice questions.
But if I DID pass, I think it would be really funny. I think the ability to retake the test in 45 days is so generous. I wish I'd just taken the test right away, after graduating, instead of vacationing for a few weeks doing nothing. Then I could be even closer to my second test date. I'm telling my fellow students (who can afford the testing fee x 2) to just take it now and see if they manage--again, if they can afford the time off/fees.
Different strokes for different folks.
Oh yeah--I also had a classmate do this today. We just decided to do it the other day and signed up for the first available test. She scored a 75 (argh, so lucky to be done so quickly, either way) and was out of there.
You sound just like a man. Full of confidence. I sure do admire it. I would never dream of taking the NCLEX without studying.
Amen!! Those that want to say they did not study in some people it's a way to boost their ego but the truth is most all people have to study for this difficult exam. And quite frankly I really don't care because I know what I have to do for myself.:redpinkhe
I'm from Cali too, he could probably check the BON website but that in itself, as others have noted on these forums, is not an indication that one has passed the boards. Suspense...anyone.
If he passed, would that mean a new strategy for passing the NCLEX. Instead of enrolling in a review class, just divide your practice tests into normal and hard questions. You answer a normal question and get it right, you get a harder question. You fail that, you go back to the normal questions. Calculate the percentage of normal to hard questions and if you get the harder questions right, you probably pass the NCLEX.
well, if he does pass, it would be really painful for those who spent months preparing for it and still fail. i'll be taking the exam early next year and though i'm confident, i know i'll still spend a lot of time preparing for it.
cooL!!how i wish i could do the same thing too..i'm so worried 'bout my situation though..'cause i just graduated from the philippines,an immigrant..so,i went back here in U.S thinking that i can just take the nclex-rn exam without passing or not even taking the local board in the philippines..knowing that they are now requiring an NLE here in california..
cooL!!how i wish i could do the same thing too..i'm so worried 'bout my situation though..'cause i just graduated from the philippines,an immigrant..so,i went back here in U.S thinking that i can just take the nclex-rn exam without passing or not even taking the local board in the philippines..knowing that they are now requiring an NLE here in california..
cooL!!how i wish i could do the same thing too..i'm so worried 'bout my situation though..'cause i just graduated from the philippines,an immigrant..so,i went back here in U.S thinking that i can just take the nclex-rn exam without passing or not even taking the local board in the philippines..knowing that they are now requiring an NLE here in california..
Hi! I graduated also in the Philippines last March 08 and I haven't taken the NLE there. Im also a permanent resident here in U.S. Had taken the NCLEX RN exam here once last August and I failed on my first try. Regarding to your situation, you just need to send the B.O.N. a letter explaining why you haven't taken the NLE there, a copy of your permanent resident card. That's what I did and after two weeks of sending them the letter and a copy of my permanent resident card, I recieved my eligibility. Hope that it helps. :)
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Regarding to your situation, you just need to send the B.O.N. a letter explaining why you haven't taken the NLE there, a copy of your permanent resident card. That's what I did and after two weeks of sending them the letter and a copy of my permanent resident card, I recieved my eligibility. Hope that it helps. :)
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Amen!! Those that want to say they did not study in some people it's a way to boost their ego but the truth is most all people have to study for this difficult exam. And quite frankly I really don't care because I know what I have to do for myself.:redpinkhe