Emilee Haslam RN!!!

I know Daniel is usually the one to blog, but I felt it was appropriate for me to have a turn. I have had a long journey and it has finally come to an end!! My experience in Nursing school was probably the most difficult thing I have ever been through! I waited so long to get into a nursing program. I had to transfer my credits to three different schools and I took so many classes that I didn't need to take. I wanted to give up so many times. The stress was almost unbearable sometimes! Poor Daniel had to deal with all my shenanigans!! I am so glad that he didn't let me give up!!! I never thought I would make it to this day! I may have given up a long time ago if I didn't have him behind me pushing me the whole way! He has been my biggest cheerleader!

The last step in getting my license was to pass the NCLEX (nursing boards). During my last semester of school we were promised a review session for the test, but seeing as how my school was a brand new school, things were still a little unorganized and the review session never happened. So, after I graduated in July, I did my best to review on my own.

Once I got to the test I was so nervous and unable to focus, so I failed the first time. It was so depressing to get this far and then to see the word "fail"! Once again I was discouraged. I took a little time to pick my self up again and dust my self off, then I got back to studying.

I later found out that my class had only a 64% passing rate!! So I guess I wasn't alone. My school decided to finally provide us a good review session! I went to the review and It helped me so much! I studied so hard for the second time around, locking myself in a room everyday to study. I couldn't bare to see that word "fail" one more time!!!

When the day came to take the test I was so nervous! I almost felt sick! I got to the testing center and sat down to take the test, and just my luck, my computer froze after starting my test. Luckily I hadn't gotten to any of the actual questions yet and they were able to fix it!
It took me 3 hours to do 75 questions. I took my time on every question and really thought about the answers. Then my test was done.

The NCLEX is anywhere from 75 to 265 questions. You have a total of 6 hours to test. If you get only 75 questions, you either did really really bad, or really really good. When I only got 75 questions I was so sure I failed! I didn't think that there was any way I did that good.

Unfortunately you don't find out right away and it takes several days to get your results!! The Waite was killing me!!!!! Finally my results were in. I had to pay to see them, so as I was putting in the credit card information I was so nervous! I just wanted to see PASS!!! Daniel was standing behind me and I was shaking! Then I saw it, PASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I immediately jumped out of my chair and into Daniel's arms and cried!! He wasn't sure if they were good tears or bad tears, and I think I made him nervous!! Once he figured they were good tears I could see how proud he was!!!!!!! It was a moment I will never forget!!! The journey was hard but it was soooooo worth it!!!! I love my husband and I am happy he was there to support me through this journey!!
Now to get a job!! ;)