Counting the types of questions you got....

[RNsRWe]

....is REALLY not worth your time.

I see it so many times here, people record how many math, how many SATA, how many drag/drop, how many med questions, and on and on.

My question to those of you doing this (or planning to do this): how do you feel this will improve your chances of passing? Is this not a VERY unnecessary distraction to your focus?

I believe if I were sitting there making tick marks next to which kind of question was next up on the screen (and trying to read into it what it "means") it would certainly divert my focus.

Why do this to yourself? It doesn't help, it can ONLY hurt, and ultimately is useless information.

Stop torturing yourselves! Read the question, post your answer, and repeat until the Blue Screen of Death (j/k!) rears itself. Then it's over. Analyzing how many of which type is of no use to you, honestly.

[rob4546, ADN, BSN, MSN]

Who cares if somebody keeps track of the types of questions they get?!

You are right, but I am not sure the OP's topic was fully understood. The OP is just stating that the type of questions that you answer have no bearing on how hard your exam is or the percentages of pass/fail. It wont help in anyway because the questions are random. I may have gotten 13-15 SATA but if I were to take it again then I might get anywhere from 4-5 to 27-35.

To clear up the topic a little it would be better to say, "15-30% of the questions will be SATA so these types of questions should be practiced because it is a large portion of the test." Spending time making tick marks and counting question types in essence does no good, other than to keep you busy on a already challenging test.

So count questions if you want, it doesn't matter. ORRRRRR, take each question one at a time and focus on the stem and pick the correct answer. On thing I have told fellow classmates is "if you have been taking the NCLEX for 35 minutes the next question number is always number 1." Why? Because the question you see is like the first question of the test, it has nothing in common with the questions before it or after it. One question at a time.

[OneHappyRN]

I didn't count my questions, but if I think back, I can tell that I had around 20 SATA, 2 EKG, 5 Drop and Drag. I didn't do a "checklist". Everyone is different, though. Some people aren't distracted easily.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

You are right, but I am not sure the OP's topic was fully understood. The OP is just stating that the type of questions that you answer have no bearing on how hard your exam is or the percentages of pass/fail. It wont help in anyway because the questions are random. I may have gotten 13-15 SATA but if I were to take it again then I might get anywhere from 4-5 to 27-35.

To clear up the topic a little it would be better to say, "15-30% of the questions will be SATA so these types of questions should be practiced because it is a large portion of the test." Spending time making tick marks and counting question types in essence does no good, other than to keep you busy on a already challenging test.

So count questions if you want, it doesn't matter. ORRRRRR, take each question one at a time and focus on the stem and pick the correct answer. On thing I have told fellow classmates is "if you have been taking the NCLEX for 35 minutes the next question number is always number 1." Why? Because the question you see is like the first question of the test, it has nothing in common with the questions before it or after it. One question at a time.

BINGO. Unfortunate that I can't click "Like" more than one time! :)