265!?!?

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After Pearson made me wait for 45 minutes because they didn't see that I was registered (when I was)...

I had all 265 questions this morning in DC...5 hours from house.

Shouldn't have scheduled my exam 12 hours before I was to take it.... :trout:

I just searched the NCBSN site for info on the website and found this info:

how the CAT works:

1) it measures your ability with a 95% certainty. It'll end the test whenever it reaches that mark.

2) if it never reaches that mark, you get all 265 questions. At that point, the 95% certainty standard is dropped. You pass or fail based on where your ability level measures without regard to the certainty rule.

The site said "the maximum test rule is essentially a second chance to pass" meaning I missed my first chance?!? The computer wasn't 95% sure I was passing so I got all questions. That's bad, right?!?!?

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I just searched the NCBSN site for info on the website and found this info:

how the CAT works:

1) it measures your ability with a 95% certainty. It'll end the test whenever it reaches that mark.

2) if it never reaches that mark, you get all 265 questions. At that point, the 95% certainty standard is dropped. You pass or fail based on where your ability level measures without regard to the certainty rule.

The site said "the maximum test rule is essentially a second chance to pass" meaning I missed my first chance?!? The computer wasn't 95% sure I was passing so I got all questions. That's bad, right?!?!?

Not always, I have heard in years past that a certain number of people taking the test will, by chance, receive all questions as sort of a control group for the exam. These people may have actually passed the exam with 75, but received all 265 because they were that 1 out of 10 or 20 that needed to be a control. Think of it as a guinea pig for the NCLEX. Keep your chin up...;)

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Thanks for the information and support. I haven't got my results yet and i'm very worried since I took my exam on 06/06. Well, I feel there is still hope.

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Not always, I have heard in years past that a certain number of people taking the test will, by chance, receive all questions as sort of a control group for the exam. These people may have actually passed the exam with 75, but received all 265 because they were that 1 out of 10 or 20 that needed to be a control. Think of it as a guinea pig for the NCLEX. Keep your chin up...;)

I've heard that same thing, but another poster here informed me that that was a rumor, and that it's not true. I'm not sure - I haven't heard from anyone who would know for sure (i.e. someone from NCLEX or Pearson). I heard that from my nursing instructors, so I believed it. Where did you hear it?

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I've heard that same thing, but another poster here informed me that that was a rumor, and that it's not true. I'm not sure - I haven't heard from anyone who would know for sure (i.e. someone from NCLEX or Pearson). I heard that from my nursing instructors, so I believed it. Where did you hear it?

I can recall it from multiple sources...including fellow test takers, as well as my nursing instructors and preceptors...so I believed it as well.

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I can recall it from multiple sources...including fellow test takers, as well as my nursing instructors and preceptors...so I believed it as well.

A moderator on another thread told me to visit the the NCSBN site, where I read a bulletin that states that this rumor is NOT true. There are no instances where candidates must take the full test despite their ability level as a "control". Too bad, because that was one of my last hopes that I passed. Getting all 265 IS a bad thing - it means that the computer didn't figure out with 95% certainty that were smart enough to pass or not. It means I was borderline the entire time...I'd rather be on one extreme or the other so I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I was either meant to pass or not.

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TN-

Getting 265 also means the computer didn't know you failed- stay positive many with 265 pass. I had 263 and made it.

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Specializes in OB, M/S, HH, Medical Imaging RN.

I had 265 questions, I passed, I'm just as much an RN as those lucky dogs who passed with 75 questions! I'm envious, the test took me 3+ hours, but not in the least disappointed or concerned about my level of knowledge.

The lady from Pearson told me the 265 question theory. I don't know, however, if it's true or not. It actually doesn't matter.

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thanks for all of your encouraging words...

i passed!! :balloons:

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i have my 265 questions before my computer shut down. luckly, passed the nclex exam. i was nervous at that time but i made it....

rita fro philippines

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thanks for all of your encouraging words...

i passed!! :balloons:

congratulations!! now get back to work...... hehehe, just kidding.:smiley_aa

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Specializes in Nurse Anesthesia, ICU, ED.

Jen, FYI it took the NCBON ~ 3 days between getting my results to posting my license. I am glad to hear that you passed NCLEX. Congratulations

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