I just took it. 75 Questions. I don't feel like there was one question where I was like, "I Know this!!!" I felt like I was at best giving slightly educated guesses. Every question was so hard and obscure. I was a good student in school, did ALL of the Kaplan review (which was over 2000 practice questions when it was said and done) which indicated I was more than ready.
I just feel like crying now and I wanted to cry while I was taking that test. There were questions with 4 right answers and drugs and diseases I have NEVER EVEN HEARD of ever!
The only thing that gives me hope is that since I got no what seemed to be easy questions, that I answered enough difficult ones correctly and that's why it shut off at 75.
Interestingly, I had not one singe math question, nor put in the correct order question.
I just took it. 75 Questions. I don't feel like there was one question where I was like, "I Know this!!!" I felt like I was at best giving slightly educated guesses. Every question was so hard and obscure. I was a good student in school, did ALL of the Kaplan review (which was over 2000 practice questions when it was said and done) which indicated I was more than ready.
I just feel like crying now and I wanted to cry while I was taking that test. There were questions with 4 right answers and drugs and diseases I have NEVER EVEN HEARD of ever!
The only thing that gives me hope is that since I got no what seemed to be easy questions, that I answered enough difficult ones correctly and that's why it shut off at 75.
Interestingly, I had not one singe math question, nor put in the correct order question.
Well hopefully I find out Monday or Tuesday...
I'll be watching out for your results.
The top student in our class, when she took it, she was devastated when she left. She said there was only a small handful of questions that she felt she knew the answers to and some, she had no clue.
LOL! When I was reading the OP, I had to go back and look to see if I had started this thread and forgot (even though I didn't know about AN when I NCLEX'd)!
When I NCLEX'd, I went in feeling pretty good. I'd never failed a test in my life, did my Sandersons, felt comfy with the vague way the reviews did questions, and really felt that I knew my material inside and out. I sat down, and the first question was something about rickets! I had a serious "***" moment! In peds, we had studied over all the pedi cancers, heart conditions, congenital issues, growth and development, etc....I mean, I guess I knew there are cases of rickets out there today, and it may have been mentioned in a sentence in a textbook somewhere along the way...but as far as I knew, it was a disease that pirates got. I almost just quit right then and walked out to go get a job at Starbucks and forget the whole nursing thing. But then I decided that I had just seen all three Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and that Jack Sparrow wouldn't let me down (yes, this thought did go through my mind...sue me, I was at a loss!). I took a guess, and moved to the next question...
...and the whole test went downhill from there. Diseases and meds I had never heard of, questions with four right answers, questions with no right answers, yadda, yadda, yadda. I like someone's description of "entering the cornfield", it was very Stephen King-esque. 75 questions later, I leave in tears, grab an app at Starbucks on the way home (yes, for real!), and contemplated my next move. Two days later, I was an RN. ( Even though I didn't know the difference between rickets and scurvy! LOL!)
You'll be fine, it's done. Go find something fun and mindless to do (maybe a Pirates of the Caribbean marathon?), and laugh about the bizzaro experience with peeps that love you. Know that pretty much every single person who has danced this dance before you had the same experience, and the odds are greatly in your favour. Here's sending you hugs, best wishes, smiles...and lots of sunlight so your bones don't get all soft and bendy. (Don't forget to let us know how you did!)
I have a positive feeling you passed OP, good luck anyway!
I am not a practicing Christian, however I knew that having or asking people to pray for me prior to NCLEX would help me, if anything give them a sense of purpose. So I did and wow, I had the best testing experience ever!!! First of all at the beginning there was this Cherubim of a Grandmotherly type who said to us prior to taking the exam that most of this stuff we knew already and it would only be questions we knew how to answer; and, if that was not enough to set us at ease, she pointed to one girl and said "You look very anxious, you need to breath deep and calm down, because if you start your test looking so worrisome you'll not do so well, so relax!!!" My Cherubim also set me at ease during the exam by touching my shoulder whispering kind words and passing me another blank dry erase slate, wonderful! So, I couldn't help but think of the phrase from the KJV, "Some have entertained angels unawares."
And when I finished the exam I had this sound feeling in my tummy, interesting. Others who had taken the test were frantic. So, if you're about to take the test, please ask others to pray for you. Even if you're agnositic/atheist....do it for yourself, you'll be glad you did!!!
I felt like I entered the corn field when I took my NCLEX, so, I understand how you feel. Somehow, most of us pass the first time around, so, my fingers are certainly crossed for you!
Pagandeva, I am curious to know what you mean by "entering the corn field?"
Did you try the Pearsonvue trick? Go on their site and try to register to take the exam again. If it doesn't let you then you passed! Hurry! Go try it!
A friend from school just emailed me the trick too and I can't register....so maybe I unofficially passed!!!
Felt the same way three years ago. Questions about Ebola Virus, even. 75 tough ones and I sweated bullets for two hours. I passed--you will too. Best to everyone on the hot seat this summer!
I had a serious "***" moment! In peds, we had studied over all the pedi cancers, heart conditions, congenital issues, growth and development, etc....I mean, I guess I knew there are cases of rickets out there today, and it may have been mentioned in a sentence in a textbook somewhere along the way...but as far as I knew, it was a disease that pirates got. 
I almost just quit right then and walked out to go get a job at Starbucks and forget the whole nursing thing. But then I decided that I had just seen all three Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and that Jack Sparrow wouldn't let me down (yes, this thought did go through my mind...sue me, I was at a loss!). I took a guess, and moved to the next question...
( Even though I didn't know the difference between rickets and scurvy! LOL!)
(Don't forget to let us know how you did!).thumb.jpg.ccc2deb5c83ef722c05e530ac420d6fb.jpg){kind=small}
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I'll be watching out for your results.
The top student in our class, when she took it, she was devastated when she left. She said there was only a small handful of questions that she felt she knew the answers to and some, she had no clue.
She got 75 questions...and passed.