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.
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
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. :)
We have seen them get very strict on not accepting letters on not taking the local exam. They make their own minds up on an individual case but even if they give you permission to sit NCLEX doesn't mean they will give you a license without a Philippines one. We even have had USZ that can't sit the exam at all in the Philippines have problems and have to get official notification from PRC that they can not sit the exam
LOL!!! U DEFINITELY HAVE A LAID BACK PERSONALITY ABOUT BOARDS. ON ANY OTHER OCCASION I WOULD BE TOO, BUT BOARDS.....NO, AND IT'S SO WEIRD. I CAN AGREE WITH YOU THOUGH ON SOME POINTS THAT YOU MENTIONED. I THINK IF I WAS WELL OFF OR JUST FINANCIALLY COMFORTABLE, I WOULD GO IN THERE AND TAKE IT WITHOUT STUDYING. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT'S EXTREMELY HARD TO COME ACROSS $300 TO KEEP RETAKING THAT HORRIBLE EXAM.!!! I HOPE YOU DID WELL, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T, I DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FEELING BAD AND GOING INTO A DEPRESSIVE STATE. HAVE A GOOD DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After reading this thread I think the message he was trying to send is we all tend to get obsessed with this exam and lose our perspectives on the rest of or lives at least I did... and forget that it is just an exam, we can re-take THANKFULLY! even at the price of $300.00. I know that I have sooooo stressed myself out lately that I had to stop and realize that my life goes on even if I do not pass this time.
After reading this thread I think the message he was trying to send is we all tend to get obsessed with this exam and lose our perspectives on the rest of or lives at least I did... and forget that it is just an exam, we can re-take THANKFULLY! even at the price of $300.00. I know that I have sooooo stressed myself out lately that I had to stop and realize that my life goes on even if I do not pass this time.
Hello irish6363,
AMEN! Your life will go on the NCLEX is just a test and we will all pass this beast in time. Each and every person is different in how they prepare and certain ways work for different people. I think in the beginning of my studies I had too many sources and was very overwhelmed. We will all GROW from this journey and be very competent RN's. Check out Suzanne's Plan 07/08 revision of Suzanne's First Tip.
Remember we are ALL in this journey together and YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
I did this with my LPN boards and I actually passed on the 1st attempt. But I tried this for my RN boards and I failed. It may work once but it always won't work. Good luck with your test I hope you passed!!!
i don't like to think that this NCLEX-RN exam is a beast......coz it's not....it has to be thought of rationally as a CAT exam and that's it....it's not a beast ....i hope people will stop thinking it is a beast ,better to think it as an opportunity for a license to work and earn a living and not a beast. ok????
i don't like to think that this NCLEX-RN exam is a beast......coz it's not....it has to be thought of rationally as a CAT exam and that's it....it's not a beast ....i hope people will stop thinking it is a beast ,better to think it as an opportunity for a license to work and earn a living and not a beast. ok????
UUUMMMMM..... NO, IT IS A BEAST!!!!!! I TOOK IT, I PASSED IT, AND IT WAS HORRIBLE!!!!
well i am not a 1st time test taker........i will take it again too.........i see the nclex-rn as a CAT exam .........and to think it as a beast seems so silly.....it makes it seem more harder that it already is.....just think of it rationally........a CAT exam.
TO KEEP RETAKING THAT HORRIBLE EXAM.!!! I HOPE YOU DID WELL, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T, I DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FEELING BAD AND GOING INTO A DEPRESSIVE STATE. HAVE A GOOD DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We have seen them get very strict on not accepting letters on not taking the local exam. They make their own minds up on an individual case but even if they give you permission to sit NCLEX doesn't mean they will give you a license without a Philippines one. We even have had USZ that can't sit the exam at all in the Philippines have problems and have to get official notification from PRC that they can not sit the exam