Honestly, I don't even know how to feel right now. There were so many questions that I was completely clueless about - medications that I had never heard of before . . .
Test shut off at 75 questions, which I always heard was a good indication, however, if I was doing dismally wouldn't the test shut off at 75 also?
I just feel awful and hate the idea of going into work tomorrow and hearing the nurses ask me how I did. UGHH!
Min shut off at 75 too, and I passed....I don't think it matters if you got the last question wrong, as long as you answered enough right prior to that...75 is the minimum that any given person can take, so even if you had a passing grade with 50 questions, you will still have to answer 75...Good luck to you!
Pegboard-that is awesome! Where did you go to nursing school? Why has the one not taken the test yet? I have a friend that works in Yakima but I dont know which hospital.
Specializes in Med-Surg, Tele, Peri-op, Home health.
I'm glad I saw this post. I took the test today and I feel sick to my stomach. I really feel like I did poorly. The test shut off at 91 I think, and I can honestly say I feel like I didn't know anything. I don't know if it was test anxiety or what but I felt like I just blanked out in there. I did Kaplan, I've been doing practice questions, I did 2000 questions during last semester as a requirement for class, so all together I did about 5000 practice questions and also the Kaplan and Saunders.
I also got alot of the SATA, (which I hate!), delegtion and priority, along with some infection control. Oh boy..... this is going to be a longgggggg 2 days to wait!
I don't know. I thought I would be relieved but I just feel sick. ARGGHHH
I feel the pain! I took my NCLEX today and just don't know what to think. I shut off at 75; seems to happen often from what I'm reading. I'm just getting more and more nervous by the minute. Think this is gonna be the longest 48 hours of my life!!!!
BSN2008 - I know just how you feel - all that studying and then coming to terms with that awful test which doesn't seem anything like all those practice questions. What I have come to decide is that all those practice questions help to develop a sense of critical thinking and strategy far more than actually knowing the information. Actually, in nursing school that is what I remember being stressed the very most - critical thinking (and how to apply it for patient safety, always starting with ABC's). Maybe we've been trained to hone in on and think in this way, then combined with putting that to practice using study guides such as Saunders and Kaplan is why most of us pass this frustrating test even though most of us blatently feel we have failed (?).
bbdqmomma - hang in there hun! Honestly from my own experience and from almost all others, what you are feeling seems to be the norm - and then we get the news that we pass. I have a feeling it'll be the same for you. Please post and let us know when you get the results.
2ndcareer1 - I went to Washington State University to get my BSN. WSU has a main nursing school campus as well as two satelite campuses, one being Yakima where I was in a class of 17. Our class as for the most part kept each other informed regarding whether or not we passed the NCLEX. A few people scheduled to take it about a month after graduation, but most of us allowed for a little more study time. I scheduled for 2.5 months of study time and I'm really glad I did. I was also taking a masters class at the same time which was not the smartest decision - I ended up dropping the class half way through in order to focus solely on the NCLEX so will begin the masters program in January. The one classmate who has not yet taken her NCLEX is scheduled to take it this week. Positive thoughts going out to her!!
and hate the idea of going into work tomorrow and hearing the nurses ask me how I did. UGHH!
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I have a question. I'm trying to find sata practice questions on the areas our reviewer said were common...such as trach, NG, etc.
Does anyone know of a book with these specifically? I'd like to review those steps to reaffirm the process.