I know there are many people in the past that were distraught after taking all 265 questions on the NCLEX-RN. Well I'm making it known that you can still pass at 265.
I was less prepared than I thought I was. I studied that 35 page study guide that gets thrown around these parts and a couple hundred NCLEX app questions. And I crammed. I also assumed that I was going to take at most an hour and a half and told my dad to be back by then lol. Oh man was I wrong! I began to lose hope as time wore on and each question went by. This was hard! Holy SATA! And priority! Ouch. I thought I was getting most of them wrong. 2 hours go by, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours! And I almost didn't have enough time to finish! I finished 265 about 1.5 minutes before 6 hours and after 265 it alerts me that I'm taking the research section and it should take 30 min. I was like.... "heck no!" And the questions continued to count up... 266, 267....um what? Times up! WHAT A NIGHTMARE!!!
I had a mixed bag of emotions, but I was pretty ticked off. I knew I had failed. No questions. I even broke the news to mom and dad. Oh my dad lol. He was like "omg! You told me 1.5 hours!"... But he was cool. I started at 3:20 and ended at 9:20! I was tired, sleep deprived, and starving. Had some food, felt better. Read up on allnurses.com. Saw how everyone had similar experiences. And there were 265ers just like myself, who knew they failed but ended up passing,.... hmm, could I have possibly passed?
I did the pearsonvue trick the next morning after a good night's sleep. I knew I'd have to take it again anyway. But to my astonishment I got the good pop-up. That didn't solve the world's problems or anything like that. But it took the edge off. Lo and behold, several hours later I checked my state boards website for my license and it was ACTIVATED THAT MORNING! I had passed!
The moral of the story is that you can pass at 265! You never know for sure. And yes the PVT is accurate! Good luck everyone!
