Failed at 90 on my first try. Who came back from this?

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1. JRJesse after the retakeRN, passed on attempt two

   Shut off at 85 both times. The first one failed, the second one passed, eleven weeks later. What changed: the first time I only read rationales on the ones I missed. The second time I read every rationale, including the ones I got right, and found out how often I had guessed correctly for a completely wrong reason. That number was ugly and it was the whole problem.

2. PBPriya between shiftsRN, 1 year, ICU

   Jesse changed what he studied. I changed how I sat. Do not book the date because the content still feels warm. Book it when you can run a timed block of 75 at the end of a long day, no notes open, and land in the same range you hit on a fresh morning. That took me seven weeks. Fatigue beat me the first time, not content.

3. Nursing Mastery

   A retake does not cost you your new grad standing. Residency eligibility is written as graduated within 12 months, and that clock runs on your graduation date, not your license date and not your attempt count. Before you can schedule you reapply with your board and get a new ATT, and the earliest you can sit again is 45 days after your attempt. Start the paperwork this week so waiting is the only thing you are doing.

4. MRMorgan reading offersRN, license in hand, starts med surg in 3 weeks

   I have interviewed four times since my license posted. Every one of them asked for my license number and my start date. Not one asked how many times I sat. On the applications, the field is a number and an expiration date.

5. HPHarper past the first codeRN, 10 months in, PCU

   I failed my first one in 106 and told nobody for a week. I sat again at 45 days because carrying it around was worse than sitting for it. Last month I ran the first three minutes of a code on my own patient until the team got there. Nobody in that room knew, and nobody would have cared. It gets better, and experience is experience once you are on the floor.

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