nclex-pn

katdoug · Mar 22, 2015

took the nclex pn on friay stopped at 88 questions scared I failed. any advice? whole family's future is riding on this. Need a nursing job asap

klone, MSN, RN · Mar 22, 2015

Not sure what advice we would be able to offer you, other than maybe suggesting just take a deep breath. It's now in the hands of G-d, or fate or whatever you believe in. Nothing else you can do except wait. Good luck!

jj224 · Mar 22, 2015

Not sure if the old trick still works. Where you try to register again and if it let's you get to the page where you pay, it means you failed. I forget what it's called.

Also. In the worst case scenario that you failed, you can study differently and pass it the next time. Just a bump in the road.

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Mar 23, 2015

No advice, really, other than to post future NCLEX-related questions on the NCLEX Discussion forum instead of General Nursing so you'd get more responses :)

People have passed and failed with every number of questions from the minimum to the maximum. You cannot know anything from having stopped at 88 other than you either did quite well and could demonstrate competency in that period of time, OR that you did quite poorly and that the computer determined you would be unable to demonstrate competency that day at all.

I don't know you, so you'll have to consider these questions on your own: Given the kind of student you were, how you did in school, what kind of preparation you did for NCLEX, how you did on the practice exams.....is it more likely you passed or failed? Know, too, that MOST first-time testers DO pass the exam....the large majority, actually, somewhere around 90%.....so the odds are in your favor.

At this point there isn't anything you can do, so I suppose my advice is to go do something you enjoy, something exhilarating or relaxing or anything that takes your mind off this for a bit.

Hang in there! :)

Silverdragon102, BSN · Mar 23, 2015

Moved to the NCLEX forum and threads merged

LittleCandles · Mar 23, 2015

Not sure if the old trick still works. Where you try to register again and if it let's you get to the page where you pay, it means you failed. I forget what it's called.
Also. In the worst case scenario that you failed, you can study differently and pass it the next time. Just a bump in the road.

PVT trick but it's not how it works anymore, you go to reregister, pay with a card that has less then 200 dollars (has to be a valid card tho) and if it declines the card due to funds you failed if it says "our records indicate.." You passed