Did I pass the NCLEX?

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I took the NCLEX exam today and it was terrible. Everytime I would read a question I would think, that is a no brainer, this is what needs to happen. Without fail, the answer I wanted was never there :scrying: . It was terrible. I graduated with 4.0 and I don't think I passed it. There were many things on there I've never even heard of. I know they are looking for a basic level of competency but what is that level? I didn't get any "basic" questions, I felt like they were all hard but the same hard. I didn't feel like they fluctuated in difficulty like I expected them to. I had 75 questions, do you think that is a good thing or that I just failed really badly. So worried. Please somebody help!!!!!!! :scrying:

Guess what I passed!!!! For those of you waiting for results, let me give you hope..my test seemed just like a couple people on here who did not pass. I missed the first and last question-I felt like I got a lot wrong in the beginning that seemed like the "easier level question" and the end seemed easier with a lot of priority. I also got asked a similar question 2-3 times on the same topic (and I got a couple of those wrong). Moral of the story is you can't guess the outcome of your NCLEX. There is no way of knowing what level of questions you have reached. I had to wait 3 days and I beat myself up for no good reason..I was so sure I failed, but I didn't! Thank you to jturner and aprilmelissa for your support. Good luck to everyone!!!!!!

*******by the way I used Saunders for content and Kaplans for strategy.

All the questions are easy when you are familiar with the content!

It is very hard to tell which are the "hard" questions and which are the easier questions. What seems hard to one person may be easier to another. When I review the questions, I am often surprised that an easy item turned out to be hard for the candidates and vice-versa. It really comes down to how candidates performed when the item was pretested. If high-ability candidates had a hard time with it, it will test out to be a hard item.

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I was sooo glad to find this thread. I took my NCLEX today. I felt very prepared. But...at about 35 questions, I asked myself if it was time to just leave. I felt that bad about it all. When I got up to question 74, I started praying that it wouldn't shut off at 75. Then it did. I just sat there. I walked out in tears, told my family I knew I had failed and proceeded to try to find answers to the questions I could remember - Many of which weren't in my Saunder's book. I scored high on my nursing exams and the HESI tests, but this test - wow. I had no math, about 8 "select all that apply" and tons of assignment/priority questions. I also kept getting questions that were very similar. This waiting is terrible. My heart goes out to those who have to wait for "mail results." Good luck to all. My prayers are with you.

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Tess,

you sound like you had the EXACT same experience.....I also took mine this AM and can find out in 48hrs.....

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I took the test on 6/29 and passed with 75 questions. felt the same way you did but it worked out for me and will for you. Keep the faith. let us know

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tess , keep your head up, i also had no math questions , had only 75 questions, also felt like the last ten questions repeated themselves, and i had to wait on the mail to come, i still passed, so good luck and i also like you had alot of priority questions, which were awful, the one i can still remember was that all these patients i had were all going to die and which one needed priorty imediete care, anyway good luck .....

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manursehopeful -

be sure to let me know when you get your results. i"ll be sending prayers for success your way.

to the rest of you - thank you for sharing your experiences and sending positive thoughts my way. it gives me a glimmer of hope.

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I took the nclex RN today and I too shut off at 75. I got 5 select all that apply and no math calculations. I also had tons of prioritizing and who would you discharge first, who would you call back first, etc. I don't think the questions got much harder or easier. I am so nervous. I feel like I got all of them wrong. Please help!!!!!

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I took the nclex RN today and I too shut off at 75. I got 5 select all that apply and no math calculations. I also had tons of prioritizing and who would you discharge first, who would you call back first, etc. I don't think the questions got much harder or easier. I am so nervous. I feel like I got all of them wrong. Please help!!!!!

Devo165 - I hear you. The last 33 hours have been awful. I am ssssooo thankful for this website/thread. It has given me hope as I hope it does you too. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.

One of my instructors told me not getting math questions was a good thing. She said these are more basic questions. Does anyone know if this is true?

Do the results ever post outside of "normal working hours?" (will they post this late at night or will it be morning before they post again?)

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Hey Tess322- How is it going? I also heared that no math questions is a good thing and that a lot of prioriy questions indicate higher level questions, but who knows? I don't know if you get the results earlier, because my friend took it a day before me and her results we available after about 49 hours after she started the test. (She passed with 175 questions!) So I don't know if they come sooner, but believe me, I have been checking! Good luck and I hope to address the two of us as tess322 R.N. and devo165 R.N.-

Keep me updated!

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devo165 and the rest of you who wished me well....thank you

i passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm shaking so bad i can hardly type!! i printed out the page and keep looking at the pass and making sure its my name at the top! i finished my exam at 1:30pm and my results didn't come for 50 hours!

thanks again to all. please post your outcomes too so we can celebrate together! vbmenu_register("postmenu_1729927", true);

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devo165 and the rest of you who wished me well....thank you

i passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm shaking so bad i can hardly type!! i printed out the page and keep looking at the pass and making sure its my name at the top! i finished my exam at 1:30pm and my results didn't come for 50 hours!

thanks again to all. please post your outcomes too so we can celebrate together! vbmenu_register("postmenu_1729927", true);

i literally laughed out loud at your post, it was so excited and so genuine, and such a pleasure to read!! :)

congratulations on your well-earned, well-deserved license to practice!

(license to stop practicing questions, too!)

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Wow tess, it is amazing, I hope I can join you as an RN tom!!!! I wish much luck in your new career. Still waiting for my answer but will let you know...CONGRATS again! devo165

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