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Help! - Took and Finished KAPLAN course plus ALL review q. Time Ran out during exam!

hello cquest and everyone!

I took the NCLEX this Monday July 7th. I consumed the whole 6 hours and ran out of time. The last question I saw was 255 and therefore the computer did not allow me to continue. I took the Kaplan course answered all 7 qtrainers and all qbanks, watched 75 percent of the videos, spend an average of 5-7 hours per day of studying. I would say that I have answered almost 3,000 questions and have been getting high 50s to mid 60 % on each set of question (most ppl think this is a reasonable score). I am almost certain that I failed the exam because 1. Time ran out 2. I got anxious and rattled as the numbers went up. I would say that from questions 220 up to 255 that I got hysterical and "just kept clicking" for the most part (I wouldn't say that I selected the best answer due to the fact that I was in a panic mode). I was unaware of the last 60 question rule so I was just hoping to reach # 265 and get it right.

Saw a lot of inspiring messages in this website about not losing hope. I am just worried into how should I prepare differently if I do fail. I prepared well as you can see. I incorporated discipline in my review, ran 3 miles everyday, never drank a single alcohol for the past 5 weeks and still there is a 99.9% chance that I failed.

I am just seeking help from you all what are your thoughts and advises if I do indeed fail the NCLEX after all that preparation?

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People can still pass when they have run out of time, Good luck

I have seen one or two people post on this site saying they ran out of time while taking the exam and they still passed. Your kaplan scores look good too. I don't know the way nclex works in that situation but check out what poster #7 said from this post:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f197/nclex-hail-storm-265-questions-72446.html

If I were you I wouldn't worry about how to prepare for the test if you have to take it again, you haven't even found out your results yet! Studying for this test is very intense and if you do need to retake it you need some time off to relax and clear your head.

By the way, what is the 60 question rule?

Good luck to you! :icon_hug:

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I have seen one or two people post on this site saying they ran out of time while taking the exam and they still passed. Your kaplan scores look good too. I don't know the way nclex works in that situation but check out what poster #7 said from this post:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f197/nclex-hail-storm-265-questions-72446.html

If I were you I wouldn't worry about how to prepare for the test if you have to take it again, you haven't even found out your results yet! Studying for this test is very intense and if you do need to retake it you need some time off to relax and clear your head.

By the way, what is the 60 question rule?

Good luck to you! :icon_hug:

much thanks for your inputs glamgal. From my understanding the last 60 question rule pertains to those individuals who ran out of time while taking the test. If your last question was 255 while the time ran out, they will look at questions 195-255 and gauge your performance to determine if you have been answering "passing questions" you can also look at this website from NCSBN

https://www.ncsbn.org/Pass_Fail_Rules.pdf

paragraph 2 and 5

nclex counts only the last 60 questions and you have to get them all right if you run out of time i think...someone clarify this..thats what my kaplan instructor told me. keep your head up though..i know its hard to think about ...i keep you in my thoughts and prayers...good luck:loveya:

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