Did I pass the NCLEX?

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I took the NCLEX exam today and it was terrible. Everytime I would read a question I would think, that is a no brainer, this is what needs to happen. Without fail, the answer I wanted was never there :scrying: . It was terrible. I graduated with 4.0 and I don't think I passed it. There were many things on there I've never even heard of. I know they are looking for a basic level of competency but what is that level? I didn't get any "basic" questions, I felt like they were all hard but the same hard. I didn't feel like they fluctuated in difficulty like I expected them to. I had 75 questions, do you think that is a good thing or that I just failed really badly. So worried. Please somebody help!!!!!!! :scrying:

Specializes in CVICU.
Has anyone had more than 75 questions? I took the NCLEX today and I had all 265 questions. I am freaking OUT. I made all A's in nursing school. How could I have failed the NCLEX? I had so many questions on contact precautions, radiation contact precautions oh my gosh. I even came home and tried to look some answers up and there was nothing in my NCLEX review book. HELP!!!!!!!!!

Many people pass with 265 questions.

Guess what I passed!!!! For those of you waiting for results, let me give you hope..my test seemed just like a couple people on here who did not pass. I missed the first and last question-I felt like I got a lot wrong in the beginning that seemed like the "easier level question" and the end seemed easier with a lot of priority. I also got asked a similar question 2-3 times on the same topic (and I got a couple of those wrong). Moral of the story is you can't guess the outcome of your NCLEX. There is no way of knowing what level of questions you have reached. I had to wait 3 days and I beat myself up for no good reason..I was so sure I failed, but I didn't! Thank you to jturner and aprilmelissa for your support. Good luck to everyone!!!!!!

*******by the way I used Saunders for content and Kaplans for strategy.

Specializes in Child/Adolescent Mental Health.
Guess what I passed!!!! For those of you waiting for results, let me give you hope..my test seemed just like a couple people on here who did not pass. I missed the first and last question-I felt like I got a lot wrong in the beginning that seemed like the "easier level question" and the end seemed easier with a lot of priority. I also got asked a similar question 2-3 times on the same topic (and I got a couple of those wrong). Moral of the story is you can't guess the outcome of your NCLEX. There is no way of knowing what level of questions you have reached. I had to wait 3 days and I beat myself up for no good reason..I was so sure I failed, but I didn't! Thank you to jturner and aprilmelissa for your support. Good luck to everyone!!!!!!

*******by the way I used Saunders for content and Kaplans for strategy.

:balloons: :balloons: Congrats:balloons::balloons:

Has anyone had more than 75 questions? I took the NCLEX today and I had all 265 questions. I am freaking OUT. I made all A's in nursing school. How could I have failed the NCLEX? I had so many questions on contact precautions, radiation contact precautions oh my gosh. I even came home and tried to look some answers up and there was nothing in my NCLEX review book. HELP!!!!!!!!!

The number of questions that you had on your exam means absolutely nothing. It is the type of questions that count.

congrats to you whhhhhhhhoooooooooooooo no you are just as excited as i was last friday... good job all your hard work has paid off.....:roll :clown: :nurse:

i hear a lot about passing the NCLEX with 75 questions or passing with 265, but what about all the numbers in between? if someone gets around 200 or 220 questions, is that a good thing or not? it is hard to believe that the number of questions doesn't matter when so many pass at 75. just wonderin'. :confused:

Well, I'm sure you'll do just fine. I think that it helps a lot when you can relate to what your patients/families are going through personally. It brings your care to a whole new level when you can truly empathize! God bless!

Congrats, td! I'm glad that you found out the good news! Go out and celebrate and enjoy your new title. :balloons:

Specializes in med surg, telemetry, stroke.

You guys are giving me hope. I just took the NCLEX-LVN though today with my friend Gena and we are both A students (top of class) but we are freaked out that we both feel we failed. That test was the worse thing ever. We have studied hard for four months and I feel like we could have thrown all three of our books out the window after today. We seriously felt like we guessed at 90% of our exam. Ours shut off at 85 (both of us). I pray we passed, but we feel like we didn't and are so scared. LVNs in California have to wait up to four weeks for our results. That really puts us over the edge. Help! I'm so happy for all of you who passed. I plan to get my RN if I can pass this. My 21 year old in in her second semester of RN program. You guys are my heros. Sincerely, Scared and Nervous in California :(

Ditto for me. I took it today and got 75 questions. I could not recognize a definiteve pattern of getting harder. The answer I wanted and could predict would be the answer was not among the choices! I got AT LEAST 5 "pick all that apply, 0 math (and I like math problems), maybe 8 - 10 priority, and a LOT of pathophysiology of obscure disease processes. If I wouldn't have studied with Saunders I wouldn't even had a clue what 2 of the diseases were. I would say I was VERY CONFIDENT about having the right answer on only 5 questions :uhoh3: The rest of them I really had to think about. Please somebody help us both :rotfl:

I am in the same boat. From the start I couldn't figure out if they were easy or hard. I hept praying for a hard question got one that seemed easy but then had no clue what the answer was. Then I got ones that seemed really easy but my friends say they weren't easy I just knew that content so it seemed easy. So confused and I called the State Boards and I guess my file is still sitting on someones desk. They haven't graded it and its been 3 days....

The BON do not grade the NCLEX in any state. Results are sent to them by Pearson-Vue. There is not grading involved, it is a computer test. Placing the results in your file is a human thing.

i hear a lot about passing the NCLEX with 75 questions or passing with 265, but what about all the numbers in between? if someone gets around 200 or 220 questions, is that a good thing or not? it is hard to believe that the number of questions doesn't matter when so many pass at 75. just wonderin'. :confused:

You are only hearing about people that pass at 75. Trust me, there are plenty of people that pass (and fail) and every number possible. The average number of questions that candidates answer has been in the 120 range for a few years now. The majority of candidates pass.

Please don't worry. You can pass at any number.

guess what i passed!!!! for those of you waiting for results, let me give you hope..my test seemed just like a couple people on here who did not pass. i missed the first and last question-i felt like i got a lot wrong in the beginning that seemed like the "easier level question" and the end seemed easier with a lot of priority. i also got asked a similar question 2-3 times on the same topic (and i got a couple of those wrong). moral of the story is you can't guess the outcome of your nclex. there is no way of knowing what level of questions you have reached. i had to wait 3 days and i beat myself up for no good reason..i was so sure i failed, but i didn't! thank you to jturner and aprilmelissa for your support. good luck to everyone!!!!!!

*******by the way i used saunders for content and kaplans for strategy.

congratulations!!!

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