75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

I took my boards a few weeks ago and passed. It shut off for me after 75 questions.

I took the PN NCLEX with 85 questions... I also passed a bunch of fluids from mutiple body orfaces while waiting. I felt terrible after & for the following 49 hours till I checked Pearsonvue results & found out I passed. Waiting is the HARDEST thing I have ever done. Even the dog didnt like me. The people her are great. I encourage everyone who is stressed to ask for support here when you need it.

am i one of the few who walked away at 75, feeling like i aced it?

i was actually suspicious because the test was too darned easy.

NOT so in nsg school.

i struggled, second-guessed myself all the time.

so it's not like i'm used to feeling confident.

but with nclex, i would have been shocked to find out i failed.

leslie

ZASHAGALKA said:

Getting 75 questions only has to do with how quickly the algorithm establishes a statistical degree of accuracy and NOT at what level it determines that accuracy.

As such, the odds of a first time test taker that stops at 75 of passing is about 87% - the SAME odds as if the test stopped at 76 questions. or 90. Or 150. Or 265. . .

~faith,

Timothy.

It also depends on how many questions at-a-time does the computer need to assess accuracy

The algorithms will be different if the computer takes 5 questions at a time before feeding you the next higher-level or next lower-level set of questions; than if a computer takes each individual question to decide before feeding you the next higher or next lower questions.

The computer recalculates your ability estimate after each question. There's some good info on scoring at https://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm, especially in the 2006 Candidate Bulletin.

This 75 question survey is a pretty cool thing! I found it interesting that the results are almost right in line with overall pass/fail rates. To date I saw that about 90% of people with 75 NCLEX questions passed and about 10% failed. Even though this isn't a scientific study, its coming pretty close to the 85/15 which is the overall pass/fail rate...regardless of number of questions.

75 in 20min in 1997. passed.

i passed with 75 questions

i'm so happy to pass.. i think 75 is my lucky number..

So I feel dumb...lol I passed it on my first try, but I got every single question possible. Talk about stressfull!!! I cried that majority of my way home from taking the test because I was sure I had failed it. I talked to a lot of people in my area that got all the questions this past year... A few people told me they were testing it and some people automatically got all the questions, while others took it like normal... does anyone know if that is true or not?

Christie RN2006 said:

So I feel dumb...lol I passed it on my first try, but I got every single question possible. Talk about stressfull!!! I cried that majority of my way home from taking the test because I was sure I had failed it. I talked to a lot of people in my area that got all the questions this past year... A few people told me they were testing it and some people automatically got all the questions, while others took it like normal... does anyone know if that is true or not?

This is not true, if you get 265 questions it just means that it was hard for the computer to statistically predict that you would be able to practice at the set standard. It in no way reflects your knowledge or intelligence. Everyone gets 15 items being considered for a future test on the NCLEX, no matter if they have 75 or 265 questions.

You passed, that is all that matters, Christie RN!