If yesterday was the worst/scariest/most stressful day of my life, then today is definitely one of the top 10 best in my life! But a little background first....
I recently graduated from nursing school in May 2010 and yesterday I sat for the national boards licensure examination (NCLEX) for nursing so that I could obtain my state RN license. Even though I know I could have studied sooo much more than I did in preparation, I went into the test feeling good. I graduated from a college program with a 98% passing rate (first time testers) and had used Kaplan's strategy book and endless questions on Kaplan's Qbank to study. Many people have stated that they felt Kaplan's was a lot harder than the actual NCLEX, so I thought the test was going to be a breeze... boy, was I wrong! Maybe I was just off my game, but the NCLEX was sooo much harder than I thought... my own personal nightmare. I got to question 100 and I literally started to have a panic attack. Tachycardia, tachypnea, papitations, and everything went blurry in my head. By question 150, I asked to go to the bathroom for a break. I had to find some way to calm down, at least enough to finish the exam to whatever ends. I told myself that I just had to finish, even if I didn't pass. Well, the computer FINALLY cut me off at question 160-something... I had stopped counting. I walked out of the testing center relieved that I was done, but devastated with the belief that I had failed. I didn't want to let my family and friends down (everyone had been praying for my success), I didn't want to be the only person from my nursing program to have failed, but more importantly I didn't want to EVER have to relive the nightmare of taking the NCLEX again.
Well, I knew that Virginia board of nursing posts licenses the day after the exam, which is nice since some state BON's like California torture their nursing students by making them wait 6-7 WEEKS for results! So today I got the surprise of my life and the best news ever... I PASSED! There on the tiny screen of my smartphone was the VA BON's license verification website with MY name and license information!!! I'm offically an RN :)
Thanks to my husband, family, friends, and fellow RN-classmates for your love, support, and prayers! I am truly blessed to have such an amazing support system!
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