Case Study of a Graduate Nurse’s NCLEX-RN®Failure Experience

Graduate nurses who fail the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN ® ) need multifaceted, trauma-reducing, complex strategies to support their future success. Nursing faculty and academic success coaches can facilitate recovery from the grief of not passing the RN licensing exam. Supportive interventions need to match each graduate nurse’s unique situation when pursuing NCLEX-RN success. This case study of a graduate nurse’s NCLEX-RN failure experience is framed by Watson’s theory of human caring applied to academic coaching interventions that may heal the grief experienced during the transition to sit again to take the NCLEX-RN.