Endocrine Disorders

Wendy2006 · Mar 30, 2008

yes, it is true.

Sweet T · Mar 30, 2008

Not sure if its true but I had alot of endocrine questions on my test. Got all 265 and I did not pass. I made sure I reviewed endrocrine. Getting ready foe 2nd time

Baby ghurL · Mar 30, 2008

Not sure if its true but I had a lot of endocrine questions on my test. Got all 265 and I did not pass. I made sure I reviewed endrocrine. Getting ready foe 2nd time

Then maybe its true because you stopped at 75 then maybe your on the median line in passing... your hitting the high level questions but not enough in making it in the top of the line.. I know for sure you'll be getting your RN license the 2nd time you took the test. Best of luck to you!

Baby ghurL · Mar 30, 2008

Not sure if its true but I had a lot of endocrine questions on my test. Got all 265 and I did not pass. I made sure I reviewed endrocrine. Getting ready foe 2nd time

Then maybe its true because you stopped at 265 then maybe your on the median line in passing... your hitting the high level questions but not enough in making it in the top of the line.. I know for sure you'll be getting your RN license the 2nd time you took the test. Best of luck to you!

onyx77 · Mar 30, 2008

Can't say that I've ever heard this. I don't remember any endocrine questions being on my NCLEX. All I remeber is a whole lot of priority and delgation questions. I passed with 100 questions on the first try. Ofcourse it is a possibility that I had those questions and just don't remember them.

NICURN04 · Mar 30, 2008

don't know if its true or not, but when I took Boards almost a month ago and half of mine was on endocrine!

suzanne4, RN · Mar 30, 2008

The exam will focus on your weak points. Depends on the Endocrine question if it is a higher level or not, there is not one simple answer to that. And if one is getting the majority of their questions in endocrine it is because they were not answering the others correctly.

Each person that writes the exam gets 50% correct and 50% incorrect. Does not matter who it is, but they go by the level of the questions where the majority of them are above a certain level. Nothing more than that.

That is why there is no numerical result issued, just pass or no pass.

racing-mom4, BSN, RN · Mar 31, 2008

I never heard that, but I wonder if it is true---after I took my Nclex I emailed my Med Surg 2 teacher and told her it was a Med Surg 2 type of test----Med Surg 2 is where we learned about endocrine--I had a diabetes question, cushings, addisons, and SIAD question---

Crazy thing is and I have no idea how--but I swear I did not have a single Maternity question, at least not that I can recall and I have a pretty good memory and only took 75 questions...

How could Nclex grant me a license with out questioning me on Maternity--I had a few who would you see 1st questions where kids were the patients, and one question on what reflex in a baby would you report to the Dr.

But no pregnancy questions at all---and of course, I went into Nclex thinking off all the categories I am weak in it is Maternity....

Sometimes I almost feel bad like I got the dumby test and passed. ---well I dont feel that bad!!!

suzanne4, RN · Mar 31, 2008

Out of the 75 questions, 15 are also ones that do not count, they are questions that they are checking on before putting them in an exam and having them count. But you do not know which ones that they are.

Each exam is different and not all areas will be covered on each and every exam, but one does not know what will not be covered.

Glad to hear that you passed the exam.

onyx77 · Mar 31, 2008

The exam will focus on your weak points. Depends on the Endocrine question if it is a higher level or not, there is not one simple answer to that. And if one is getting the majority of their questions in endocrine it is because they were not answering the others correctly.
Each person that writes the exam gets 50% correct and 50% incorrect. Does not matter who it is, but they go by the level of the questions where the majority of them are above a certain level. Nothing more than that.
That is why there is no numerical result issued, just pass or no pass.

Funny you mention that! Several of our instructors said that there is no way. I felt differently! Besides the priority and delegation questions I had a lot of maternity and psych questions - my two weakest areas! I am a believer now! But, that also go to show that even when tested on our weakest areas we can still pass that NCLEX!

Brian F · Mar 31, 2008

I took the NCLEX back in September of 07 and I NEVER heard anything like that about endocrine being higher level questions, who ever told you that is probably lying to you or they dont like endocrine themselves. simply..its BS

The NCLEX is broken into different parts and the test no matter how many questions you get are part of each section. They can not ask you all endocrine or all psych, it is impossible!!! They have to ask you different questions to be fair to all who take the test and involve the different areas of nursing. I forget the breakdown of what % each section is but for instance does maternity involve the endocrin system? Of course it does, the endocrine system generaly involves every other system in the body in some way. may it seem like you had a lot of endocrine or psych..yea maybe but they were endocrine/psych relating to different areas and not soley endocrine questions. I had a question about diabetes... that is an endocrine question, no big deal...

I had a mix of questions and when I left the testing center I was positive I passed. I knew a lot of the answers and would have loved to see which ones I got wrong because I am sure the % was low. It seemed to me that I had no higher level question and I thouht it was easier than nursing school. I guess maybe I was just prepared to take it and confident in what I knew inorder to pass it. I had 75 questions. Like the moderator said, 15 of them dont count and are just preliminary questions they may use on the next revision of the NCLEX. Those are the ones I think I got some wrong because some were meds I never heard of so I took an educated guess. The NCLEX is broken down in to those different catagories no matter what you hear from other people. I took a review class through a team called "Stat nursing" they specialize in those who failed the first time and help first timers to see what they need to improve on. Either you have a problem answering questions (thinking throuh them such as a higer level question) or else it is a knowledge issue that you just did not know the answer. The one lady who presented this review session on test taking did not focus on knowledge but on how to take the test and how to answer the questions, that is prob the biggest hurdle for most. Oh and by the way... she is on the board of those who talk to the ones who make up the NCLEX test and is who gave us this information I just gave to you. She talks to them to see where there thinking is comming from in order to help teach the class more effectively so if anyone know it would definately be her...

just some food for thought... hope that helps to clear some things up about the test.

take care and good luck to those who have to take it yet, but if you're prepared, you will do fine, remain calm.