Curious...how many attempts did it take you to pass NCLEX?

[klone]

Just wondering.

[vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN]

I passed NCLEX PN on the first try about a month after graduation.

Ditto!]

[scaredsilly, BSN, RN]

One and done. for me-not easy, but I did it, and I agree not really a good way to test people entering the profession, but no clue what they can do differently.

[NurseRatchetNY]

I'm not ashamed....it took me 5 times to pass

[Nurse Leigh]

Thankfully, passed on the first attempt.

[poppycat, ADN, BSN]

Just one, thank goodness! Way back in the old days, using paper and pencil.....when there was no such thing as Pearson Vue.....

Ther weren't even computers!

[auchiepie]

It took me 5x to pass, all within a years time span. I took it after they changed the test and increased the level of difficulty of passing. I'm not trying to use it as an excuse, but old school with the paper and pencil had to have been so much easier. I mean let's be real you can actually go back and compare answers and fix things you learn from later questions. I was a good average/ borderline above average student and taking the test is basically luck of the questions you get, how well you can calm your nerves, and how prepared you are. If you don't have all three of these on your side chances of passing are obviously not at its highest.

Good job to those who passed the first time though!

Btw, my friend just passed after 7 attempts. A friend of a friend took it about 9x. I mean passing is passing right?

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Btw, my friend just passed after 7 attempts. A friend of a friend took it about 9x. I mean passing is passing right?

I agree that passing is passing. However, at $200 per attempt, the candidate who needed to take NCLEX nine times to pass spent $1,800+ in mandatory testing fees that could have been used more constructively.

[poppycat, ADN, BSN]

I think it's ridiculous that people are allowed 9 attempts. When I graduated, the maximum was 3 attempts. After that, refresher courses were mandatory before you could try again.

[txerrn6942]

"Boards" were not easy! It was 2 days of Hell! We all knew we failed and then had to wait 6 weeks for either the big envelope or the small one!

[txrn2014]

2 times, first time I got all 265 questions. The second attempt cut off at 75!

[scaredsilly, BSN, RN]

I think that the states that allow unlimited attempts without a mandatory remediation course are doing everyone a disservice. Where I am, two tries and you go before the BON to plead for a third chance. After the third attempt you are done. Some states mandate a refresher course. Others let you take it unlimited number of times.

The extra course, or a tutor or whatever it takes to help you to learn what your weaknesses are and then work on them should be mandatory in my opinion. retesting over and over again is stressful, costly and teaches nothing at all.

I passed first time, but if I hadn't, I would have had a tutor on board before take 2.

[laKrugRN]

Just one. Thank God