Where do I start?

[swerve]

So I graduated with my BSN in May 2019 from a Nursing School in WV. I was born and raised in CA so naturally, I applied to take the NCLEX in CA. I finally got my ATT in mid-January of this year. I started studying and the pandemic sort of derailed my plans for taking the NCLEX a month later. After spending some time figuring out what my next step should be, I decided to get my Interim Permit and started working as a Nursing Supervisor at a SNF. I felt like I was very good at my job and it even allowed me to practice new and old skills on the floor. A month before my IP was about to expire, I applied to take the NCLEX and gave myself a month to prepare for it. I failed it and started second-guessing my abilities and knowledge as a nursing graduate. I feel like I am in a slump and I'm lost on what I should do and where I should start in preparing for the second go. Looking back, I feel like I wasn't able to prepare as thoroughly as I wanted to since I was working. Now that I am no longer working, I've just been studying, hoping that what I'm doing is sufficient for me to passing. I was wondering if there are others out there that took or are looking to take the NCLEX after waiting for so long and what you did or are doing to prepare for it.

[NICU Guy, BSN, RN]

5 hours ago, swerve said:

I decided to get my Interim Permit and started working as a Nursing Supervisor at a SNF

Explain this. You were not only working as a staff nurse, but a Nursing Supervisor even though you had zero nursing experience and only a temporary permit.

[swerve]

18 hours ago, NICU Guy said:

Explain this. You were not only working as a staff nurse, but a Nursing Supervisor even though you had zero nursing experience and only a temporary permit.

So when I applied for the job, I was under the impression that I was going to be working on the floor. It turns out they wanted me to be the nursing supervisor for the PM shift. I definitely felt under-qualified at first since I didn't have any experience at all. It turns out, all I was doing was helping out with admissions/discharges and hanging IV medications. I got the hang of it pretty quickly.  I feel like they hired me as supplementary help for the nurses on the PM shift. I'm still surprised that I caught on quickly and held my own.