How many got only 75 questions?

[cindib]

I took the NCLEX yesterday morning and I was done in an hour and only got 75 questions. When it shut off, my heart sank and I felt sick. I had no dosage cal. questions(which I'm good at), lots of pharm.(which I suck at), and a ton of priority questions. I hate this waiting and it's only been one day.

[hawkswin]

I got 75 questions and just found out I passed!! YEA FOR ALL OF US!!!! RNS kick a$$! Let's all never forget how grateful and happy we feel right now so that we always provide compassionate, non-burned out care to people.

[victoriainvt]

I took it today and it stopped in 75. I feel totally ill. I swear I almost threw up in the car. I made all a's in school and had a 1052 on my HESI, so I can't figure out why it seemed soooooo hard.

does anyone know if you really have to wait the 48hrs for the quick results??

[rbrabbit]

don't worry so much about the number of questions. it is my understanding (i don't know if this is true, but i was told) that if during the test your computer hesitates then you got the question wrong and the computer was searching its memory for a question as difficult or easier than the one that you missed. i answered 75 questions and my computer hesitated four times. i passed!

[lgjackson]

Hi Victoriainvt:

I know exactly how you feel !! My nerves are frazzled !!! To the point of nausea and diarrhea !!!! After the test, I came home and went straight to bed. I felt like a total idiot after taking that NCLEX and now it seems only a blur. I was a very good student in school, studied my butt off with Kaplan and Mosby. I just don't think anything could have prepared us for that test. Can't remember the questions other than many were on priority and medications with a few mental health sprinkled in from time-to-time. I have been a basket case since I took it yesterday, June 4th at 9:00 a.m and still do not have the results yet. Our board of nursing here in North Carolina said it takes 5 business days to post license information, so I am going to rely heavily on Quick Results until then. Only 15 more hours to go until I find out. I'm terrified to look. May have my husband do it for me and and break the news eeeeaaaasssssyyyy.

[victoriainvt]

I think we're in the same boat. I go from thinking I did OK, to knowing I did terribly! I had mostly pharm and prioritizing, I think I had some peds questions, no math (which is what Im good at!!) I can't remember any questions except the ones Im sure I got wrong, which must be at least 10 or 20. I think I knew about 20 and guessed between the 2 best on the rest. Let me know if it takes the full 48 hrs for the quick post. Im going to go have a drink to help me cope!! (great for a nurse huh??)

[CrunchyLaborRN]

I took the nclex-rn today (june 5th) and had 75 questions. Finished in about 45 minutes. Cried when the computer shut off I made above average grades in school, studied my butt off for a month doing at least 3,000 questions and did really well on a predicter test (arnett).... felt like I didn't know a damn thing. I guess we will know on thursday...

[victoriainvt]

I took it today also, so we can be depressed and anxious together tomorrow, too!! Does your state allow the quick result?? I've already checked a million times.

[CrunchyLaborRN]

I am in florida and we do have quick results so I *should* find out Thursday by 9am. I should be like 10 pounds lighter by then.

[kaitsmama]

I did 75 in less than an hour. I was so certain I had failed! I had one dose calc early on, lots and lots of priority, some diabetes, some pre/post op, critical, some drugs, it was a major mix of questions! I found out today that I passed

[hawkswin]

Victoria - try and relax, I know easier said than done. I too got a 1058 on my HESI the first time I took it, a 1215 the second time (my school tested us twice), got As in school, and got 75 on the nclex and passed. Until about 12 hours ago when I found out, I was destroyed thinking I had failed. Our stories sound similar, and I suspect your result will be the same.

That said, man in hindsight I don't feel the HESI is a very good replica of the NCLEX! I left the HESI feeling like I owned that thing - not at all after taking the NCLEX.

[victoriainvt]

I totally agree that the HESI was nothing like the NCLEX, except for the format. I had no apprehension with the HESI, I could almost count the ones I got right and wrong. The NCLEX, I have no idea. I woke up 20 times last night remembering other questions that I had a hard time with. I want it to be tomorrow!!!

[hawkswin]

Keep us posted on your results. Mine came in 24 hours through my state board of nursing website. They still haven't shown up yet on "quick results". I really feel for those in Cali who have to wait weeks.