u/Gtrote

Let me tell you a story. Thirteen years ago, I walked out of that testing room and I just knew I had failed. I knew it in my bones.

The next morning I got on a plane to Florida for vacation. On June 20, sitting in a Starbucks, I finally checked my phone.

Passed.

I screamed so loud that my daughter had to explain to everyone present; “She passed her NCLEX!"

So when you are sitting out there feeling completely defeated, I smile a little. I have had similar emotions.

Mine felt different from yours, but the waiting, and the weight of it, felt much the same.

That feeling is loud, but it is not the result. Your result is still on its way. Sit with me here until it comes🙂.

We are cheering you on to the finish line and excited to welcome you to a most noble cause - nursing!

You can download the exact playbook that saved my nursing career directly at my store page here: 319swd.com
Alternatively, you can click the active social link button labeled "Next-Gen NCLEX Strategy Vault" right at the top of this profile page to access the vault.

Nursing school has a way of making good students doubt everything they know.

I know that chair. Just like you, I was failing class exams and changing answers I had right.

My test anxiety was so severe I took my class exams in a private room with special accommodations.

My problem was not the next app, the next question bank, or another ten hours. My problem began when doubt got loud enough to move my hand.

Work the tool already in front of you with more honesty, for every question you miss, ask yourself one question. Did I get it wrong because I did not know it, or because fear talked me out of what I knew?

If you did not know it, study that one small piece well. If you knew it and fear moved you, more content is not the cure.

One small habit stood between my doubt and my hand. It has a name, the 3-Second Rule, taken before any answer is allowed to change.

Those small choices carried me from failing class exams to passing the NCLEX on my first try.

The fuller story sits pinned at the top of my profile.

When you look at your wrong answers, what do you hear most?
"I need more content," or "I need to trust what I already know"?