The Pearson Vue trick

Hold is not indicative of pass or fail. Your quick results will not be available until the hold is lifted. Your BoN won't receive results until the hold is lifted. Holds are a QA/QC audit of your check in, Palm scan, keystrokes, testing, audio & video. Generally holds last 24-72 hours while the audit is completed. Audits can be for test anomalies (test too quickly, unusual answer pattern) minor or major rule violations (standing up rather than raising hand to suspicion of cheating ), issues with palm scan, computer glitch, etc.

Nothing can be done until the hold is lifted

If you did nothing wrong then you have nothing to worry about. They must maintain test integrity so any anomaly must be investigated. If you cheated you'd need to worry about a BoN investigation and results invalidated. If it was a check-in/out issue the reports, videos etc will show you did nothing wrong.

Hurry up and wait is the hardest part

I'm in your shoes now. I just took my NCLEX today and it stopped at 75 questions. I was so excited because I have heard people said that high chance to have a "pass" with 75 questions. I've became freaking nervous after I read that people could still fail with 75 questions on the web. 75 means nothing now. 48hr is a freaking torture. I can't tell if my test questions are easy or hard. I had no math question, I had one ECG, 10 questions about meds. I had about 10 - 20 SATA questions and place actions in order. I don't know if I got them right. I'm freaking tired of myself been so nervous. I wish there is someone can just tell me if I pass or not

I am SO nervous too!! I had 75 questions 2 drag and drop about 6-7 SATA few meds, priority, who would you see first etc.. I did the pop up 45 minutes after leaving and got the good pop up but have been reading now it doesnt mean anything if its before 24 hrs?! So nervous!!

If this were vegas I'd put all my money on you passing

When I took my test it was a little before Pearson VUE started administering the test so there was no way to check with the test administrator as to whether we pass/fail. What we were able to do (and you can still do it now) is perform a licensee look up for your name and see if there's a license attached online. I knew I passed after only three business days and my employer used it to advance me to nurse instead of aide prior to receiving the hard copy in the mail. I cannot see why it would be any different now.

When I took my test it was a little before Pearson VUE started administering the test so there was no way to check with the test administrator as to whether we pass/fail. What we were able to do (and you can still do it now) is perform a licensee look up for your name and see if there's a license attached online. I knew I passed after only three business days and my employer used it to advance me to nurse instead of aide prior to receiving the hard copy in the mail. I cannot see why it would be any different now.

Some States are very quick about updating their websites, doing so only a day or two after receiving confirmation of passing results. Others update once per week, or every couple/few weeks. California is notoriously slow, taking weeks for applicants to see a license number.

I passed. I don't event need to pay $7 for QR. My licenses # is posed under the my name according to my state board