Facts about NCLEX results

scaredsilly, BSN, RN · Aug 29, 2014

JustBeachy,

Awesome post! Everything you say is 100% correct. I would like to add to it however:

Fact: If your results are cancelled because you were caught attempting to cheat, no one hear can help you. You have the option of hiring an attorney but most likely you will not win. No nurse on this forum is going to extend much sympathy, we all managed to pass without cheating.

Fact: No two people are alike, so we cannot tell you how to study. We can and will make suggestions, but you have been through school, you know what works for you and we cannot give you a one size fits all answer because that doesn't exist.

monkeyhq · Aug 29, 2014

Fact: A test ending with a SATA, prioritization, or 'X-marks the spot' type of question does not mean you passed, and it does not mean you failed. It means nothing.

Junebug14, ASN, RN · Aug 29, 2014

Here you go:
Fact: You can pass or fail with minimum or maximum questions.
Fact: paying $8 for quick results after 48 hours is an accurate pass/fail result (but your BoN maypost results sooner and you can save $8)
Fact: if you attempt pay $200 to try the trick and the charge goes through there are no refunds if it turns out you passed. This has reportedly happened at least one time.
Fact: neither the new nor the old "trick" have any guaranteed accuracy they are/were exploited glitches in the registration process
Fact: the number of questions or types of questions (SATA, prioritization, etc) have no direct correlation to pass or fail
Fact: over 85% of US educated nurses pass the NCLEX on their first attempt.
Fact: once you get the blue screen and your test is over there is NOTHING that you can do to change the outcome of whether you passed or failed. The only way to alter the results of the NCLEX is in your preparation in the years and months leading up to the NCLEX. (Study hard in school, study question rationales, etc)
Fact: it's can be stressful waiting to test and results. This is expected. Try and do something nice for your self the day before and day of your exam. You deserve it.

I freaking love this post and I wish so wish everyone would read it. I am guilty of wondering about my outcome bc of the number and types questions I received, but really it doesn't matter. No clues or hints are given and nothing is guaranteed until your names shows up on the BON website and you get the license in the mail.

Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN · Aug 30, 2014

I'd amend the first one to let them know that they can pass or fail with the minimum, the maximum, and any number in between.

bsartor · Aug 30, 2014

THANK YOU!!! I did not know the percentage of people who pass on their first attempt. 85% is so reassuring to hear. I will breathe a little bit easier tonight :sleep:

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Aug 30, 2014

I'd amend the first one to let them know that they can pass or fail with the minimum, the maximum, and any number in between.

Done

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Aug 30, 2014

I freaking love this post and I wish so wish everyone would read it. I am guilty of wondering about my outcome bc of the number and types questions I received, but really it doesn't matter. No clues or hints are given and nothing is guaranteed until your names shows up on the BON website and you get the license in the mail.

Ah, but they won't. MANY have written this information, posted FAQs, posted articles, and written informative threads. And ten minutes after a Pulitzer Prize-winning thread is put up, someone will write "but I got 89 questions, 18 SATA, 4 drag/drops, 3 med calcs, used Hurst and Kaplan.....so.....do you think I passed?!"

Truth.

CT Pixie, BSN, RN · Aug 30, 2014

FACT: A large amount of SATA questions does not indicate that you are doing well nor are the always 'higher level' or at/above passing level questions. They can be lower level or 'below passing' level questions or they can be at/above. The alternate type questions (SATA, X marks the spot, drag/drop etc) are just that..alternate types, not higher level.

You can get the majority of questions being SATA and fail, just as easily as you can get few if any SATA and pass. I have many friends who've passed/failed all combos of ways (lots of SATA and failed, lots of SATA and failed, etc)

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Aug 30, 2014

FACT: A large amount of SATA questions does not indicate that you are doing well nor are the always 'higher level' or at/above passing level questions. They can be lower level or 'below passing' level questions or they can be at/above. The alternate type questions (SATA, X marks the spot, drag/drop etc) are just that..alternate types, not higher level.
You can get the majority of questions being SATA and fail, just as easily as you can get few if any SATA and pass. I have many friends who've passed/failed all combos of ways (lots of SATA and failed, lots of SATA and failed, etc)

I had maybe 2 SATA and one complicated drug calculation. I passed in (xx) minutes with minimum questions. Walked out having no idea if I passed or failed.

Nurse Leigh · Aug 30, 2014

This thread is already WAY down the line behind all those new PVT threads people are starting instead of realizing 523 people also started similar threads so I think this one is due for a BUMP. Sometimes I wonder what, if anything, some of these nursing programs are explaining about the ins and outs of NCLEX. :confused:

Junebug14, ASN, RN · Aug 30, 2014

I know my program told us about the amount of questions, but they didn't tell us anything about it the fact that it doesn't matter how many the test shuts off at or the types of questions. They definitely should.