Even in the second time completing this, the 150 questions shocked me! I am just a bad test taker so 150 questions is weight on my brain. One thing I found when taking this exam was that I was always distracted at looking at how many questions I had left and it made me feel like I was taking forever… which took away from my mindset of the exam. I think that in the setting of my home when taking this exam there are a lot more distractions and I am able to get up, pause it, and do other things. But, in-person it is a lot different cause I cannot do any of that. I find that when I take these exams in-person I get very antsy halfway through and then feel exhausted and just start clicking away.
Allie, try reframing – instead of “I am a bad test-taker”, try thinking “I am working on improving my test-taking skills”, because that’s what you are doing through all these practice assessments. See in your mind’s eye the confidence you will have going into the NCLEX test situation because you have prepared so well. You can do this!