What the heck is an "easy" question on the NCLEX? According to the NCLEX writers, if you pass 50% of only the "easy" questions, you fail after 75 questions. If you pass 50% of the "harder" questions, you pass. If you are close to the passing score, the computer keeps asking questions until it clearly knows if you can only answer easy or difficult questions.
I just took the NCLEX. To me, it was a very difficult test. I have never seen these questions before, and I own 3 prep books for the NCLEX. Some of the questions were impossibly difficult (ex. name a single side effect for one of the injectible antipsychotic drugs used to treat schizophrenia -- it was a drug I've never heard before, in classes, clinicals, or working on a psych unit). But then I would get easier questions (basic A, B, C's).
I also got 5 or 6 questions of the new type, ie. fill-in-the-blanks, and "select all of the above correct answers" (with no partial credit given).
To me, this was a hard test. But maybe I'm just stupid? The computer shut off after 75 questions -- either I answered hard questions correctly (by guessing!), or I failed miserably & found the "easy" questions to be difficult.
Can you tell I'm worried/stressed?? I wish I knew how NCLEX defines "easy"....
I look foward to taking the test on the computer and only have to answer 150 questions! I took board many years ago (yes, I did the 2 day/8 hour/wait in misery test). On of my classmates had been down the similar route and took her NP boards on the computer. She said it was a slam dunk compared to the old paper tests we took many, many years ago.
Guess I was just born a little too soon. Good luck to all of you taking your NCLEX.
I have to agree that taking the nclex is the worst test I've taken in my life. There was nothing easy about the test to me. However I do have to admit my sister warned me. I unfortunatly got 265 questions and I'm still nervously waiting for my results. Wish me Luck!
I actually went through a bridge program. I have been accepted into an Adult Health/Occupational Health NP program. Right now I am working part-time on a tele unit and will do that throughout my master's program.
MrDefib
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I look foward to taking the test on the computer and only have to answer 150 questions! I took board many years ago (yes, I did the 2 day/8 hour/wait in misery test). On of my classmates had been down the similar route and took her NP boards on the computer. She said it was a slam dunk compared to the old paper tests we took many, many years ago.
Guess I was just born a little too soon. Good luck to all of you taking your NCLEX.