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My own NCLEX-RN success is atypical. Please it’s important to pray because prayers change everything. No matter how hard you study, you need God to crown your effort. This story might be long but somebody will be blessed. I completed my nursing program in April, got my ATT in May. I wanted to study a bit before I registered for the exam so in June, I got a 90 day archer combo. I started watching the videos and practicing tutor mode questions, but I wasn’t moving as fast as I wanted as I work full-time hours. I thought registering for the exam will push me to study more so at the end of June I decided to pick a day to write the exam; I planned to give myself one month to study. I had 2 days in mind, one of those days was available-August 2nd, so I decided to register for the exam that particular day. I was able to pick up the study pace a little, I started with CAT and readiness assessment on July 4 and by July 29 I was able to complete 7 readiness assessment (RA) and 2 CAT. The first 3 RA were borderline and then I got 4 very high/high chances of passing. I passed my 2 CAT exams. Eventhough I have 4 consecutive very high/high, I only completed about 55% of the qbank by the end of July and my plan was to complete atleast 80% of it, so I felt that I will not be ready to write on August 2. I listened to the 2 day content review videos and some of the single videos in archer, I planned to listen to all of the single videos for repetition of some content and hoping to increase my retention. I decided to change my exam day from Aug 2 to Aug 9 on July 26th online (speak to someone at NCSBN when changing exam date please!). I studied a lot on my off days but i studied at home, so there is a lot of distractions since the kids are home now for summer holidays. I did tutor mode questions at work like 10questions at a time whenever I could. Since I changed my exam to August 9, I planned to be off one week prior to the exam day to study. So, I worked nights July 28, 29, 30, and flipped to day shift on Aug. 1 making a total of 50hours in 5 days. When I got home on Aug 1 from a 12hours day shift, I just thought of looking at the books and study a bit before I go to bed. Around 10pm in the night I decided to change the date again from August 9 because I thought I won’t be ready that day. I logged on to my NCSBN page with intention of changing my exam from Aug. 9 to the week of Aug. 16 only to realized that I was still scheduled to write on Aug. 2nd. My earlier request was not processed!🥺😱😳😰. Guys, I went ballistic! It’s already Aug. 1st. I couldn’t change the date again. I went to bed as at that point I was overwhelmed, I couldn’t study again. I slept only for 2 hours that night, I just laid in bed trying to sleep but couldn’t. I took gravol hoping it will help but to no avail. My exam was scheduled for 1pm, so I laid down all morning trying to listen to simple nursing videos on certain topics, read nclex cram pharmacology. Guys, I couldn’t retain much. I started crying 2hours before the test but I summoned courage and prayed to God, I asked my mother to pray for me as well. To cut it short, I got 145 questions, 33 SATA, 1 calculation, 2 ecg strips, I got more than 1 pharmacology questions but don’t remember…a lot of priority questions, health teaching, psychosocial and community questions. At the end of the day, I PASSED!!!. I was supposed to be writing the exam today or even next week but am already a Registered Nurse! I am soo grateful to God for this blessing🙏🏾. For those who are studying right now, I pray that God will give a testimony. Bible verses I used on the exam day Proverb 3: 5-6. I planned to prepare as much as possible so I can crush NCLEX, I even got another nclex review to supplement my archer but God said “…do not lean on your understanding….”. A friend of mine aske me if I was going to change the exam day just a few weeks earlier and I remember telling her “I think God wants me to write the exam on August 2nd” but I was of little faith, so I made an attempt to change the date. It’s a big lesson for me…. Also, Jeremiah 29:11- for God’s plan for your life is of good not of evil to bring you an expected end. With faith in God, it will work out for you in God’s time.

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