Stressed Out on NclexPn test results!

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i am so scared to find out the results of my test...i think i did really horrible to get the minimum of 85 questions. Everyone in my class had passed the boards with 100% and every single one of them said it was sooo easy..I went on it like a piece of cake but came out crying because the questions kept on getting harder and harder and i similar questions cuming back over and over...i really think in my heart i could have done much better..i just have to wait one more week to know the results...and i hope and pray its not the thick envelope that people say you get when you fail!...anyone in the same situation?...

First, no one in your class passed with 100%...there is no such thing. Everyone gets 50% correct and 50% wrong..............

There is no numeric score given out, only pass or fail................

And if you are in California, it can take several weeks before you get your scores..........but you can also try accessing the BON's website and see if your name is listed...it may be there before you actually get your letter... :)

I know how the CAT scoring works....i dont mean literally the score with passing the nclex is a 100% im talking about my class percentage of people passing the boards is a 100% sorry for the confusion...what is the exact website for that?...thanks

I got the news today :rolleyes: ...........I PASSED!!!!!! :) :balloons: :balloons:

GOD is good!!!

I got the news today :rolleyes: ...........I PASSED!!!!!! :) :balloons: :balloons:

GOD is good!!!

Congratulations! I'm so happy fro you.

I just graduated this April and I haven't plan my test yet. I getting nervous abt. it especially the new format type. Did you have the new format questions? Can you give me advice. Thanks! :o

Congrats!!! :balloons: :balloons:

:p thanks guys it took alot of studying! well as for the new format type i only got one of the blank questions but fortunetly it was about drug calculations..i had alot of med surg topics on mostly gi system...i got a few priority..a lil on jewish orthodox and alzhiemers disease...i studied frm 3 books saunders lippincott, and nclex made easy..i would highly recommend nclex made easy bcuz i saw some quest. made similar to that..but dont count on it..my classmates had totally different questions than mine....but good luck pray and relax before the test and youll do fine,...if you need anything else pls feel free to give me a message, i know exactly how you guys feel..ive been there
:p thanks guys it took alot of studying! well as for the new format type i only got one of the blank questions but fortunetly it was about drug calculations..i had alot of med surg topics on mostly gi [COLOR=Olive]system...i got a few priority..a lil on jewish orthodox and alzhiemers disease...i studied frm 3 books saunders lippincott, and nclex made easy..i would highly recommend nclex made easy bcuz i saw some quest. made similar to that..but dont count on it..my classmates had totally different questions than mine....but good luck pray and relax before the test and youll do fine,...if you need anything else pls feel free to give me a message, i know exactly how you guys feel..ive been there

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Congratulations RN !!! :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

Terri :)

i finished mine with 85 on monday and found out yesterday i passed. the rest of my nursing class did about the same and we have 100% pass rate. you did fine...i'd bet on it.

I took the NCLEX-PN test last thursday (May 5th) and i'm wondering if i passed or failed too. i stopped at 205 and had a lot of different questions, i don't know if they were actually hard or not but i do know i had different questions. The only repeats i seemed to have were Priority questions like "if you receive 4 patients and have one private room left, which one of these patients would you put in that private room" type questions. I had A LOT of those questions. NOw my own question is since i had that many questions about priortization, does that mean i wasn't at the passing standard and they were repeating it to me to help me reach that passing level? I'm confused, someone help me. I'm sh*ting bricks waiting for the results to come in.

***CROSSING MY FINGERS!!***

Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.

Congrats!!!!

I took the NCLEX-PN test last thursday (May 5th) and i'm wondering if i passed or failed too. i stopped at 205 and had a lot of different questions, i don't know if they were actually hard or not but i do know i had different questions. The only repeats i seemed to have were Priority questions like "if you receive 4 patients and have one private room left, which one of these patients would you put in that private room" type questions. I had A LOT of those questions. NOw my own question is since i had that many questions about priortization, does that mean i wasn't at the passing standard and they were repeating it to me to help me reach that passing level? I'm confused, someone help me. I'm sh*ting bricks waiting for the results to come in.

***CROSSING MY FINGERS!!***

i had those exact type question..ex. an alzheimer's pt vs. other pt's. i had about 3 of them until they quit asking me. plz let us know how you did. you should be able to get your results by now, if your testing center gives you that option. i had to wait 48 hours until i could go online and pay 7.95 to get my early "unofficial" results. Then i went to the BON site and did an online inquiry the next day and they had issued me a license. Good luck.

what did u use to study for the exam i will take mines in aug i will graduate aug 11th

Read the following, it will help you feel a little better after taking your test. hopefully...

The NCLEX exams are administered using Computerized Adaptive Testing - CAT. There is a six hour limit for NCLEX-RN and a five hour time limit for NCLEX-PN which includes time for the computer tutorial and breaks.

Using this method (CAT) each exam is unique and the questions are retrieved from a database as the exam progresses. The computer measures the ability of the candidate using the answers provided previously and changes the difficulty and topic of the new questions accordingly - if you answer correctly the computer will select harder questions and if you are answer incorrectly it will choose easier questions. The software estimates your ability every time you provide the answer to a question and with each new answer you provide the estimate of your ability gets more precise.

The exam software selects questions that it believes you will have a close to 50% chance of answering correctly - not too hard or too easy for the ability it believes you have. This is done so that a well prepared candidate will be asked more difficult questions thus having a good chance of passing the exam by answering the minimum number of questions while less prepared candidates are not forced to guess the answers to questions too difficult for them. The expected number of correct answers is half the total number of questions you are presented with because of the adaptive nature of the test.

After you answer the minimum number of questions for the exam the software will analyze your performance and it may shut-down the computer. This means that you either passed or failed the exam. The computer will shut-down only when the program running the test has determined with 95% certainty that your ability is either above or below the passing standard.

The only way to get additional questions is if you are very close to the passing score - either 2.5% above or 2.5% below it. If this is the case you should not worry about failing but instead should concentrate on answering correctly the next set of questions. You must understand that you are very close to passing the exam if you answer most questions correctly from this point on. You must answer the maximum number of questions on the exam only if at the end of each set of questions you are within the 2.5% above or below the passing score. The time you spend on each question is not an important factor with regard to passing but you should answer the required number of questions in the allotted time.

If you are required to answer the maximum number of questions and the computer still isn't 95% sure you can pass, the 95% confidence requirement is dropped. If at this point you have a score higher than the minimum required you pass the exam otherwise you fail. If you run out of time and did not answer the minimum number of questions required you fail automatically. If you run out of time but you answered the minimum number of questions required and for the last 60 questions your score was never below the passing standard you pass otherwise you fail the exam. This does not mean that you have to answer the last 60 questions correctly but only that at any point during the last 60 questions your score was above the minimum required to pass the exam. You can think about it this way: for each correct answer add one to your score while for each incorrect answer subtract one. Adding your scores one at a time for each question answered should never result in a negative score in order for you to pass if you run out of time but you have answered the minimum number of questions required.

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