Just finished taking NCLEX...

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I just finished taking my test & I had 75 questions. This was my 3rd time taking it. I don't know how I feel about it. I had at least 5-7 select all that apply, no math, a couple of meds & TONS of priority, 2 delegation questions two pediatrics questions, 2-3 external disaster questions, & basic lab questions.

The first time I took the test I had 75 & obviously we all know what happened there, the second time I had 265 questions. With each time, I'm a little more prepared. I do tend to procrastinate though, which I hate.

I would suggest doing practice questions & knowing patho.

I was getting bummed because I talked to a former classmate to tell him my test breakdown, & he said, "Oh no, if you got a lot of select all that apply questions, is that good or bad?" I told him that I didn't know. Then he said, "I talked to so-and-so & she said she got a lot of those, & she failed. I think they keep giving them if you keep messing them up." That wasn't what I needed to hear. Now the waiting game begins.

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I also had at least 5-7 select all that apply questions, shut off at 75, and I passed! Good luck!

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I just finished taking my test & I had 75 questions. This was my 3rd time taking it. I don't know how I feel about it. I had at least 5-7 select all that apply, no math, a couple of meds (Theophylline, Ritonavir, Zofran), & TONS of priority, 2 delegation questions (one for an RN who is floated to another floor, & one for an LPN/LVN), two pediatrics questions, 2-3 external disaster questions, & basic lab questions.

The first time I took the test I had 75 & obviously we all know what happened there, the second time I had 265 questions. With each time, I'm a little more prepared. I do tend to procrastinate though, which I hate.

I would suggest doing practice questions & knowing patho.

I was getting bummed because I talked to a former classmate to tell him my test breakdown, & he said, "Oh no, if you got a lot of select all that apply questions, is that good or bad?" I told him that I didn't know. Then he said, "I talked to so-and-so & she said she got a lot of those, & she failed. I think they keep giving them if you keep messing them up." That wasn't what I needed to hear. Now the waiting game begins.

Hi pie 123! Thanks for letting us know what types of questions you got on your NCLEX. I'm crossing my fingers for you!! :) I heard that it's just a myth that they give you multiple numbers of the same type of question because you're getting them wrong. I think if you got that many select all that apply, it means the opposite: they are a harder level of question and you got a lot of them cuz you were doing so well on the exam! That is what I think! :) Let us know when you find out the results!!

-Christine

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Hi pie 123! Thanks for letting us know what types of questions you got on your NCLEX. I'm crossing my fingers for you!! :) I heard that it's just a myth that they give you multiple numbers of the same type of question because you're getting them wrong. I think if you got that many select all that apply, it means the opposite: they are a harder level of question and you got a lot of them cuz you were doing so well on the exam! That is what I think! :) Let us know when you find out the results!!

-Christine

Thank you. I had originally heard the same thing about the select all that apply questions. After my test, I ran into a girl who had just finished hers, she had 86 questions, & had just graduated from my former college in May. She said that the select all that apply questions were now a part of the test, & didn't mean that one was necessarily doing well on the test. I don't know! I do not like this feeling...at all! Thank you for your kind words :) If I drank, I would get so messed up tonight that I wouldn't even know my own name! But unfortunately, I don't. Plus, I guess it wouldn't be very good to go into work wasted :uhoh21:

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I also had at least 5-7 select all that apply questions, shut off at 75, and I passed! Good luck!

Oh...I am holding out hope that I have the same luck! Thanks!

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:rotfl: Hey I took my NCLEX yesterday...had 75 questions...alot similar to your format,,,and had 5 or 6 that were select all that apply.........I passed so Keep your chin up...the test stoping at 75 seems to be goood...I know it didn't before for you..........I'm sure you did fine..............GOODLUCK...TRes

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:rotfl: Hey I took my NCLEX yesterday...had 75 questions...alot similar to your format,,,and had 5 or 6 that were select all that apply.........I passed so Keep your chin up...the test stoping at 75 seems to be goood...I know it didn't before for you..........I'm sure you did fine..............GOODLUCK...TRes

You took it YESTERDAY & already know that you passed? WOW! That's fast! Congratulations!

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You took it YESTERDAY & already know that you passed? WOW! That's fast! Congratulations!

THANKS ever so much.........

you will do as well..............KEEP YOUR CHIN UP...

yah the State Boards in Montana sent me a e-mail...I was shocked...

the waiting is so sucky.......I will have my fingers crossed for you..... :)

GOOOOOD LUCK in your future....................... :rolleyes:

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Have Hope, Okay? I also had 75 questions, and my format was VERY similar to yours. The fact that you had priority questions is a good sign. Those are high-level questions. The waiting is agony, believe me, I know. I just found out that I passed yesterday at 2:00 pm. Let us know when you find out!!

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Hey everyone~ I took NCLEX today too and it shut off at 75! I actually feel kinda confident 'cause there weren't many I couldn't narrow down at all and I've been reviewing the one's I can remember and I seem to have gotten a lot of them right! The breakdown of mine from what I can remember was 3 or 4 select all that apply, 1 fill in the blank, 3 for delegating to nurses from other units, no LPN/UAP delegation, 2 infant development, 2 toddler/children's development, 1 OB, a handful of mental health, 1 therapeutic communication, a couple of patho related specifically to elderly, a lot of precautions (i.e. airborne, contact, etc), a lot of priority, and about 3 pharm. Hope that helps! Now it's just the waiting game for results!!!

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I just took my boards in Nebraska and I had around 90 questions (was trying to not concentrate on numbers) and it took me about 2 and half hours. After it got to 75 it didn't shut off I had a buttload of priority questions. I don't know if thats good or bad..but I can't say whether I got any of them right. I think there was only two questions in the whole thing that I know for sure I did good on. SOOO..what do you do while you wait so that you don't pull your hair out? (besides drinking..want to do it but know I will get too emotional)

good luck to all of you,

Christi

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I just took my boards in Nebraska and I had around 90 questions (was trying to not concentrate on numbers) and it took me about 2 and half hours. After it got to 75 it didn't shut off I had a buttload of priority questions. I don't know if thats good or bad..but I can't say whether I got any of them right. I think there was only two questions in the whole thing that I know for sure I did good on. SOOO..what do you do while you wait so that you don't pull your hair out? (besides drinking..want to do it but know I will get too emotional)

good luck to all of you,

Christi

Hey, don't worry. Priority questions are a very good sign because they are high level. This is not one of those tests that you can say "Oh, I know I got this one right or wrong." Also, 90 questions is not a lot! If you graduated nursing school, then you have the knowledge. Just let it go and trust God that His plan will happen perfectly. There is nothing you can do but wait. A word to the wise, GO DO SOMETHING! Do NOT sit in your house and wait around. That will just make you miserable. God bless you!

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