Monday 6/5

hope to be a nurse · Jun 5, 2006

I took mine this morning too. It was brutal. It shut off at 75 questions and I can only hope I answered enough correctly to be able to put this behind me... Good luck to the rest of you.

Brutal is the right word. I am really really nervous. We don't have the quick results here so it can be a month until I find out if I pass.

I hear you when you say good luck to all of us..

jonRNMD · Jun 5, 2006

i took the nclex today too.....i found it very difficult....the questions were vague. the questions were definetely harder than Saunders. i only got 2 hours of sleep last nite because i was so anxious so i was not able to concentrate this morning.....

to pray is the only thing i could do now......

TLC RN · Jun 6, 2006

Hi tootyx121 how many questions did you get?
I alkso took it today.. I got 75 and guessed a lot...

Seventy flipping FIVE! When I was around number 30 I wanted it to end at 75. When it was in the 60s I was hoping it would keep going...I was for sure it would keep going. 75...BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH! I was shocked. All that school for 75 no really 60 Qs! Then to make matters worse, I was driving away from the test site and realized it was only 10:07. I got in the testing room at 9:00. I took the tutorial too! I was like that was way too fast. I for sure failed! I had some priority and select all that apply but did not think it was super hard. I guessed a lot but I kept looking for more priority. I don't remember any you are a charge nurse who would you assign. I kept getting other stuff...GRRR I keep remembering easy ones I totally got wrong. I am so screwed, lol!

Good luck to you and everyone else waiting...

Now I am going back to checking the BON site...every 5 min. Too bad that I am not the person with the same first, middle and last name who is already an RN. I would trade them pending for RN behind my name anyday!

hope to be a nurse · Jun 6, 2006

Seventy flipping FIVE! When I was around number 30 I wanted it to end at 75. When it was in the 60s I was hoping it would keep going...I was for sure it would keep going. 75...BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH! I was shocked. All that school for 75 no really 60 Qs! Then to make matters worse, I was driving away from the test site and realized it was only 10:07. I got in the testing room at 9:00. I took the tutorial too! I was like that was way too fast. I for sure failed! I had some priority and select all that apply but did not think it was super hard. I guessed a lot but I kept looking for more priority. I don't remember any you are a charge nurse who would you assign. I kept getting other stuff...GRRR I keep remembering easy ones I totally got wrong. I am so screwed, lol!
Good luck to you and everyone else waiting...
Now I am going back to checking the BON site...every 5 min. Too bad that I am not the person with the same first, middle and last name who is already an RN. I would trade them pending for RN behind my name anyday!

Hi, I know exactly what you mean. I also got 75 and when I saw the blue screen I said "I failed, again".....I looked up some of the questions I remember and I got them wrong... I got a lot of priority...

it took me like 1 1/2 hours maybe a little less... I feel so anxious cause I don't even know how long it will take for me to find out. We do not have the quick results do you guys?

I hope all this aggravation is worth it...

TLC RN · Jun 6, 2006

Hi, I know exactly what you mean. I also got 75 and when I saw the blue screen I said "I failed, again".....I looked up some of the questions I remember and I got them wrong... I got a lot of priority...
it took me like 1 1/2 hours maybe a little less... I feel so anxious cause I don't even know how long it will take for me to find out. We do not have the quick results do you guys?
I hope all this aggravation is worth it...

I was just looking up some too and the ones I remember...WRONG WRONG WRONG! I am so not happy right now. I am going to try to relax and just wait. It feels like when I was little and was waiting for my Dad to get home to punish me. I just wish someone would tell me what kind of questions you get when don't pass AND had 75 questions!

AmyD_RN · Jun 6, 2006

I am feeling terrible as well, I know some of you are saying "they all say that" but I have being out of school for over 10 years and getting 220 questions against me..........argh, I have studied so hard, read the saunders book did the questions. man! I do know I got an herbal question right so there, I got one out of 220 for sure!!!! hee hee! I am just wondering how many times I am going to have to take this thing since I have been out for so long? I am committed though! taking it till I do pass.

TLC RN · Jun 6, 2006

I am feeling terrible as well, I know some of you are saying "they all say that" but I have being out of school for over 10 years and getting 220 questions against me..........argh, I have studied so hard, read the saunders book did the questions. man! I do know I got an herbal question right so there, I got one out of 220 for sure!!!! hee hee! I am just wondering how many times I am going to have to take this thing since I have been out for so long? I am committed though! taking it till I do pass.

I can't remember any questions except wrong ones...

I got my fingers crossed for you :) And I agree...if I have to take it again...I will take it again. My hope is we don't have to take it again :)

Waiting for Wednesday morning...

mariedoreen · Jun 6, 2006

Okay. We need to stop and remember something about how this whole exam is scored: it is trying to figure out what level of questions we are answering right more times than not. It knows that if it gives us a higher level of question we will get most of them wrong, if it gives us a lower level of question we will get most of them right. So it bounces us back and forth: easy question, hard question, until it figures us out.

Therefore, when the majority of us leave the testing center we are running at about a 50% accuracy rate. That's not what's important, the important thing is whether or not we are consistently performing at a level that is acceptable or passing. So.......... the bottom line is: who feels good about a 50% accuracy rate? NONE OF US! And that's why we all feel like crap when we walk out of the testing center. But it doesn't mean that we didn't pass their exam.

Deep breath in.....

Deep breath out....

Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to log onto Pearson's site and check for the 368th time if my results are in...

intothemoon · Jun 6, 2006

took it monday also. i was surprised there were only 15 computers at the center and that other types of tests were going on too.

anyway, got 75 questions. the 'blue screen of death' is a perfect description. well, if the computer made its mind up about me then, i guess i'm okay with it.

i've been looking up answers to every question i can remember and checking for results non-stop (including right after i got home from the test center- geez!)

best luck to all, and hey, somebody has got to be passing this thing!

-kelly

hope to be a nurse · Jun 7, 2006

took it monday also. i was surprised there were only 15 computers at the center and that other types of tests were going on too.
anyway, got 75 questions. the 'blue screen of death' is a perfect description. well, if the computer made its mind up about me then, i guess i'm okay with it.
i've been looking up answers to every question i can remember and checking for results non-stop (including right after i got home from the test center- geez!)
best luck to all, and hey, somebody has got to be passing this thing!
-kelly

you are probably the fourth person that i can see took it on monday...

so far 3 got 75 questions and 1 got 220.

i hope we all pass...

i am really scared and driving my husband crazy..

AmyD_RN · Jun 7, 2006

I am the 220+ and I found out I passed, only took 26 hours for my BON to post it!!! good luck to the rest I will be axiously waiting!!!!!!!1

TLC RN · Jun 7, 2006

how sad is this...i can go on pearson tomorrow to get my results but now i feel like i should wait till it posts on my bon...that way if i fail at least i have a couple more days of not knowing i failed. if i pass...i will be surprised by my license number posting. i think i am going crazy!