hey everyone. i've heard alot about the nclex and its material...but i was curious, have they really started using new format questions? example: fill in the blanks, diagrams and charts, multiple-response multiple choice. i first thought it was all just multiple choice, choose one answer. now i'm hearing it's a bit of everything. i had heard that they were changing the format of the questions this year but wasn't sure. i take my test at the end of the month and i'm extremely nervous. it's a bit confusing with 'everyone misses about 50% of their questions" and "just because you missed alot doesn't mean you failed" but i think i have the concept down. thanks for any help guys, and good luck to all other test-takers!
hey everyone. i've heard alot about the nclex and its material...but i was curious, have they really started using new format questions? example: fill in the blanks, diagrams and charts, multiple-response multiple choice. i first thought it was all just multiple choice, choose one answer. now i'm hearing it's a bit of everything. i had heard that they were changing the format of the questions this year but wasn't sure. i take my test at the end of the month and i'm extremely nervous. it's a bit confusing with 'everyone misses about 50% of their questions" and "just because you missed alot doesn't mean you failed" but i think i have the concept down. thanks for any help guys, and good luck to all other test-takers!
candice
college station, tx
good luck, candice! i'm glad you took the time to understand the '50 percent' concept. i'm always shocked at the number of students who go in without this kind of knowledge. if you haven't read it yet, the 2006 candidate bulletin at www.ncsbn.org has a lot of good info for candidates.
thanks for all your posts everyone! hopefully i'll do as good as everyone here has done. i do have the lippincott 250 new format questions and yes, i would recommend it to anyone along with the saunders i'm already reviewing. it has nothing but the new types of questions and i'm already feeling more comfortable with the 'select all that apply'. do you know how those are graded? is there any partial credit since there's not an exact 'grade' on nclex? i wonder if you get any credit if you get, let's say, 2 of the 3 choices they were looking for. hmmm.....well thanks again to everyone's posts!! look for a post at the beginning of oct. for me. hopefully it'll read i passed!!
EricJRN, MSN, RN
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good luck, candice! i'm glad you took the time to understand the '50 percent' concept. i'm always shocked at the number of students who go in without this kind of knowledge. if you haven't read it yet, the 2006 candidate bulletin at www.ncsbn.org has a lot of good info for candidates.