to clear up confusion about nclex and (some rumors i've seen here on this site) and just some tips...
~nclex is not graded like nursing school exams, where you have to make a certain score to pass.
~you must show that you are more consistently right than wrong when answering test questions, so that means you must at a minimum, get more test questions right than wrong.
~if you had 265 questions, you have a 50/50 chance of passing. what it means: you kept the computer guessing, at no point did you convince the computer that you were more consistently right or wrong, so it kept giving you more questions to try and figure you out
~if you had 75 questions and didnt pass, you have alot of studying to do, it meant that at 75, the computer already determined that you were getting more consistently wrong than right
~there is no such thing as "a random test subject getting the whole test", this is a huge myth
~it is true that there are questions that are "pilot" questions, but you dont know which ones, and they dont count toward your score, there only here to ensure they are valid so they can encorporate them later into the test as a real question. there however is no magic number.
~the test is not trying to search out your weaknesses, this is a computer, not a person, it has no soul.
~if you go past 75 questions...your not failing, your still passing! if you were failing, it would have just cut off at 75, you are still getting more questions right than wrong.
really?? there are 25 pilot questions on the nclex pn?? where did you hear that??
i read it in the nclex booklet that they give out with all the faq's about the nclex, how to go about applying, payments, required id etc. it was written by ncsbn. who is the group that oversees testing, puts policies into effect etc.
its true, 15 test questions that are not counted toward your score in the nclex rn and 25 in the nclex pn
i read it in the nclex booklet that they give out with all the faq's about the nclex, how to go about applying, payments, required id etc. it was written by ncsbn. who is the group that oversees testing, puts policies into effect etc.
its true, 15 test questions that are not counted toward your score in the nclex rn and 25 in the nclex pn
ok thank you!! i hope those 25 questions worked for me and not against me!! meaning i hope any wrong questions i got, those were it!!
CT Pixie, BSN, RN
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i read it in the nclex booklet that they give out with all the faq's about the nclex, how to go about applying, payments, required id etc. it was written by ncsbn. who is the group that oversees testing, puts policies into effect etc.
its true, 15 test questions that are not counted toward your score in the nclex rn and 25 in the nclex pn