“I graduated from Gurnick in 2012, and it hasn’t been the easiest road I’ve been on. I lucked out and got a Nursing Assistant job for almost a year for a quadriplegic doctor from Sweden, staying to teach Economics at Cal Berkeley. It was an awesome home health job, and helped me get some experience while waiting for my ATT number to take the NCLEX. I received my ATT in November, and I was so busy and exhausted from my 12 hour shifts with my job that I put NCLEX off for the rest of the year. Not a good idea. It was a struggle to work and try and study at the same time, but I did it. My first attempt, unfortunately, was in February of 2013. I studied on my breaks, before work after work, and even during my second job as a waitress. I studied for almost 2 months before taking it. I thought I was ready so I took it. I didn’t pass. I was so devastated and felt defeated. I had even signed up for an IV therapy and Blood Withdrawal course, in which some of my old classmates were in. They all had passed, and I felt so embarrassed not knowing if I passed or not. That is when I decided to take the course with D&D.
D&D was not only a refresher course for the material I studied for hours, but they taught us a specific technique to tackle NCLEX style questions. This test isn’t designed to just test you on your knowledge, and that is where I went wrong with my studies. I took this course the week prior to my second attempt at the NCLEX, and I felt so ready to take. I took it for my second time and I passed! It was the best feeling ever. I felt confident answering almost all of the questions, applying what I learned from DnD. I learned so much from this refresher course.
I passed in April of 2013, and I got offered a Charge Nurse position at an Assisted Living Facility in San Francisco, in September of 2013. It has been an interesting and challenging road for me. But I had love and support from amazing professors, my family, and I was introduced to an amazing group of people at D&D who played a huge roll in my success. I couldn’t have done it without any of them. It was hard, but it gave me the drive to continue my education, and I am looking to continue on to RN school.
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