NCLEX SATA Questions... What does it mean if you get ALOT?

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I just took my NCLEX today got the good pop up but I had about 160 questions, I got alot of questions on Delegation, Prioritization, about 10 SATA's, and no math? I hear alot of talk about SATA's if you get alot what does that mean?

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Specializes in NICU, Psych, Education.

It's really hard to figure out whether you passed the NCLEX by surfing the net, but generally "select all that apply" (SATA) and prioritization questions are high level questions. When you get a bunch of those, that usually means you were doing well on the exam.

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Thanks Eric J RN..... this was one of the most stressful experiences of my life!!!!! Im very glad for the PVT because I wouldnt have made it through the 48 hours for the unofficial results!!!!!

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well i got my results for my nclex pn today and i passed, I can tell you i was on edge i had 186 questions, I was worried for the whole two days. I did do the pvt trick and it definately works. It will say "previously passed exam,cant reschedule at this time" if you see this you PASSED, congrats and good luck

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Congrats!!!!!! I did get the good pop up& couldn't re-register too! I'm just wondering how I did exactly w/all the SATA's I got& the prioritization ?'s ....@'the end of the day it really doesn't matter (LOL) as long as I passed!!!!!

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Just took my NCLEX Monday the 21st and passed. Had about 110 questions a lot of sata's 12 at least, had a lot of what would the nurse do first, had DM and Parkenson questions including there meds.

Good luck and stay positive.

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congrats

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Thank you!!!!!! And the pearson trick does work I received my license number to day from the CT State Board of Nursing

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congratulation to you guys im also picturing my self with the good pop ups but i guess i wont have that for long time! take good care of your license let me know if you guys get a job !! good luck!

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I just took my NCLEX today got the good pop up but I had about 160 questions, I got alot of questions on Delegation, Prioritization, about 10 SATA's, and no math? I hear alot of talk about SATA's if you get alot what does that mean?

Doesn't really mean anything, IMO. I think it's the luck of the question draw.

Congrats on passing!

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Many of my classmates who recently took it also had a lot of SATA.

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I just took the NCLEX-RN on 8/23. My entire test except for 10 questions was SATA. My test shut off at 75 questions. The whole time I thought I was failing miserably! I didn't find out until AFTER the exam that getting a test comprised mostly of SATA means that you're actually doing well. (YAY!) I did the PVT trick about 5 hours after my test, and received the "good" pop up. (Which I found hard to believe. I thought maybe I was the ONE person the PVT didn't work for!) But on 8/25 I purchased my quick results and found out that I had indeed PASSED. :-) :-)

My advice to anyone getting ready to take the exam is practice SATA questions. I graduated in May of 2012 and I used the Saunders Comprehensive Review book and CD to prepare for NCLEX. However, I found that there are very few SATA on the Saunders disk, and the disk/book mainly focuses on regular multiple choice questions. Had I known the NCLEX would/could be mostly comprised of SATA, I definitely would've purchased a review book and CD that primarily focused on practicing those.

Good luck to all those preparing to take the NCLEX!! :-)

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