[bt92019]

Hi Everybody,
I'm very much nervous & tensed about running out of time for practising ncelx rn tests from cd. i'm so affraid about timing because my test shuts off before i finish the test & so many times i couldn't finish rest of the 10 que.although, it's saying is "your time has finished.however,you may still finish the test but in actual test you will not allowed to do so". so, now I see the timing for each que. that did i finish in one minute? and that makes me in lot of stress while reading que. & rationales along with thinking timing that i'm not taking too long time.

can someone please tell me how is going to be in actual nclex exam? I took nclex-pn 3 yrs ago,i remembered that my computer shut off at 120 que. & i was reading que. thourghly along with all rationales before selecting without worry about timing.(may be i took 2 minuts for so many que.) & by grass of God I passed. I know nclex- rn is harder than pn so do you guys think i should take enough time for reading que. & rationals without worrying about timing. please help me out for this solution. thanks in advance.

[Leda]

You can pass the NCLEX even if you run out of time. The scoring method for this is explained in the NCLEX Candidate's Bulletin. You are evaluated based on your performance on the last 60 questions. You will pass NCLEX if your competence level remained above the passing standard for the last 60 questions. This doesn't mean you had to answer all 60 questions correctly, you just had to have your competence level be above the passing standard for these questions.

The detailed explanation is found here:
http://www.ncsbn.org/testing/candidates_post_test.asp

What is more important is that you are able to remain as stress free as possible and not worry about running out of time. Concern yourself with taking the time that you need to read the questions and responses so that you can select the best answer. You need to do what is appropriate for you to be able to answer the questions correctly so that you can get to the passing standard and remain above should you run out of time. Rushing and trying to "beat the clock" will cause you to make more errors and this could hurt you far more than running out of time.