265 questions on nclex bad or good?

Thanks GinaRNbaby for responding, I am pretty positive that I failed.....I had 3 math questions that were pretty much asking me the same thing. I think I just freaked and started to panick, then I couldn't think strait. I will just have to study more for the next exam.

Hey everybody,

I am also one of the few that had 265 questions on NCLEX-RN yesterday. I am feeling like the world's biggest idiot right now. Can we say heart palpitations!!!! :heartbeat I have this horrible pit in my gut right now that says you have failed the biggest and most important test you are ever going to take in your career! I have prayed and studied so much in the past weeks it isn't even funny! I don't know how I am going to break the news to family, friends, and prospective employers that I failed. And if I have to take this test over again, I don't know how I can study more and/or differently than I did before! I wish there was a magic wand out there that could take all of this anxiety and stress. I think these are going to be the longest 48 hours of my LIFE!! :plsebeg:

I would really like to hold onto the dream that it IS possible to pass this test 5 hours and 265 questions later, but I just don't think I can. Part of me wants to go and reschedule the next test right now. Maybe I should?? Can you do that before your results are back???

Help, I think I am in a downward spiral right now, and can't get up!!!!

Hang in there CaringJules, I paid the $7.95 to find out the quick results and I passed!!!!! I too had 265 questions and 5 long long hours of answering questions. My brain was mush afterwards, my husband drove and thank god because I couldn't even remember which day it was. I asked him "today is Monday right?" He looked at me with big eyes and said "No. Are you alright?" And all I could think about was how I had failed the test, I even bet him a weeks vacation that I failed. I now have to take him on a vacation (my expense). Well anyways I had went to this site right away to find out how many people got 265 questions and passed. Just seeing that others went through the same thing made me feel better. I wish you the same results as mine, and as far as I can tell most of the nurses that did have 265 questions did indeed pass. Hold your head up, and keep believing in yourself.

Hang in there CaringJules, I paid the $7.95 to find out the quick results and I passed!!!!! I too had 265 questions and 5 long long hours of answering questions. My brain was mush afterwards, my husband drove and thank god because I couldn't even remember which day it was. I asked him "today is Monday right?" He looked at me with big eyes and said "No. Are you alright?" And all I could think about was how I had failed the test, I even bet him a weeks vacation that I failed. I now have to take him on a vacation (my expense). Well anyways I had went to this site right away to find out how many people got 265 questions and passed. Just seeing that others went through the same thing made me feel better. I wish you the same results as mine, and as far as I can tell most of the nurses that did have 265 questions did indeed pass. Hold your head up, and keep believing in yourself.

Bgiebs,

Thank you so much for the words of encouragement. I wish I could say that all of my anxiety was relieved and that I was in a better place, but you know how it is. This waiting is horrible and I can't seem to get that darn test out of my brain! I just KNOW that I failed that test, I keep hoping that I am wrong, but I just can't shake the feeling. I truly hope that I am wrong and that I have the same results as you. I came home and almost sobbed in my husband's arms. He has been so supportive and sacraficed so much. It is so excruciating to think that we got this far for me to not pass at the end of it all. I even asked him if he was still going to love me or be disappointed in me that I failed. He was of course did his best to reassure me that he loves me no matter what and that there is no way that he could be disappointed in me. That is pretty hard to believe when I am so disappointed in myself right now.

So sorry for the pity party. I figure if anyone understands it is the people that are on this board that are either going through or have gone through the same thing. Sorry Bgiebs, I will try to start believing in myself. It is just super hard right now. Fingers crossed I will find out tomorrow either way.

Thanks again for trying to lift my spirits!:icon_roll

Bgiebs and everyone else that has posted on here,

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! You kept my spirits up through my darkest hours. This was the longest 48 hours of my life!!!! I just paid for the results online through Pearson Vue and found out that I passed!!!! WOOHHOOOO!!! I actually got a job offer 1 hour before I found out that I indeed passed my boards. For anyone else that comes on here and thinks that 265 questions and 5 hours can't be done, well...... IT CAN!!!!!! Don't loose heart. Like Bgiebs said to me, keep believing in yourself.

Thanks again everyone for helping me to have that little glimmer of hope.

Signed,

CaringJules..... NEW RN! (man that feels good!!!):nmbrn:

Congrats!!

I just took my exam today and of course with my luck I got all 265, I freaked out after i left and cried a lot. I really feel that I failed my test, but im hoping like everyone else that I am a lucky one who passed... either way im gonna keep praying that I didnt just screw up this test.. any words of encouragement would be much needed

Congrats!!

I just took my exam today and of course with my luck I got all 265, I freaked out after i left and cried a lot. I really feel that I failed my test, but im hoping like everyone else that I am a lucky one who passed... either way im gonna keep praying that I didnt just screw up this test.. any words of encouragement would be much needed

Oh ubshelly,

I know exactly how you feel. This was the most daunting test and the wait is even worse. I can tell you that going through this thread and reading all of the posts from everyone else that passed helped to keep hope in my heart that I passed. I also did a lot of praying and did like someone else on here told me to do and that is to believe in myself. No matter what ubshelly, don't lose faith in your abilities and for sure don't give up hope that you too passed this test. It can be done and we are all proof of that. I know that these next days until you find out are the most difficult ones, but keep praying and believing. I will keep you in my prayers :bowingpur Don't worry, we are all proof that you can pass this test!!! Good luck and keep us posted with your results. Remember......

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Thank you so much for your words of encouragement, I want to believe that I passed so bad, so im going to try and keep my spirits up and pray that I passed. Its very nice to hear from someone that understands what it feels like, i tried talking to my boyfriend, but he doesnt have a clue as to how big a test this is or about how unnerving it is. I hope that I will have some good news to report back to you in the days to come. Thanks again for the encouragment.

hi everyone... i took the nclex today and i got 265 questions... i was expecting for the 120 question average. i do not know what to think right now and i'm freaking out and i'm really upset. but reading over the posts to this thread, i'm feeling better... does anyone know anything about that rumor where random people are given 265 questions even though they passed at an earlier number as a research thing?

That is all it is, a rumour, people are not picked at random to 265 questions. We have also had many members pass with 265 or near. I am sure I was near 265 on my third time and passed. Good luck

Just got the results and thanks god I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you guys for being very supportive... All i have been told for the last two days is that people do get all the questions randomly, so dont freak out if you are the unlucky one... most likely if you had really failed it would have cut off before 265. So just relax and try not to loose your mind, cause I know I did..

Just got the results and thanks god I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you guys for being very supportive... All i have been told for the last two days is that people do get all the questions randomly, so dont freak out if you are the unlucky one... most likely if you had really failed it would have cut off before 265. So just relax and try not to loose your mind, cause I know I did..

Congrats