Done at 90 with a Pop Up ... (My Strategy Enclosed)

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pugmom79

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Yeah you don't get it right if its the seconded best answer.

It's about getting enough right at a level of difficulty that is above the standards for an entry level nurse. So you may actually only get 50% right, but if the level if difficulty for them is above the minimum standard you pass. If you are getting a bunch if easy ones wrong, you are below that level and fail.

delerben

66 Posts

Yeah you don't get it right if its the seconded best answer.

It's about getting enough right at a level of difficulty that is above the standards for an entry level nurse. So you may actually only get 50% right, but if the level if difficulty for them is above the minimum standard you pass. If you are getting a bunch if easy ones wrong, you are below that level and fail.

That sounds about right. I'm so used to having to get a 90 or higher, that it seems strange to be able to get a large number wrong and still "pass."

Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.

Maybe a more appropriate response would have been to suggest that one not agonize over a question that she or he is sure s/he doesn't know the answer to rather than to suggest credit for either of the two narrowed-down choices. I believe I know what you were trying to say.

Even when I took the NCLEX RN,

there a couple of questions that I

never heard of and no amount of

guessing or rationalizing was gonna

change the fact that they asked me

something that I had no clue about. What I did with those questions was always sected the answer C. I did not waste anytime on those because I had an entire test to complete. (At the time, I didn't know the computer was gonna end for me at 75 questions, though I was praying that it would). There are just too many medical/nursing questions in the world. We will never know the answer to e Rey single thing that they ask us. My advice is to give it your best shot and keep with your momentum. I had an oh-well attitude to the foreign questions so that I would not be shaken. All it takes is one or two of those (?) to pull you from what you know, shake you up, and stop the clock before you're ready. Good luck every one!

delerben

66 Posts

What I did with those questions was always sected the answer C. I did not waste anytime on those because I had an entire test to complete.

I wouldn't take that approach. When it comes to something you never heard of, try and narrow it down to the two answers that are most alike and pick the one of the two which seems most correct. That will give you a better shot than randomly choosing "C."

Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

IMHO...the ONLY STRATEGY that works for the NCLEX is CHOOSING THE BEST ANSWER.

I took my boards in July and received a LOT of questions, especially on medications that I was not familiar with, SATA(a LOT of these!!!)...I reviewed with NCSBN and Kaplan and was able to critically think about what the question was asking me, level of priority the options gave me (ABCs Maslow's, etc...) to answer my question. I got to 75 and passed.

The PURPOSE of the test is to reflect in your answers is your ability to practice safe, competent care...we do realize that there are various interventions in nursing care, HOWEVER, the BEST intervention always provides the best results, whether in NCLEX world or the real nursing world. Just make sure you answer the questions to the BEST of YOUR ability...those skills and or "strategies" will help you make the BEST decision, once you are licensed and working as a nurse.

kemifair

489 Posts

Thank u lady gor that encouragement. Sometimes I have problem choosing the right answer. My test taking skills is not good.

Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
Thank u lady gor that encouragement. Sometimes I have problem choosing the right answer. My test taking skills is not good.

kemifair, I have major test anxiety for a number of years. I have taken the NCLEX for LPN and RN. I passed the boards the FIRST TIME each time. I failed nursing school once, I sometimes barely passed math tests to keep me in my LPN program, I almost barely passed two classes in my BSN program because of anxiety, sometimes access to enough funds to have the materials from the class, but I made a way. I also made sure before I went into the NCLEX, I committed to knowing the material that may be on the test, SO, I studied from a critical thinking book, Pharmacology Flash Cards, Saunders NCLEX 4000 flash cards, Kaplan Book, Exam Cram, AND completed the NCSBN course, no matter how long it took. I completed each study guide and review materials. I paced myself. For my PN exam, I studied for two months, daily....one month-month and a half, reviewing the material, next month using NCLEX format until I received at least 70-80% on the review questions to take the exam...studied about an additional two weeks for my NCLEX-RN...if you score close to 70% on the review questions, most of the time you are prepared to take the exam...if you don't score, review those questions you have difficulty on, continue to review those until you score close to 70%. That is the strategy I used, and I have a track record for TWO NCLEX tests.

delerben

66 Posts

Just got official results ... chalk up one more to the Pearson trick!

kemifair

489 Posts

kemifair, I have major test anxiety for a number of years. I have taken the NCLEX for LPN and RN. I passed the boards the FIRST TIME each time. I failed nursing school once, I sometimes barely passed math tests to keep me in my LPN program, I almost barely passed two classes in my BSN program because of anxiety, sometimes access to enough funds to have the materials from the class, but I made a way. I also made sure before I went into the NCLEX, I committed to knowing the material that may be on the test, SO, I studied from a critical thinking book, Pharmacology Flash Cards, Saunders NCLEX 4000 flash cards, Kaplan Book, Exam Cram, AND completed the NCSBN course, no matter how long it took. I completed each study guide and review materials. I paced myself. For my PN exam, I studied for two months, daily....one month-month and a half, reviewing the material, next month using NCLEX format until I received at least 70-80% on the review questions to take the exam...studied about an additional two weeks for my NCLEX-RN...if you score close to 70% on the review questions, most of the time you are prepared to take the exam...if you don't score, review those questions you have difficulty on, continue to review those until you score close to 70%. That is the strategy I used, and I have a track record for TWO NCLEX tests.

Thank u lady I score 80 on exam cram

Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

Thank u lady I score 80 on exam cram

Have you also done NCSBN and Kaplan as well??? They are well tailored to the NCLEX...

kemifair

489 Posts

Yes I did but not ncsbn.

Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
Yes I did but not ncsbn.

I suggest you try NCSBN as well...they do a thorough RN review...they are the organization behind the NCLEX. Doing this review made me more comfortable for the questions that were more obscure on things that I felt I didn't review in nursing school. Do the longest time course to give you time to digest the information.

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