75 questions on NCLEX.. Good or Bad?

There really isn't a way to tell. The NCLEX gauges how each individual person is doing. If he answered enough questions right to be minimally competent and a nurse at 75 questions it will shut off. If he gets to 75 questions and there is no way he will pass it will also shut off.

75 questions is either a great success or miserable failure with NCLEX. The test works by establishing a "passing line," where you have to answer enough questions correctly to ascend the "passing line," then remain above that line for a specific number of questions to demonstrate a run of confidence. That's how you pass. Usually the higher difficulty and alternative format questions (SATA, med math, ordering, et cetera) don't show up until you're above the passing line, so getting a bunch of them is a good sign. If I remember my Kaplan class correctly, it's statistically very unlikely to fail in 75 questions. This would mean that the person started off getting them wrong and just plummeted until it became a statistical impossibility for them to recover to the "passing line" and develop a run of confidence afterwards. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

I failed in 75 questions the first time I took my NCLEX, and the second time I PASSED in 75.

As has been established...the number of questions doesn't really distinguish anything. The system just made its mind up quickly :)

I'd think, though, if he had a much better handle on the material going in, odds that he'd fail that quickly again are slim :)

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did you do the pvt???? no. of questions doesnt determine anything but yes.. it can be u passed or u failed miserably...!

My hubby just got his results..he failed for third try. We are SO frustrated. I really don't understand this.. He used Hurst Review which I thought was great and was doing well on the QReviews only to fail again! We are in Florida which requires a remedial class for 3 months which is $2000 which we can't afford. What can we do to get him through this test successfully?!

Is he doing a lot of practice questions? Does he understand the questions, what theyre asking , the rationales, etc?

If he failed the NCLEX three times in a row Id say there is really something wrong with his study habits. Id step back and maybe research more efficient ways to study. I get failing it once... but three times?