I’m pretty pissed. I just took my MCLEX-PN today and it was so incredibly stressful. I ended with only 30 mins left and I had taken all 205 questions. I felt sick because I’m afraid I didn’t pass... I still feel sick, honestly. To make things worse, the proctor thought she’d talk about me to her coworker.

After my exam I went to check out at the front desk. The guy asked me if I had a paper and I said no. He went to check with the proctor to see why and she told him I didn’t have one because I was “a nurse”. He returned to the desk and asked if I was a nurse to which I replied “I took the PN exam today”. He checked me out and I grabbed my stuff. The proctor thought I had left already when I was actually putting my things together and getting my coat on. She was in another room watching the other test takers so she couldn’t see me. That’s when I hear her say something along the lines of “I was surprised when that nurse was done/gone”. I jerked my head up and locked eyes with the front desk guy. It was silent for a minute and he said “she’s not gone yet”. So I know for a fact they were talking about me.

I’m already upset due to the exam and that woman made it worse. I feel like I can’t go to that testing location because they’ll just gossip about me when they think I’m not around to hear. I’m considering making a complaint to the testing agency because that’s so incredibly unprofessional. I’m left wondering what about me surprised her so much that she needed to gossip? The fact it took me almost 4 hours for the 205 questions I took? That I held my bladder until my abdomen hurt because I didn’t want to waste my time away? That I have tattoos? That I was kind to them and held it together even when facing the crushing idea that I didn’t pass my state boards? Too bad she didn’t finish her thought with me around, maybe it’d change how I feel about the disregard and disrespect I was shown.