Miranda Tarkin
Jul 16th, 2008, 05:18:17 PM
I need to change my name to Miranda Tarkin, R.N :D :dance :crack :rollin :eee
Or for those that know me Dani, R.N. ;)
OMG!!! This test was not only brutal, but I had to jump through so many damn hoops to actually take the test and get my results today!!!
Ok, you know how companies aren't liable if their systems go down? Do any of us take it that seriously? Well, I should have ... Instead of making sure I got there on time, I should have prayed that their frelling systems were up!!! >_<
I had my exam on Monday and I was mentally prepared to take it right then and there. I got there an hour early and called my family to help calm me down. I listened to some music in the car to relax me. Finally about 45 minutes before the test, I went up to the center. Everything should have been fine at that point? Noooo ... The problem was that everything was down at the testing center, ugh. I had to wait nervously for an hour, praying that they would get the identification systems back up! I even talked to a girl who had failed the test the first time and told me how hard it was. Needless to say, panic mode was kicking in big time. Eventually they were able to bypass the system but then they lost the registration information for the group I was in! The proctor finally found the information after about ten minutes of searching. Whew...
So at 12:30pm, I should have started at 11:30 am, I finally got my butt in the seat to take the test since the fingerprint biometric worked. So for the next 2 1/2 hours, I took the test. When the computer stopped at 75 I was relieved, but also wondering if I did badly. For this kind of test, it can only end one of two ways at 75. Really good, or really bad.
See the NCLEX-RN is designed to break you and think you are dumb. It assesses your ability by if you get a question right or wrong. If you get it right, harder questions. If you get it wrong, easier one. I got these lovely, please select all that apply! :verymad Or which of these people would you see first. It boiled down to this, who is going to die first even though all these patients are messed up and going to die :uhoh I also had the hardest calculation problems that a nurse could get. I felt abused when I left the center.
So for the next two days, friends and family helped to distract me. I went the movies, cleaned around the house, went for a walk ... fun stuff. Finally today I got my results, which was another nerve wracking experience. I swear I am cursed!!! I got a phone call from the company and I called them back. First thing out of my mouth was, please tell me you didn't loose my test!!! Thankfully no. They lost all my personal information though and couldn't release the quick results without it! So I had to drive back to the testing center, get IDed again, and race back home to get my results.
On the drive home I told myself, someone is playing a cruel joke if I don't pass after all the insanity I went through to take the test and get my results.
The lady on the phone, as promised, had my results released and I found out I passed.
Nice experience eh? At least it was very much worth it in the end and I can laugh about it now! :D
Or for those that know me Dani, R.N. ;)
OMG!!! This test was not only brutal, but I had to jump through so many damn hoops to actually take the test and get my results today!!!
Ok, you know how companies aren't liable if their systems go down? Do any of us take it that seriously? Well, I should have ... Instead of making sure I got there on time, I should have prayed that their frelling systems were up!!! >_<
I had my exam on Monday and I was mentally prepared to take it right then and there. I got there an hour early and called my family to help calm me down. I listened to some music in the car to relax me. Finally about 45 minutes before the test, I went up to the center. Everything should have been fine at that point? Noooo ... The problem was that everything was down at the testing center, ugh. I had to wait nervously for an hour, praying that they would get the identification systems back up! I even talked to a girl who had failed the test the first time and told me how hard it was. Needless to say, panic mode was kicking in big time. Eventually they were able to bypass the system but then they lost the registration information for the group I was in! The proctor finally found the information after about ten minutes of searching. Whew...
So at 12:30pm, I should have started at 11:30 am, I finally got my butt in the seat to take the test since the fingerprint biometric worked. So for the next 2 1/2 hours, I took the test. When the computer stopped at 75 I was relieved, but also wondering if I did badly. For this kind of test, it can only end one of two ways at 75. Really good, or really bad.
See the NCLEX-RN is designed to break you and think you are dumb. It assesses your ability by if you get a question right or wrong. If you get it right, harder questions. If you get it wrong, easier one. I got these lovely, please select all that apply! :verymad Or which of these people would you see first. It boiled down to this, who is going to die first even though all these patients are messed up and going to die :uhoh I also had the hardest calculation problems that a nurse could get. I felt abused when I left the center.
So for the next two days, friends and family helped to distract me. I went the movies, cleaned around the house, went for a walk ... fun stuff. Finally today I got my results, which was another nerve wracking experience. I swear I am cursed!!! I got a phone call from the company and I called them back. First thing out of my mouth was, please tell me you didn't loose my test!!! Thankfully no. They lost all my personal information though and couldn't release the quick results without it! So I had to drive back to the testing center, get IDed again, and race back home to get my results.
On the drive home I told myself, someone is playing a cruel joke if I don't pass after all the insanity I went through to take the test and get my results.
The lady on the phone, as promised, had my results released and I found out I passed.
Nice experience eh? At least it was very much worth it in the end and I can laugh about it now! :D