So, I have this thing about tests, speeches, class presentations, etcetera. I know that I will do really well on those things if I get nervous beforehand. It's kinda weird, I know. If I totally skimp on the preparation or whatever, no nerves it is a pretty good indication that I will bomb said speech, test or presentation. Once I was giving a speech in church and while I was speaking, I kept hearing a fast flapping sound. I finally figured out where the noise was coming from-me. My legs were shaking so bad that my pant legs were flapping like I was a flag in a tornado. That turned out to be a really great talk.
So Friday, I show up for the test-stone cold.
No nerves.
No butterflies.
No nuthin'.
Shoot, I'm gonna bomb for sure.
Then, I got ALL-that's right-ALL 265 questions possible.
See, the NCLEX is a test of minimum competancy. That means that there is a minimum of 75 questions and a maximum of 265 in a 6 hour time limit in which to make sure new nurses don't kill anybody. So I test, and the test doesn't turn off after 75. Which means the test still isn't sure that I meet the minimum competancy expected of new nurses.
Ok, I'm thinking, no sweat. The test can shut off anytime between now and 265, just a soon as I prove I'm minimally capable. Nope. Question after question after question.......you get the picture.
So, this weekend was the weekend from hell. Specially because I had already told everybody that I was taking the test, so there was no hiding the fact. And my friends even got me presents to 'celebrate,'
Then, the results. I passed. I have successfully graduated from nursing skool and passed the NCLEX, the state boards of nursing, the gateway to honest emplyment wiping people's butts and taking care of many other bodily fluids.........wait a minute, is this really what I want to do?
I AM still only 5 credits away from graduating from BYU with my Russian degree.......
Hey, at least Heather isn't gonna make me sleep on the couch tonight.
8 comments:
CONGRATS!!!!!! Time to celebrate. I suggest a warm trip in February.
Yay for you!! Congrats, congrats! Maybe you got all the questions right, and it kept going because it thought you were cheating. Just some food for thought! :)
great job - way to go and welcome to the ranks. I still don't know how I passed!!
Good job, J. Get the Russian degree anyway. Then you can curse your idiot and incontinent patients in their presence without them understanding. And it will be super confusing when the nice Mexican nurse is rambling on in Russian instead of Spanish.
Nice, I'll remember this when I roll into the hospital you're working at! J/K, of course. I'm glad my upcoming PA boards aren't designed like that, I'd probably freak out, become despondent, and run out of the room crying or something.
Congratulations Jason! We knew you would pass. You're going to make a great nurse.
Way to go!!!! Congrats! Your big muscles will be a great bonus to all of the wimpy girl nurses. I also know of a place you can get gloves that go all the way up to your shoulders. They would be handy in a code brown!!!!
Congratualations!!!! I am so excited for you. Welcome to the nursing world. :)
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