Took the NCLEX yesterday and freaking out

[shanthenurse]

Well... I took the NCLEX yesterday, and while I'm incredibly thrilled that it's over, I am freaking out because, like every other person on this site, I feel like I failed. I felt like the questions were really bizarre, and many of them seemed like they had very simple content with very obscure answers... And SO MANY SATA (which just about caused me to have a panic attack right there at the computer), several drag and drop, no math, and it shut off at 75 I refuse to do the PVT because I'm too afraid I wouldn't get the 'good pop-up'. Someone help calm me down please.. If I failed the test after all the studying I did I don't even know what I would do

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Breathe! Right now, freaking out does you no good whatsoever, it only serves to keep you in an endless loop of anxiety.

Think of the kind of student you were in school, the grades you received, the passing rate of your program, how you prepared for the NCLEX. Given all that, is it more likely that you did very well and were able to demonstrate quickly that you were competent, or that you did very poorly and demonstrated quickly you were incompetent?

Really. Think about it. And now remember that approximately 90% of all first-time test takers DO pass the NCLEX.....the odds are in your favor.

Does your State participate in the QR program? If so, pay the eight bucks 48 hours after your exam and get the official test results.

Meantime----

Get out of the house, walk the dog, take a friend to lunch (with NO TALK about the exam!!). Buy yourself something nice. Eat something delicious.

Clean out your closets, make a donation box. Clean the kitchen cupboards, toss the expired stuff.

It'll all be over soon