Anyone taken 265 and passed, even if they cried the whole way home from Pearson??

RNnightingale12 · Oct 25, 2008

ccnursedee, Stay strong! You are not alone whether it be 75 questions or 265 we all feel confused walkingout. I took mine friday and had 76 questions and I walked out crying. The truth is this test is not a reflection of who you are a person or how smart you are. You graduated nursing school which is an accomplishment for anyone who walks out with that degree. We all know nursing wasn't a walk in the park, it does count for something. I also took kaplan scored from 55-83 on qbank ques. Just know you are not alone and that there are many people that feel the same way. I dont find out till tommorow, but whether pass or fail we gotta keep trying just like we did in nursing school. Nursing is not for quitters! And you my dear are certainly no quitter! Stay Strong ccnursedee! You are not alone, I am with you.

zonacards · Oct 25, 2008

i just took it and got 265 questions and i seriously believe i failed. The questions on the nclex are way harder than in Saunders book. Saunders always has obvious wrong answers. Like if it is a question about priority following up on lab values saunders always has 1 of the 3 choices being outside normal range and thus is the correct answer. I took the nclex and all 4 answers were outside normal range. What do i do then? I got no clue. Plus my meds questions were mostly obscure meds. I had no math calculations whatsoever which sucsk because that is probably th easiest part to me. I dont know how to study for this test. I get 85% or better right on saunders tests. I did Kaplan and according to their test they predict id pass. I would say this Kaplan questions bank is much more difficult and closer to the nclex than saunders. I feel like such a loser knowing people who i freaking tutored passed the exam, these were people who basically slid thru nursing school barely and they passed yet i cant. I am afraid to even get the results and have to study once again for 45 days. Plus the delegation stuff was harder. I dont get it. I do need to learn meds better but using saunders is difficult. they dont give enough info, and at the same time there are like 2 trillion meds to learn: uses, side effets, adverse reactions, etc.....plus all diseases, surgerys, and other procedures........just too mcuh for my tiny brain to memorize.

ccnursedee · Oct 25, 2008

Zonacards, I feel the exact same way you do...if I got a question yesterday on the exam and it had 4 different lab values out of their respective ranges, I picked the lab value that would morst hurt the pt. Some were extremely high, so then I picked the extreme lab. I feel that Saunders , Kaplan, Lippencott all gave 3 almost throw right out answers, and usually on the practice testing I could even narrow questions down to two, but yesterday was absolutely ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so disappointed right now...I have a empty feeling in my heart!!! :bluecry1:

zonacards · Oct 25, 2008

ya the reason i dont like the test is that it is a tricky test. I dont see the point. Plus i feel some of the questions are worded poorly and I know the answer if only i could go tell someone hey the answer is a if this is the case or b if this is the case and u cant tell because the question is just poorly written. Plus when i did do kaplan even the instructor failed her first test during the class, she took it for fun and i got a higher grabe than she did, i mean if a nurse who has 20+ years of experience and teaches the calss cant pass then maybe u need a different way to test. oh well im just ticked off cause i know i probably failed, and now i gotta shell otu 200 bucks and find a new job cause where i work now they are letting people go right now and im one of the few being allowed to stay working but its only temporary. So gotta find a job in a bad economy. looks like unemployment is in my future unless i can find something soon.

gwafuh_rn, BSN, RN · Oct 25, 2008

goodluck with the results.

mzjones6 · Oct 26, 2008

I completely understand where you're coming from. I took mine Thursday, Oct.23, got all 265 questions and would swear on my first born child that I failed it, after 3 1/2 hours at the computer. I walked out there tired, confused and felt I had let down myself for all the studying I did.

I did the Hurst review live twice while still in nursing school, and answered every question in my Saunders book. I re-read my Hurst book again last week and answered between 500-600 questions in NCLEX 3500. I kept answering and answering questions until I couldn't anymore. I walked out here so tired I slept the rest of the afternoon.

Then yesterday I checked my state board and its said my license hadn't been issued. My other classmates got their licenses posted on the state board website the next day, so I was set on the fact that I hadn't passed. I cried yesterday and I cried today. I went to the pearson website this afternoon, and checked the quick results and sure enough, I passed!! I cried and cried, not believing that I could possibly do it, but I did. My classmate said it was easy and it turned off at 75 for her and several other classmates. I was expecting the same thing, but got every single question.

You really just have to trust that you knew what you knew and you did your best. Thats all you can really ask of yourself. If you put in the work and you put in the study time, I promise you'll get what you want in the end.

Good Luck!!!

Melinurse · Oct 26, 2008

Good luck. Most leave Pearsonvue thinking they failed. Don't be so hard on yourself. Think positive. You made it through nursing school. Just try to hang in there till you get your results. :icon_hug:

clanz_17 · Oct 26, 2008

ccnursedee, Stay strong! You are not alone whether it be 75 questions or 265 we all feel confused walkingout. I took mine friday and had 76 questions and I walked out crying. The truth is this test is not a reflection of who you are a person or how smart you are. You graduated nursing school which is an accomplishment for anyone who walks out with that degree. We all know nursing wasn't a walk in the park, it does count for something. I also took kaplan scored from 55-83 on qbank ques. Just know you are not alone and that there are many people that feel the same way. I dont find out till tommorow, but whether pass or fail we gotta keep trying just like we did in nursing school. Nursing is not for quitters! And you my dear are certainly no quitter! Stay Strong ccnursedee! You are not alone, I am with you.

hi RNnightingale12 ur support to others makes heavy heart uplifting!!!!!!! just to share wid u dat i too has the same feelings with others the sense of uselessness i took my nclex for the 2nd tym and rcv my result yesterdat 10/24/08 and failed. the first tym i took it i felt on open space that i dont know wat to feel seems like i dont know wether to think if i passed of fail.......but im much disappointed and so depressed ryt now for my 2nd exam coz i really felt good about it all my again i stop at 75q same as wid the first exam....my 2nd exam are all prioritization and first assess, essential hmmmmmm i feel so useless that i cant get that "RN" at the last of my name......anyway just sharing all these frustrations i have thanks.

bossdj02 · Oct 26, 2008

i know exactly how u feel. i took boards last monday 10/21. had all 265 questions just a lil bit over 5 hours. i walked out of there swearing that i had failed. i was 100% sure that i had failed, but i didnt! i passed! stay strong and positive!!

ccnursedee · Oct 26, 2008

I'd like to thank all you guys for your positiveness and encouragement. I guess when I think about it, even though I did well on the practice tests, and knew alot of info, I feel like I guessed at quite a bit of the questions, knew some right off the bat, but seemed to be losing my concentration near the end as I was getting tired due to 265...I guess if I was guessing wrong on alot of them, it would have clicked off earlier than it did, right? Maybe there is still hope...i might find out roday...