You probably think I'm being sarcastic. But no...the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) is definitely all of these things, if only because it's an adaptive computer program and I'm pretty sure it has no capacity for emotion. It's also the only way that one can become licensed as a registered nurse in the United States.
And that's what we were there for.
Everyone in our program has to pass the NCLEX by August 31st or else we are politely asked to leave. We can retake the NCLEX at a later date, 90 days minimum, but we cannot continue in the nurse practitioner program. This means that all of us have one chance, and only one chance, to pass the exam this summer. We were allowed to schedule it at any time we wanted and as a class we're scattered all across the summer depending on comfort levels. The three of us testing on the 10th were the first people to take it in our program, the trailblazers.
It was horrible.
I have always tested well. I'm one of the better students in the class. The other two are also excellent students. All three of us walked out of the test convinced we'd failed. During the test we each had about 3-5 questions we were certain we got right, the other 70 or so we were pretty unsure about. I spent the next 36 hours a complete mess....but this morning....
WHEE!!!
Update: My two friends who took the test with me both passed. Last night we had a celebratory meal at our house...one of them even baked a giant cookie in the shape of "RN".
Posted on July 12, 2007 @ 9:50 AM | 11 comments
Comments:
Pardon my French, but
YOU FUCKING ROCK!!!
By 
Kat, at
1:04 PM, July 12, 2007
HURRAY HURRAY! AWESOME!
By 
LazyLightning, at
1:20 PM, July 12, 2007
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's so exciting! Good work :o)
By Allie, at
5:34 PM, July 12, 2007
Great job justin!!! Congrats!!! Man, I bet that's a huge relief for you!
I know this doesn't require nearly as much work as nursing school but I've heard the test here for Medical Technologist is pretty merciless as well. The computerized test focuses in on the questions you get wrong and asks you a lot of questions on the same topic, feeding off your weakness.
By sometrouble, at
9:00 PM, July 12, 2007
Yaaaaaaay!
On a nerdy side note, I'm glad that Pearson is getting its grubby little hands into the standardized testing market. I'm sure they are a "non-profit organization", just like Educational Testing Services. Puh.
NEWAYZ, YOU PASSED! They ain't gettin' no mo' yo' munnies!
By Rachel, at
11:19 PM, July 12, 2007
Thank god....$200 per attempt, and that's not counting the $70 you pay to the nursing board to even be allowed to take the test in the first place.
By Justin, at
12:20 AM, July 13, 2007
Well done.
By running42k, at
4:18 AM, July 13, 2007
yaya! way to make your classmates who haven't teste dyet sweat!
By , at
5:33 PM, July 15, 2007
er, tested yet.
By , at
5:34 PM, July 15, 2007
ZOMFGS GRTZ WOOT WOOT!
Ahem. I knew you could do it. You spent way too much time telling me about the bones in my skull during Dawn of the Dead that one time not to pass. Cheers, Justin.
PS. You two come visit before I leave the damn country.
By Titania, at
7:57 AM, July 20, 2007
Nice job Justin! I hope that you are around if I ever get injured !!
By Kyle, at
9:50 PM, July 24, 2007
