by angeludance

All right guys...I took my test on Tues the 19th...75 questions and it shut off. I had set myself up ready to take all 265, so when it quit I freaked out, and considering I'm not good at being in limbo anyway...being in limbo while my future is on the line is absolutely driving me nuts!!! Please, help!!!

Re: Support needed!!! NCLEX Limbo!!

Try to relax (I know nearly impossible to do!). Shutting off at 75 questions is a GOOD thing. 85% of people pass their NCLEX on the first try and the statistics are even better with it shutting off at 75 questions. What gave me a lot of comfort was knowing that priority, delegation, infection control and med questions are high level questions and nearly my whole test was that, so I had to of been doing good the whole time and my classmates (who passed at 75 questions) also said they had the same type of questions as have many here on the board.

The only people who fail at 75 questions are people who did so horrendously bad that even if the computer threw all 265 questions at them they'd STILL fail. You'd have to get at least half the test wrong. The statistics on that are really small.

I know it's a long wait, but it'll be well worth it to know you'll officially be an RN!

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ooohhh that's sooo good to know...i was wondering b/c most of my questions were meds...then psych, delegation, and priority...a friend of mine took hers at the same time, 75 for her too and she says most of hers were meds...she started off saying that med questions she'd heard were the hard ones, so we must've been doing good, but when i talked to her earlier she's really stressing out and wondering if she passed or not....don't know if i'll get any sleep tonite or not...the arkansas board doesn't update until 7 am, and don't participate in the quick thingy with pearson vue...

Re: Support needed!!! NCLEX Limbo!!

The only people who fail at 75 questions are people who did so horrendously bad that even if the computer threw all 265 questions at them they'd STILL fail. You'd have to get at least half the test wrong. The statistics on that are really small.

somehow with 6.5 hours left till i find out.........that doesnt make me feel better
i cant think of a single question i know i got right..........then again i cant think of any i know for a fact i got wrong...........im trying to stay positive though..........ATI said i had a 97% chance of passing and my grades were good, but right now i feel STOOOPID

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ansturge...i know the feeling...all the way through school we had math questions on every test, and i always got them right...my 3rd question NCLEX threw at me was math, i worked it 5 ways from sunday and after i went home, got some sleep and woke up, i reworked it...and boy was i WAY off!!!

Re: Support needed!!! NCLEX Limbo!!

Originally Posted by NJNursing

You'd have to get at least half the test wrong. The statistics on that are really small.

Overall good advice but actually, both passers and failers tend to get about half the test wrong no matter what. It's not a percentage correct that determines pass/fail, but the difficulty level where you're hitting that 50% mark. The computer cuts off when it is 95% sure that that difficulty level is either above or below the passing standard. Check out www.ncsbn.org where there is a great deal of information on NCLEX scoring.

To the OP, best of luck on your results. Let us know.

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Just found out...I passed!!!

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congrats


still waiting

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we were told we had to score a 75% or more on the NCLEX, so I've been going on that basis for the last year or so which would mean getting no more than 18 wrong.

Re: Support needed!!! NCLEX Limbo!!

Originally Posted by NJNursing

we were told we had to score a 75% or more on the NCLEX, so I've been going on that basis for the last year or so which would mean getting no more than 18 wrong.

On that NCSBN website I mentioned, take a look at the 2006 Candidate Bulletin - lots of info about how the scoring actually works. Passing or failing the NCLEX is not based on getting any particular percentage correct. It's based on the difficulty level of the questions that they have to give you in order to keep you at ~50%. Passers and failers both tend to score around 50%.

Who was leading you astray? Hopefully not a nursing prof or an NCLEX review facilitator. The math doesn't even add up. For a 75 question test, 15 questions are unscored. If you missed 18 out of the 60 real questions, you'd be at a 70, not a 75.