What is an example of a non-passing level question?

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What would a non-passing level question look like?

I just finished my NCLEX at roughly 80, and I don't know how to feel. Felt good early on, but near the end had more of the difficult multiple choice questions.

Anyway, what would a non-passing level question look like? Just want to gauge if I saw any near the end.

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People have said that a non-passing level question would be something very "easy". For example: A newborn has blue extremities and a pink body. What is this expected finding called? A. hypothermia B. acrocyanosis C. shivering D. thermoregulation

Passing level questions would be more along the lines of applying knowledge to a question and basing patient care based on that knowledge. That would be more like teaching questions, prioritization, etc...

TBH, I used Kaplan as a study source and some of their non-passing questions were pretty hard imo. But I definitely think that higher level questions are application-centered vs. general recall of knowledge. So look for those kinds of questions!!

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Specializes in PICU.

Although it has been several years since I took the NCLEX, the strategies have not changed.

Low level questions could be a SATA with question like "someone in respiratory distress exhibits the following: " And you would have to select the ones that demonstrate resp ditress.

High level questions could be A nurse just received report on the patients, which patient should be assessed first.

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I see. What's troubling me about my exam were the last two questions. One was " is a deficiency of what?" and I got that wrong, and the last one was "Which one of the following is correct?" with the choices each being a patient saying a sentence that was either true or false, and I got that right for sure. It wasn't anything complicated, it was about legal terms like negligence, etc.

Those seemed really easy, and I didn't want it to stop after the last question I got. I had higher level questions before that and ending on those two really soured my day. Thanks for the clarifications

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An easy question is one you know the answer to. I remember thinking I failed, because my last question was so simple. It was on a obscure topic, but one that I had a proffesional interest in. So, even though the format was not complicated, it was still considered a hard question. I passed in 75. Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.

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Well I guess it's all moot because I just found out I passed via quick result. I'm elated that I passed, but I wish I didn't think about that question as much as I did =/

The nightmare is over!

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CMNDRSheppard said:
Well I guess it's all moot because I just found out I passed via quick result. I'm elated that I passed, but I wish I didn't think about that question as much as I did =/

The nightmare is over!

Congratulations Sheppard! Wrex would be proud of you.

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Wrex is my favorite Krogan on allnurses.com!

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This is my favorite thread on the Citadel.

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I got out of there with 75 and felt great...for the first hour. then started second guessing myself till I was in a panic for 48 hours. I passed and cried like a baby in a release of stress you wount believe.

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I know how you feel, and I'm pretty sure the NCLEX is aimed to make us feel stressed because it's what's waiting for us in the field! I didn't cry, but I celebrated like the ex-athlete I am: a lot of "**** yeah!", "Let's go!", and my patented incomprehensible yell of happiness. I ended up scaring my dogs so I had to baby them afterwards.

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