To study or not to study????

STUDY!!! If this test is important to you, you need to take it seriously. It is expensive and it gets harder if you have to re take it. The longer out of school you wait the harder it will be to pass. Study your butt off it is a very hard test!!!

I didn't do a content review, but I did take a lot of practice questions (50 or a hundred a day for a couple of weeks). I passed on the first try with 75 questions in under an hour. If you are a good test taker and understand the rationale behind the questions, you should be fine.

I know that. I'm saying that 2/2 students graduating and passing NCLEX is 100% as well as 50/50 or 25/25. I'm asking pass rate of classmates because it shows how well the instructors are teaching and if the material is being absorbed by students which would help them pass. A 100% pass rate school could have started with 100 students and only graduate 1 and if that 1 passes NCLEX it's 100%. That's why I don't ask NCLEX pass rate. It's misleading.

I do not know what state you are in, but the state of Virginia does post the numbers, perhaps your state does too. The class just before me had 18/20 pass and before that 17/17. Check your state board of nursing to see if it is there.

If you really feel confident in your ability then go for it! I only studied for the two days before my test and I cut off at 85. I mostly just reviewed on things like lab values, precautions, etc. If you did very well in school and actually retained the information you will be more than prepared. But everyone is different...so just do whatever you will feel comfortable doing.

I just passed my NCLEX RN and I studied for about 3 weeks. I did Kaplan questions (at least 100/day) and Saunder's for its content. Do not read textbook from cover to cover but concentrate on the areas you are lacking in. Test was very difficult. It felt like I knew nothing. But it shut off at 75 questions. I had about 15 SATA, 4 put in order, 2 pictures. Good luck to everyone who is getting ready to take it

Something to consider - some unfortunate people get every single question, regardless of how well they're doing. I found taking the longer practice tests was a good prep because answering 100+ questions like that is mentally draining. I passed at 75 questions in about an hour but my friend did 5 hours for all 265.

Something to consider - some unfortunate people get every single question regardless of how well they're doing. I found taking the longer practice tests was a good prep because answering 100+ questions like that is mentally draining. I passed at 75 questions in about an hour but my friend did 5 hours for all 265.[/quote']

When I was in school we were told this was not true. Just a rumor. Does it say this anywhere in the nclex test information book?

When I was in school we were told this was not true. Just a rumor. Does it say this anywhere in the nclex test information book?

We went through NCLEX. It is not a rumor. NCLEX is made to gauge your competency. Think of a ladder: question 1 is easy. Let's say you get it right? Next question is harder. Get it wrong? Next question a little easier. There is a line between passing and failing. Those that got 265, like my mom did many years before, mean that they are on the threshold of passing or failing and it's giving you questions to evaluate you. Likewise with 85 questions. If you shut off at 85 it doesn't mean you pass automatically or failed. It just means the NCLEX has given enough questions to determine whether you know your material or not. My NCLEX PN was shut off at 85. It determined that after 85 questions I passed. Others take longer. :)

But if it's taking longer, that means you aren't getting as many of the super hard questions right. You're not going to get 265 questions just because they occasionally give 265 questions for the heck of it. At 75, you've either gotten enough super hard right or enough super easy wrong that they know which side of the line you'll fall on. So at 75, you've either easily passed or REALLY failed. If you get to 265, you've either barely passed or barely failed.

When I was in school we were told this was not true. Just a rumor. Does it say this anywhere in the nclex test information book?

I found the info on the nclex site, but don't have the time to find it now. It IS a rumor that some people are going to get all the questions regardless of how well they are doing. If you've gone to 265 its because the computer needed all those questions to be 95% sure of your passing/failing. They don't just pick one poor soul for giggles and say "yeah! him//her lets nail them with all the questions".

found it---->

Are candidates randomly selected to receive maximum length examinations?Items are administered following the principles of CAT. Candidates are NOT randomly selected to receive a designated number of examination items. As a candidate takes the examination, items are selected based on the candidate's response to previous items. The exam ends when it can be determined with 95% confidence that a candidate's performance is either above or below the passing standard, regardless of the number of items answered or the amount of testing time elapsed (six-hour maximum time period for the NCLEX-RN examination and five hour maximum time period for the NCLEX-PN examination).

under CAT question #9 https://www.ncsbn.org/2323.htm

We went through NCLEX. It is not a rumor. NCLEX is made to gauge your competency. Think of a ladder: question 1 is easy. Let's say you get it right? Next question is harder. Get it wrong? Next question a little easier. There is a line between passing and failing. Those that got 265, like my mom did many years before, mean that they are on the threshold of passing or failing and it's giving you questions to evaluate you. Likewise with 85 questions. If you shut off at 85 it doesn't mean you pass automatically or failed. It just means the NCLEX has given enough questions to determine whether you know your material or not. My NCLEX PN was shut off at 85. It determined that after 85 questions I passed. Others take longer. :)

I think you misunderstood what she was saying. she was saying its a rumor in response to:Something to consider - some unfortunate people get every single question, regardless of how well they're doing. I found taking the longer practice tests was a good prep because answering 100+ questions like that is mentally draining. I passed at 75 questions in about an hour but my friend did 5 hours for all 265"

yes, it is true that some get all the questions but it isn't regardless of how well they are doing its in regards to the computer cannot accurately determine a pass/fail, so it keeps giving questions and some will end up with taking all of them. It is rumor that some people are just randomly given all the questions just because.