NCLEX Shut off in 75 Qs...

bonniekate89 · Jun 15, 2015

I'm about to take mine on Thursday! Do you feel like Kaplan was helpful/was harder than NCLEX? Or just different?

And I've heard that it depends on which state you're in... my State- VA- usually posts them within 24 hours my classmates have told me. Don't know about other states.

RN403, BSN, RN · Jun 15, 2015

Your results could show up on the BON website before the 48 hour mark.

Nobody feels good walking out of that exam. Try to keep yourself busy until the results are in. There is no way to predict the outcome and you can't change anything now.

Deep breaths! We all felt the same way. Best wishes.

Annath · Jun 15, 2015

I'm about to take mine on Thursday! Do you feel like Kaplan was helpful/was harder than NCLEX? Or just different?
And I've heard that it depends on which state you're in... my State- VA- usually posts them within 24 hours my classmates have told me. Don't know about other states.

Kaplan was both harder and different than the NCLEX. I think the Kaplan decision tree was helpful.

The actual questions we practiced in Kaplan seemed tailored for the decision tree, while the NCLEX was definitely not.

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Jun 15, 2015

You didn't really expect to see your license number on the BoN website in an hour! Remember, passing the exam does not equal an instant license: someone has to see your file, indicate exam results, make sure there's no hold on issuing you a license, and then do it. Humans are not instantaneous beings

Your exam must undergo a QA review at some point during the 24 hours following your exam's completion. It could be done ANYTIME during that time period, and once that is done, results are released to your State BoN. Some States update quickly (daily) and others every few or several days, even weekly. Depends on the BoN, when they receive your results, and how backed up they are.

Check back to the BoN site from time to time; otherwise, pay the $8 for your official results when they become available.

FWIW, most everyone feels that they bombed the exam, regardless of how they did.

Since you got the minimum number of questions, you either did very well and could demonstrate competency quickly....or.....you could demonstrate incompetence quickly because you were doing so poorly.

Given the kind of student you were in school, grades received, how you prepared for the exam....plus the fact that about 90% of first-time testers DO pass....how do you really think you did?

My guess is just fine :)

Annath · Jun 15, 2015

You didn't really expect to see your license number on the BoN website in an hour! Remember, passing the exam does not equal an instant license: someone has to see your file, indicate exam results, make sure there's no hold on issuing you a license, and then do it. Humans are not instantaneous beings
Your exam must undergo a QA review at some point during the 24 hours following your exam's completion. It could be done ANYTIME during that time period, and once that is done, results are released to your State BoN. Some States update quickly (daily) and others every few or several days, even weekly. Depends on the BoN, when they receive your results, and how backed up they are.
Check back to the BoN site from time to time; otherwise, pay the $8 for your official results when they become available.
FWIW, most everyone feels that they bombed the exam, regardless of how they did.
Since you got the minimum number of questions, you either did very well and could demonstrate competency quickly....or.....you could demonstrate incompetence quickly because you were doing so poorly.
Given the kind of student you were in school, grades received, how you prepared for the exam....plus the fact that about 90% of first-time testers DO pass....how do you really think you did?
My guess is just fine :)

Haha, thanks!

Rationally, I know I almost certainly passed. I did both the Kaplan and ATI classroom reviews, and I have always been a very strong test taker.

I just don't deal with anxiety well. Especially since I was in an unfamiliar city and had no one to talk to before the hour drive home!

I am also the first person from my class to test, so... no pressure!

jmpears36 · Jun 15, 2015

Hey! I took the test today too, in WV. It shut off at 75 Q's. It's making me really nervous, and a bunch of my questions were non-multiple choice, but most people are saying that shutting off at 75 is most likely a good sign.

Annath · Jun 15, 2015

Hey! I took the test today too, in WV. It shut off at 75 Q's. It's making me really nervous, and a bunch of my questions were non-multiple choice, but most people are saying that shutting off at 75 is most likely a good sign.

That's my understanding as well.

I am going to check the VA Board of Nursing after start of business tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have an entry in the database!

For what it's worth, Pearson gave me an error saying I had recently sat for the NCLEX, and did not let me re-register, when I attempted to submit payment after the exam.

Annath · Jun 16, 2015

Haha, the Virginia Board of Nursing License Verification phone number just confirmed I passed!!!

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Jun 16, 2015

Congrats!

jmpears36 · Jun 16, 2015

I'm still waiting on WV's verification. The PVT worked for me when I used a fake CC#. Got the good pop up. Unfortunately, we don't have quick results here, except for the PN exam

nursingme123 · Jun 16, 2015

I took my NCLEX yesterday and it shutoff at 86 questions. Only 10 or so we're SATA so I feel like I failed for sure. I've done some research and people that have failed had really easy basic nursing questions such as where to give injections and things like that. From what I remember (my brain is fried), toward the end of my exam, I did not have that simple of questions. So that's my only hope for now.