I think I failed!

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i took the nclex-pn exam today and stopped at 85 questions. i know that the number of questions does not infleunce which way the results go. here's the problem...i had absolutely no clue what i was doing, i didn't know most of the answers (probably knew about 15-25% of them. i didn't study (i studied on sunday and monday and took the exam today -tuesday)...i didn't have adequate sleep last night, didn't have dinner or breakfast, and was starving and sleepy on my drive to the testing center. i really should have re-scheduled this exam...i knew i wasn't ready, but went for it anyway. i am now wishing that i had not told my friends that i was taking the exam today...at least that way i could just tell them that i am taking my time and will schedule it in about a month and a half (the 45 days after which one can re-test). at least that way, no one would have had to know. i feel like i have let myself down. i mean what the heck was i thinking not studying and not rescheduling the exam? that's the question that keeps going over and over in my mind. is there anyone that was 100 % sure that they failed (not just thought they might have maybe failed) and ended up passing?

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Specializes in NICU, Psych, Education.
is there anyone that was 100 % sure that they failed (not just thought they might have maybe failed) and ended up passing?

we see this pretty commonly over on the nclex discussion forum. keep in mind that the exam is designed so that both passers and failers get ~50% right.

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Specializes in NICU, Psych, Education.

Moved from the LPN/LVN Corner to the NCLEX Discussion Forum.

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wow...94 views and no responses? :(

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I would have bet money that I faild I took the NCLEX PN yesterday. But here in Ohio the board of nursing will update their website before they tell you that you passed and I have my license. I honestly was clueless. I thought I got a few of them right but not enough to pass, NO WAY. But I did. Mine stopped on 85 questions as well.

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.

Good luck, I bet you did better thank you think!

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Good luck :)

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thanks to everyone that responded. i did pass :balloons:...i found out 2 days after the test. i was so sure,,,i mean absolutely-without-a-doubt sure that i had failed. now i'm trying to figure out where to work. i think i'm a little scared of being out there on my own :uhoh3:

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Specializes in Telemetry/Med Surg.

Congratulations!!!

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Specializes in none.

Wow!! Maybe I should try that, but I'm too scared. You must of known your stuff. Congratulations!!!!!!!

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wow!! maybe i should try that, but i'm too scared. you must of known your stuff. congratulations!!!!!!!

i would definitely not advise that you do what i did. i mean all the nervousness and fear and confusion is just not worth it after the exam. when i take my nclex-rn exams, i will definitely not be doing the same thing. i will put time into studying. at least that way, before the results are out, i can tell myself that at least i'll know i gave it my all.

and i must say that i'm ashamed to admit that the reason why i decided to rush and take the exams, was because a bunch of friends and i were going away on vacation that friday and i just could not see myself having fun with the thought of the exams having over my head the entire time, or studying after the vacation.

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