NCLEX with 80 Qs...It's killing me

SkateBetty · Feb 18, 2006

Ah yes, the agonizing 48 hours, a feeling I know all too well. Hang in there, everybody who passes feels exactly the same way. Just find busy things to do, and stop agonizing over the one's you know you missed. Eighty-five percent of the people who take it, PASS it! The odds are in your favor. Good luck.

NTPinky · Feb 18, 2006

I'll bet you passed too. I wish I could say the same about me, but I'm pretty sure I failed it.

bikesnboards · Feb 18, 2006

i can relate. i just took NCLEX yesterday morning. i think it shut off at 75. the last time i saw a question # was about 68 and it shut off shortly there after. i was nervous when it shut off and then i just felt sick when i left the testing center. i felt like i couldn't have done anymore to prepare and at the same time i felt like i didn't know anything when i was taking the test. i was wondering what i had learned for the past 2 years in nursing school!

i don't have any helpful hints but i completely understand where you're coming from.

suzanne4, RN · Feb 18, 2006

Every nurse that takes the exam gets 50% correct and 50% wrong. It depends on the level at which you are missing the questions.

bikesnboards · Feb 18, 2006

i guess knowing that i got at least 50% correct makes it a little better because i felt like i got 5 correct! and i realize that the test is not supposed to be easy, but i just didn't feel like i had any easy questions. and it seemed like every question was a priority question. i kept thinking - where is all the stuff i know!

maro · Feb 18, 2006

I felt that I failed too when I took mine. I passed. it is always like that. Hang in there and enjoy. You passed. Efe RN

Gabbiegal31 · Feb 18, 2006

I took the NCLEX on Feb. 2nd, it shut off at 80 Q's and I passed. I felt just like you did. Hang in there. I think you will be jumping for joy in a day or two! Good luck and God Bless, Lori R.N.

nursemomruns · Feb 19, 2006

i guess knowing that i got at least 50% correct makes it a little better because i felt like i got 5 correct! and i realize that the test is not supposed to be easy, but i just didn't feel like i had any easy questions. and it seemed like every question was a priority question. i kept thinking - where is all the stuff i know!

Thinking they were all hard and having alot of priority is a good sign.

Hang in there, the wait will be over soon!

TlcprnMN · Feb 20, 2006

Calm down. I remember going to my car after the test shut off at 78 questions. I cried, how was I going to come up with the money to take this a gain and take another review, what about the Rn job I was supposed to start in 3 weeks??? Well I am here to tell you that I passed. It was O.K. It was out of my hands after the computer shut down. Sometimes I need to be reminded things happen just as they should. I hope the very same for you.:flowersfo