BOARDS: Good or bad if computer shuts down @ 75??

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I just took the boards and it seemed that q question had 2 possible answers.I prepared for the test by taking a reveiw course and by doing 100 reveiw questions/day for 6 weeks, and yet p/ having taken the test I don't feel certain whether I passed or failed and the computer turned off @ the minimum of 75 questions. My question is this: Is it usually a good thing or a bad thing when the computer turns off @ the minimum? Does anyone know?

Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

Hallelu... YIPPEE! smile.gif)

I hate to tell you this but anyoneone who can just graduate from Nursing school IS competent-it's just a matter of whether you are a good test-taker or you have too much anxiety taking the test. I cannot believe you would insinuate someone to be incompetent if they failed at 75. there are a lot of reasons for it.

Originally posted by OBNURSEHEATHER:

Since 75 is the minimum of questions you can receive, shutting off at 75 means that you very clearly demonstrated something. Whether that something is that you are a safe competent nurse or you are a danger to society is something that I think you can figure out. Mine shut off at 75 also, and I passed. (yeah!) What it comes down to is you're either extremely competent or extremely incompetent. When you look at it in those extremes, I think that will put your mind at ease. Please keep us posted! It's been 2 years for me, but I remember that time when my mailman though I was one crazy girl for waiting for him everyday! (What a relief that big white envelope was!)

HEATHER

If it's any consolation, almost no one fails the second time smile.gif

I just had to share my excitment, I just got the word that my niece just passed her boards and is now an LPN. I am so proud of her. She has struggled through many trials of life and now she has something so wonderfully positive to build on. Also, in response to this question, she only had 83 questions. She was convinced she had failed and I sent her a link to this website to encourage her.

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