Woke up and cried!!!!!!

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I am so worried about this test.... I took it Sat morning and feel like I did awful!!!!!! looked up some of the questions I could remember and they were wrong! I am a mess....... I can't seem to function -- how do you cope with the wait when u are sure you failed it!!! I really wanted more than 75 Qs to prove myself!!

Rn wanna be:bluecry1:

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Specializes in ER/ OR/ PACU and now Occupational Health.

Babe, three of my classmates took it this week and felt THE SAME WAY!!! It is the common reaction to NCLEX. Actually our instructors told us that if you are calm and not freakin out THEN you need to worry!!! No one thinks they passed after they walk out of that hell! I was sure one of my 3 classmates needed Xanax q4 for 48 hours! But guess what....THEY ALL PASSED. Stop worrying about it and STOP LOOKING UP QUESTIONS!!!

My best friend from nursing school had the WORST time in school with the check all that apply questions, she NEVER got them right, and you would know she had about 35 on her 75 question NCLEX but guess what....SHE PASSED. Go to the movies, go get a massage or a facial, go out with your friends and have a drink but, get out of the house and STOP worrying about it babe. You ARE a nurse don't let one silly test define you or rob you of that glory!

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Thanks....... I am hoping for the best... I have stressed over tests before... but this is awful!!!!!!! Thanks so much for the words of encouragement......... I start orientation for work tomorrow and I hope I do not fall apart....

Kb

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I Passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!

New Rn

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Babe, three of my classmates took it this week and felt THE SAME WAY!!! It is the common reaction to NCLEX. Actually our instructors told us that if you are calm and not freakin out THEN you need to worry!!! No one thinks they passed after they walk out of that hell!

Not everyone feels that way. I walked out smiling knowing I passed, and I did. I hate that some panic and want to throw up. I think the anxiety is worse than the actual test. How many do you know that passed???Most of them, so why are they all worrying? Anxiety is contagious--I also belive relaxation and positive thought are contagious but right now Anxiety seems to be winning!!

Glad you passed----Congrats on an ever exciting future.

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Specializes in Med Surg, Telemetry, Long Term Care.

congrats

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Congrats

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Specializes in ER/ OR/ PACU and now Occupational Health.

AWESOME!!!! I knew you were freakin out over nothing!!!!

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I Passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!

New Rn

Congrats to you!!! No longer an rnwannabe..but a new RN!!!:D

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Specializes in Med/Surg <1; Epic Certified <1.
Not everyone feels that way. I walked out smiling knowing I passed, and I did. I hate that some panic and want to throw up. I think the anxiety is worse than the actual test. How many do you know that passed???Most of them, so why are they all worrying? Anxiety is contagious--I also belive relaxation and positive thought are contagious but right now Anxiety seems to be winning!!

I am glad you posted this. I am not one to get overly anxious before any test. My heart may race a bit, my head might get a little spacey, but all in all, I don't get all freaked out.

Before you posted this, I wondered if something would be wrong with me if I didn't cry and have a mini-breakdown after I take my test next month? I have heard story after story like that and I just don't see myself doing that. :no:

That being said, as I struggle to make myself study and struggle with these darned Kaplan Question Trainers (I feel like I haven't heard of half these things), I wonder if the stress of studying won't KILL me first!! ARGH!! :banghead:

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I agree not everyone feels this way... It really depends on alot of factors how one feels. How they feel they knew the material, what other life stressors and anxieties may also be attached. For me I was starting my orientation for my new job the Monday following taking the test. I am sure I had some anxiety about that... about how my peers in my new job would see me and my bosses and managers would see me. How my classmates at school and my family would see me after I graduated with honors and failed the boards.... I would have had my temp practice permit revoked, been reduced to extern at work and it would have effected my family financially... bc we were looking forward to my income.... I could go on and on... I think my stress was related to all the factors I had riding on the result. The stress and anxiety was unbearable.... by Monday I was so convinced I had failed that when I thought my husband was not texting me back with my result I could not cry (he was actually just running our youngest to field hockey camp and forgot his phone at home and before he left it had not posted on pearson yet) -- what I did not prepare for was the fact I could have passed... so when I did get his text that I had passed I called to ask if it was really true and sobbed like someone died.... (totally out of character for me in a public place!) but the emotions just hit like a ton of bricks!!!!!! I am glad it was good news bc my orientation would have been unbearable if I had been correct....

my only disappointment is in myself for not trusting God that He had gotten me through the whole time... and letting my doubts take me over to the point my dog was so upset and depressed he would not eat all day Sunday! I really now a couple days later am just relieved... I am surrounded by GNs at work who have not taken it and see thier anxiety and stress and know mine is all gone.... today I actually pisked out a book I had neglected for 3 years to read for fun....... what a feeling... I have a real life now... and this is finally all over!!!! Thank God!

Kristy RN

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Specializes in Med/Surg <1; Epic Certified <1.
I really now a couple days later am just relieved... I am surrounded by GNs at work who have not taken it and see thier anxiety and stress and know mine is all gone.... today I actually pisked out a book I had neglected for 3 years to read for fun....... what a feeling... I have a real life now... and this is finally all over!!!! Thank God!

Congratulations to you!!:balloons:

I can understand how that can all add up. I can truly empathize with having to face co-workers with the news and that's probably what worries me the most!! While I don't think there's any shame in having to re-take the NCLEX, I, too, want to break out one of the (many) books I have collected over the last 2 years and just "BE" for awhile while concentrating on learning to be a real RN. I actually allowed myself to read 2 paperbacks immediately after pinning before I started studying regularly. WOW!! Was that wonderful!!

But for now, it's back to the books. Continued success in your new position!! :yeah:

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