[pancitang]

I have just taken my Board last September 27. My test ended on 85. What should i expect? Does this mean that I failed?? I'm so anxious now. I can't even sleep thinking about my test.

[augigi]

Please read some of the other "NCLEX" threads. The number of questions you received has no bearing on your chances of passing. In fact, if you're US-trained, based on history you have an 87% chance of passing. Everyone leaves the exam having got 50% wrong, so everyone feels terrible!

Try checking out the "things to do while waiting for NCLEX results" threads, and enjoy having that hurdle out of the way!!

[TheCommuter]

If your NCLEX stopped exactly at 85 questions, it either means that you passed it with flying colors or you failed horribly. The computer came to a pass/fail decision relatively quickly if it stopped at 85.

I received 85 questions when I first took NCLEX-PN 10 months ago and passed.

[Jules A]

Originally Posted by augigi

Everyone leaves the exam having got 50% wrong, so everyone feels terrible!

Mine also stopped at 85 (I passed) but would disagree that I got 50% of the questions wrong. What I have heard is that you only have to pass about 50% of them but its so darn complicated I can't say for sure if thats correct either.

Commuter hit the nail on the head, imo. Either you did beautifully or um, totally got off on the wrong foot. From what I've read here it seems that a large majority of people that get the minimum number of questions do pass so try and relax, I would take this as a good sign!

[beethoven1117]

i took my test and it stopped at 85 questions. when that happens it either means you did really well or really bad. still i was very nervous too. i just got my results today and i passed. i also read somwhere that 85% of the people who take their board for the first time pass so im sure you passed because 85 questions is a good sign. good luck to you.

[EricEnfermero]

Originally Posted by Jules A

Mine also stopped at 85 (I passed) but would disagree that I got 50% of the questions wrong. What I have heard is that you only have to pass about 50% of them but its so darn complicated I can't say for sure if thats correct either.

The exam is designed so that both passers and failers tend to score around 50%. If you start doing better than that, then the questions get harder until you more closely approximate 50%. I'm sure some people are so well prepared that the computer can't find hard enough questions for them though.

[Jules A]

Originally Posted by EricEnfermero

The exam is designed so that both passers and failers tend to score around 50%. If you start doing better than that, then the questions get harder until you more closely approximate 50%. I'm sure some people are so well prepared that the computer can't find hard enough questions for them though.

Now I'm not saying I'm that smart, just that as long as the questions stayed within the scope of knowledge for LPNs I feel certain that I scored higher than 50%. Of course we won't ever know for sure, I might have just barely scraped by with my 85 either way its all good!

[pagandeva2000]

Originally Posted by Jules A

Now I'm not saying I'm that smart, just that as long as the questions stayed within the scope of knowledge for LPNs I feel certain that I scored higher than 50%. Of course we won't ever know for sure, I might have just barely scraped by with my 85 either way its all good!

I hear you...I stopped at 85 as well, and while I do strongly believe that I got more right than wrong, it really didn't matter to me, except that I passed and did not have to experience that nightmare ever again. Yes, if it shut down at 85, it means that the computer was able to determine that you either had it or you didn't. I was VERY afraid when it shut down at 85, because somehow, I envisioned in my head that I would at least get 100 questions. Plus, when I practiced questions, I would do 100 at a time and take breaks. I found that I would get about 15 or 20 incorrect when I did 100 questions of various subjects. I just 'knew' that if I had that magic 100 questions, then it would be a sure thing that I passed, but, did NOT know how to handle the computer shutting down at 85 (that wasn't in my "master plan"...how presumptive I was...)

Pancitang, hopefully, you will receive your passing results shortly, and can put this behind you. And, I wish you the very best!

[charebec65]

Quite a few people I graduated with, including myself, passed with 85 questions. Good luck!

[Jules A]

Originally Posted by pagandeva2000

I was VERY afraid when it shut down at 85, because somehow, I envisioned in my head that I would at least get 100 questions.

I was the opposite, if it hadn't shut down at 85 I probably would have dropped dead on the spot. As it was the whole time I kept trying to figure out if the questions were getting harder, lol. I was done in 50 minutes and while I can't say that I was certain I passed, I was sure hopeful.

Best wishes to everyone going through this!