How do you determine level of questions in NCLEX

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Specializes in Operating Room, Ophthalmic Nursing.

Hi! I just took the NCLEX last June 16 and during the test I thought I was doing well until I stopped at 75. Now I am waiting for the results and I feel more and more convinced that I failed. I don’t know if there are cues to tell if you did well on the exam just by the type of questions you get. I saw some says SATAs are heigh level questions. I think I got some but mine mostly says “what patient response needs immediate attention” or “what response made by the patient/LPN indicates understanding” something like that. I am really getting anxious. Some said that to fail at 75 you must have really messed up.

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Specializes in NICU.

The best predictor of pass/fail at 75 questions is your performance in nursing school. If you did very well (high nursing GPA), went to a school with an 85% or higher first time NCLEX pass rate and did not take any mind altering substances or opiate pain medicine prior to the test, then you passed at 75 questions.

NCLEX is a Computer Adaptive Test (CAT). It looks at the last 60 questions to determine your competency with a high probability. If for the last 60 questions, you were answering questions correctly and incorrectly within a narrow band and you were continuously above the pass line throughout those 60 questions, the test will stop and you passed.

It is extremely unlikely that a graduate that did very well in nursing school would do so terribly on the first 75 questions that the computer determined that you had zero probability to pass the test.

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical.

Did you pass?

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