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Today was the big day..

For the past few weeks my days have been consumed with NCLEX questions, flashcards, lab values, hypocalcemia, hyperkalemia, pharmacology, questions, and more flashcards. My test started at 8 am..well it was supposed to, I actually got started around 8:15 after having my palms and fingerprints scanned, my picture taken, and all my crap shoved into a locker. I was a bag of nerves...what is a side effect of that drug name that I can't pronounce?? Eh, too late now..

The NCLEX felt like I was taking a test in another language. Some questions were obvious to me but the majority of them I just had to guess or narrow it down. Is this really how they determine nursing competency?? The screen turned blue after 75 questions and all I wanted was more time, more questions (easier questions) because I was SURE I failed. It took me 50 minutes to take a test that would determine the fate of my career, a test that allowed us 6 hours to complete. I was done in 50 minutes?? That can't be good.

So I drove home trying to hold back tears...$200 down the damn drain. So I had a bunch of phone calls and texts this morning wishing me good luck and asking how I did..I didn't even want to respond to them. So I came back to my apartment and rushed to my computer to do the Pearson Vue trick..if you don't know what that is you can google it..basically it's a trick that you can use for the NCLEX exam to unofficially determine if you passed or not the day you take the exam. From what I have heard and researched it is pretty accurate so I decided it was worth a shot. Basically you try to reregister for the exam again on the Pearson Vue website and if it allows you to type in your credit card information then you failed and if a pop-up says you are not authorized to register at this time or some kind of bullshit then you PASSED! Well lucky for me, I got the pop-up so I am hoping that is reason to celebrate! Either way me & roomie are going to get 2-for-1 margs tonight and watching grey's anatomy and jersey shore over wine. I will know tomorrow whether I am *officially* an RN or not...we will see!

Oh & p.s. I am STILL unemployed. Anyone want to hire me???