I'm sick....

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So I just took NCLEX and it took me all the way to 265!!!!!!!! I started to rush towards the end because I was afraid I would run out of time...I finished with FOUR min. left. I know I got the last question right and it was a SATA, are all SATA's higher level questions? Is this any indication of pass/fail?

It was a very very east SATA.....I dont want to do this again.

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No real way to tell...the PVT is reasonably reliable....Did you try that yet? If you live in a state where quick results are available, you can have the result in 48 hours. Wishing you the best!

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Here is some info from the NCSBN website regarding CAT.

https://m.ncsbn.org/4700.htm

Educate yourself and hopefully it will ease your anxiety a bit. There is no way to know if you have passed/failed by the number of questions, amount of time or whether or not you got that's question incorrect.

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Specializes in Emergency Department.

Not all SATA are above passing standard... Try the PVT and you'll have a reasonably good answer as to whether you passed or failed. The fact that you went all 265 means you were near passing standard throughout the entire exam. Hopefully you have passed. If not, it's not the end as you'll be able to take a better educated shot at the NCLEX next time.

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Are the SATA questions considered higher level? It depends... and by that I mean it depends on who you ask. There is at least one contributing author here who states they are just alternative format and not indicative of difficulty level. But there are anecdotal stories that they are higher level... Who knows. Doesn't really affect the outcome of the results. Each one is either answered correctly or not. Good luck to you.

Don

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

No not all SATA are higher level questions. There are higher and lower level (per Bloom's Taxonomy and other standard assessments) versions for all types of questions (traditional multiple choice, SATA, calculation, ordering, drag & drop, fill in).

This is explained extensively in the NCLEX test plans and the NCSBN FAQs

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