NCLEX CUT OFF AT 85,PASS OR FAIL??

USA987, MSN, RN, NP · Oct 9, 2000

Hi there,

I rememer seeing some statistics in the bulletin that they send you with your authorization to test. I can't remember what they were, but I thought it was something like 82% with an 85 pass the test. My computer also shut off with an 85 and I passed. Good luck to you!

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NikkiN · Oct 9, 2000

well if it's anything like the RN exam either you did really well or you totally failed - the computer would have kept giving you more questions to test your competency...how do you think you did?

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cargal · Oct 9, 2000

My classmate who was historically a poor test taker took the whole 3? hours. Mine shut off at 85 and I was a good test taker and even though I was confident, I felt that there are basically two wrong answers, a med to right answer then classic right answers and they are looking for very bottomline unsafe practicioners-very hard to do if you used elimination and critical thinking. Good Luck!

TEETEEGRAY · Oct 10, 2000

I FEEL LIKE I DONE WELL, IT WAS SOME QUESTIONS ON THERE THAT I HAD TO GUESS AT, I HAD SOME ON HINDU,CATHOLIC, AND JEWISH ALL ABOUT THEIR DIET AND DEATH BELIEFS, I REALLY DID NOT HAVE ALOT OF ONE THING, SOME PT. TEACHING.I JUST DO NOT KNOW,SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I PASSED IT AND SOMETIMES I FEEL AS IF I FAILED, SO I GUESS THAT I WILL FIND OUT IN TWO WEEKS. THANKS FOR RESPONDING!

NurseMom · Oct 11, 2000

I took the boards in MA 5 years ago. My computer shut off after 75 questions, and I passed. The majority of the other graduates I know who took the boards also had their computers shut off after 75 questions and they passed. The only fails I heard of took 3-plus hours of questions.

Good Luck!

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