Latest changes to NCLEX

Published

Specializes in Psychiatry, Oncology.

Hi all who have taken the test recently and those in the know! I am wondering about the latest changes to NCLEX.

- we've heard from Hurst that SATA questions can still not be just ONE but can now be ALL.. Neither ATI nor Kaplan could confirm this.

- We've heard that all pharm questions are now using generic names ONLY. True or false?

- I hear constantly on this site that people get so so many SATA. Yet testing companies keep saying that this is just people's perception.

I would much appreciate any comments about what you know (and are reasonably certain) are the latest changes to expect. Taking my test at the end of Jan.

Thanks in advance!

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Home Health; Hospice.

Anyone who answers on here needs to be very careful with how this question is answered. Revealing too much information about the NCLEX is grounds for revocation or denial of license. What I am going to suggest is for you to read the NCLEX candidate information about your questions. Or, call your testing center and ask them for additional information. Just be very careful about what you disclose on a public forum. Good luck with your nclex, we all walk out feeling like we failed!

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ICU.

Sata is not new in nclex rn exam. It was introduced before year 2000. In regards to generic name only in exam yes this is the latest changes. Pls visit ncsbn.org for further questions regarding nclex rn and changes on ncles test plan percentage. Goodluck!

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Psychiatry, Oncology.

OK, sorry, I didn't intend to ask anything inappropriate. I thought maybe some of this information exists in the public domain and I just don't know where to look. For example, if only generic names of drugs will be used, I would think NCLEX candidates would be informed, but I did not see anything to that effect in the official bulletin.

That said, if moderators feel this is not an appropriate question, please feel free to delete.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

The place to look for clarification of test content is the NCSBN website.

https://www.ncsbn.org/index.htm

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ICU.

If u didnt see the generic name only on nclex rn. Go to FAQs of ncsbn.org . 😊 they post whats the latest nclex test plan and the nclex scoring.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Psychiatry, Oncology.

I looked though their 2014 bulletin and the current NCLEX RN plan but did not see anything on that. I will check again, thanks.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

If you don't find it, you can always contact them directly. There is contact info on the website.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ICU.

Not the bulletin nclex plan. Somewhere in FAQs . But im telling its only generic name in nclex exam. 😊

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Psychiatry, Oncology.

OK, cool, thanks all.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Regarding SATA questions: the number any candidate receives is random. Some will see many, some will see few, and some will not remember correctly either way. Their presence is indicative of nothing; it is only a type of format for questions to be posed. They can be above-passing or below-passing.

And NO ONE likes them ;)

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Psychiatry, Oncology.

Agreed on that:)

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion