Originally Posted by BlevinsRN If you are a certain distance above the line when you get to the minimum questions(75), then it will shut off and you will have passed. If you are a certain distance below the line, it will shut off and you will have failed. Or is you are close to the line either way, the test will keep going until you get a certain distance above or below the line of competence than it will shut off.
Okay, first, I'm not trying to stir up anything - just a point of clarification, since many people have their own ideas about how the nclex grading works, and this is what I know from the Kaplan talk that I had - The test is trying to see if you can stay above the line for a certain number of questions, not the distance above the line. That makes sense because one cannot really go too far above the line because the questions get progressively harder if you go too far "above". It also makes sense because that's the whole point of "the line", so you keep your head above water so the speak, for a period of time.
Anyway, congratulations for passing. I would rate it as the most stressful exam I have ever taken. Brutal.
congratulations!!!
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