What should I be doing before the NCLEX?

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Ok, I want to start this out with a disclaimer. I love my parents to pieces. Seriously. They rock. But, they are not nurses and really have no experience in the nursing world so they know little about it. This isn't something they like to admit, but hey, there it is.

Ok. So basically my parents and I have been going back and forth for the past month over whether or not I should be working before I take the NCLEX. I have a full-time residency lined up to start in July, but there is that awkward gap between my BSN and my job which in my opinion, should be filled with studying for the NCLEX in June. Their opinion is that I should get some crappy summer job and be working full time to make some money before I start my real job. I don't want to work, especially not full time, because I know that I'll be distracted and won't be studying as hard as I can. My personal opinion is that if you have the ability to take time off to commit yourself 100% to the NCLEX, you should take it.

Thoughts?

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How long are you going to be studying for the NCLEX? Perhaps if you study for just a few weeks and then pass you could get a job before your residency starts? Also, you might have to lie in order to even get that job, or even if you don't lie you're going to have trouble getting it. No one wants to hire someone they know is going to just split after a month or so.

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Yeah I mean that is what I figured. I doubt I'll be able to even secure a job. I have a month before the NCLEX but I'm worried of being caught up in a new job during that month instead of studying.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

If you have a job lined up in july, I don't think it would really be fair to an employer to pick up a summer job as they will be expected any one they hire to work for the whole summer not leave in the middle of it. Are you already out of school or done in may?

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