Putting off writing the NCLEX
Hi, I’m a new grad and I’ve been procrastinating writing the NCLEX and getting a job for months now. I did really well in school and never failed anything, but I just feel so unprepared still. I’m genuinely scared to have patients lives in my hands. I did my final practicum in a public health setting which was very low stress, but I don’t feel like I learned enough about acute care management. Everyone in my family, my partner, my friends keep asking me about when I’ll write and get a job and I just keep brushing it off. I really need to start making money and part of me is considering just bartending again but I think I would disappoint everyone. I really want to be a nurse, I’m just scared to start. I feel like I had my hands held all the way through nursing school and now I’m unprepared for the ‘real world’. Did anyone feel this way, or have any advice?
Posted Aug 8, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC