The exam would have made me feel like this . But I had read Pearson's explanation of adaptive tests and I concluded that the more SATA's they threw at me, the better I must be doing.
Before too long I was jazzed to see an SATA come up and when it shut off at 75 I walked out feeling like "that's it?"
Don't know if I passed yet, but I have a friend who had 22 SATA and she passed at 75.
My primary study tactic was doing as many Saunders practise tests I could force myself to do. I took it easy the nite before the test and went out to eat at a comfortable restaurant with my husband.
I also noticed that even if the question seemed like "you gotta be kiddin' me, no *******' way, nobody taught us that!" If I took the time to look at everything and think about it, there was a clue in the question sentence to help me find the answer. Of course, I could have gotten them wrong too. Who knows? :chuckle
On my nclex I had 30 sata....n a drag some meds.....I was really just really clam i took breaks i than i kept on answering i can't expalin the feeling of the screen going black.....I was just calm i failed my first exam I told my self i have to pass not for myself but also my family especially for my baby....I hope all my studying prepared me now comes the hard part waiting for the results....to everyone taking it good luck ot us all:redbeathe:redbeathe
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Tons of SATA this morning - didn't count. I have to wait wait wait because California is not a quick result state AND our transcripts aren't into the BRN yet. 75 questions, yes! :)
I took the NCLEX for the first time earlier today. I'm pessimistic because I only had 3-4 SATA questions. Exam stopped at 75. The next 4 days will be the longest anxious moment ever while waiting for the result.
I'm new here at "allnurses.com" & the topics are very helpful in somehow relieving my post-NCLEX stress.
this thread is interesting-- let us know how you did.. theyre are a lot of to be continued stuff and i didnt get to hear the results from some.. Good luck to all
How do you guys remember how many SATA you had? Do you write down how many times it pops up as you go?? Just curious....wondering how the heck everyone remembers??
. But I had read Pearson's explanation of adaptive tests and I concluded that the more SATA's they threw at me, the better I must be doing.
and when it shut off at 75 I walked out feeling like "that's it?" 
Exam stopped at 75. The next 4 days will be the longest anxious moment ever while waiting for the result. 
I also had all 265 ?s, so maybe thats it....thumb.jpg.08933f6edc7e47f7212fcc1350e1031e.jpg){kind=small}
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On my nclex I had 30 sata....n a drag some meds.....I was really just really clam i took breaks i than i kept on answering i can't expalin the feeling of the screen going black.....I was just calm i failed my first exam I told my self i have to pass not for myself but also my family especially for my baby....I hope all my studying prepared me now comes the hard part waiting for the results....to everyone taking it good luck ot us all:redbeathe:redbeathe