Was confident ...but now not so much.

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Hi everyone. This site is so helpful. I take my NCLEX RN on Thursday. I took the Kaplan course and did all questions. Thursday I took question trainer 7 and got a 74! I felt so confident I tried to switch my testing date to Monday or Tuesday, however, nothing was available. Today I woke up panic stricken. I suddenly feel I am not ready. I don't know why. I decided to focus on SATA questions and am not doing well. I keep crying. I have had issues with anxiety in the past. Maybe I am having a mild panic attack. My sweet husband just said "put the books down and lets go somewhere today and have fun". I just about bit his head off. I screamed " I have to study. You don't understand". He told me to take a pill. I probably should take my PRN med. What is wrong with me. Anyone else feel like this. Metfan

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That was me to a T! I took mine this past Thursday, and the entire time up until about 2 days prior, I felt confident and ready to tackle the beast. I did well on the HESI exit and all of my practice questions, and wanted to get it over with. 48 hours beforehand I didn't eat, didn't sleep, and did nothing but have anxiety attack after anxiety attack. While I was testing I wore the sound muffling earphones and could hear my own pulse :lol2: I wouldn't have been surprised if my BP was sky high and my eyes were dilated, I was wigging out that much. I shut off at 75 and found out I passed yesterday.

Anyway, I think it's completely normal response! You must be prepared subconciously or you wouldn't have felt that confidence initially. Good luck :redbeathe

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Practice your relaxation techniques and go out with your husband. The better part of a day is not going to make a difference unless you spend it relaxing and give your brain some added rest.

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Metfan, if you are getting 75 on the question trainer, then you are going to fly through this thing. I never got higher than a 64. I took my test this morning, got 75 questions and got the good pop up.

One nice thing is that you get 6 hours to take the test. So you can really just chill and relax. I am always nervous at the beginning of a test and it takes me a while to calm down. So I just took 15 minutes with the sound-muffling head phones on and my eyes closed. After that I could relax.

You will do great!

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Thanks guys. I feel better. I wish I could recapture that elated feeling I felt last week! I went for a long walk and went out to dinner. I think maybe I am studying too much if that is possible. Plus, Father's Day is always tough on me. My Dad did not live long enough to see me become a nurse. What an emotional roller coaster this NCLEX is taking me on. Thanks again. Metfan

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good luck

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