...test-taking done...
It's now 09:08 AM. I just walked in right now. I'm done taking the test. I took it hella-fast. Not on purpose, it was just my pace I guess. I remember I was just as fast when I took the LPN test, finishing in less than an hour and finishing with the minimum required questions. I was one out of four peeps there and the first to leave.
Okay, so finishing early with the test and doing the minimum amount of questions (75 questions) can either be a good thing or bad thing. Let me explain.
The computer is smart. The type of test I took was CAT - computer adaptive test. So, throughout the questions, the computer was keeping track of how I was answering. If I was doing good in answering easy questions, it would set me up with harder ones afterwards. If I wasn't answering the hard ones correctly, it would step back down to easier questions - it's a back and forth kind of deal.
At the end of the minimum 75 questions, the computer determines if I had done enough to show my nursing competency. If it thinks I am competent, it would stop me at 75 thinking that I don't need further proof that I know my shit. It could also mean, however, that after 75 questions, I showed that I'm completely incompetent and further questions would be futile and I could no longer alter my scoring.
So, of course, I hope I showed the computer that I am competent enough. I won't get my official results until 3 weeks from now, and it will be via snail mail. The first people to know of my results will be the Guam Board of Nurses. Now, this can potentially be a very embarrassing thing for me.
You see, the pool of nurses on Guam is pretty small. Small island = small amount of nurses. Meaning we are bound to know eachother. The nurses in the Guam Board are all my former nursing instructors from UOG. So, they know me already. I would be completely embarrassed if the results given to them showed that I failed. They take any failure from their former students as their own failure as well. I don't want them to feel like that. And I don't want to feel ashamed that I couldn't pass the test.
I'm still praying to God and my guardian angel Jr. to help me pass this test. Yesterday I put some holy water on me. I'll let you all know the results in 3 weeks or so. In the meantime, I will try to enjoy my trip and get back to work next month. Keep me in your prayers, guys....
Okay, so finishing early with the test and doing the minimum amount of questions (75 questions) can either be a good thing or bad thing. Let me explain.
The computer is smart. The type of test I took was CAT - computer adaptive test. So, throughout the questions, the computer was keeping track of how I was answering. If I was doing good in answering easy questions, it would set me up with harder ones afterwards. If I wasn't answering the hard ones correctly, it would step back down to easier questions - it's a back and forth kind of deal.
At the end of the minimum 75 questions, the computer determines if I had done enough to show my nursing competency. If it thinks I am competent, it would stop me at 75 thinking that I don't need further proof that I know my shit. It could also mean, however, that after 75 questions, I showed that I'm completely incompetent and further questions would be futile and I could no longer alter my scoring.
So, of course, I hope I showed the computer that I am competent enough. I won't get my official results until 3 weeks from now, and it will be via snail mail. The first people to know of my results will be the Guam Board of Nurses. Now, this can potentially be a very embarrassing thing for me.
You see, the pool of nurses on Guam is pretty small. Small island = small amount of nurses. Meaning we are bound to know eachother. The nurses in the Guam Board are all my former nursing instructors from UOG. So, they know me already. I would be completely embarrassed if the results given to them showed that I failed. They take any failure from their former students as their own failure as well. I don't want them to feel like that. And I don't want to feel ashamed that I couldn't pass the test.
I'm still praying to God and my guardian angel Jr. to help me pass this test. Yesterday I put some holy water on me. I'll let you all know the results in 3 weeks or so. In the meantime, I will try to enjoy my trip and get back to work next month. Keep me in your prayers, guys....
you did your best - now enjoy your trip and your boyfriend. why worry? have fun! love you!
Posted by
sabete |
3/14/2007 08:03:00 PM