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December 6, 2011

NCLEX

After finishing the Registered Nursing program at Front Range Community College, Mar still had one MAJOR obstacle.  She had to take the national NCLEX test to be licensed as a Registered Nurse.  She was promised that if she used on study program and did 5000 questions in that program, that she would pass.  Mar's frantic preparation took her to 7000 questions, and if she missed one she would read and understand the answer.

The NCLEX is a computer adminisered test.  It randomly selects and presents questions - well sometimes not so randomly.  As you take the test, if you miss one question, it will schedule another similar question for you to answer.  It is set up so that you have to answer at least 75 questions.  After that, the program decides how many to ask to really determine if you are quilified.  It could go up to 175 questions. 

On December 6, 2011, Mar went and took the test.  It stopped after 76 questions.  She found out two days later that she had passed.

WHOO WHOO - YEA _ WOW_WEE

And she even got her license card in the mail. 

So she is official.  We are so proud of her.

(On a side note - she is having a hard time figuring out what to do with herself no.  She isn't answering questions every hour, or waking up worrying about the test.  But she can actually read a book and enjoy things.  Now she has to decide what she wants to be when she grows up.)