nclex

Editorial Team / Admin · Jul 15, 2015

Welcome to AN!

I would bet that there are a lot of test takers who feel that they failed after the computer shut off. I certainly did, and I had 75 questions back (mumble mumble) years ago. Take a deep breath, try to relax, and do other things that you enjoy to try to distract yourself. Go to a movie with some friends, out to dinner with your family, read a book. Thinking about it will probably only make you more anxious.

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jul 16, 2015

Moved to the NCLEX forum

Take a deep breath, the computer will switch off at any question number whether it be 75 76 or 200. All you can do is wait and from what I have seen many Canadians have been getting their results in a couple of days

MICU,RN · Jul 16, 2015

I took NCLEX yesterday. Mine cut off at 75 and over half were SATA questions.. UGH! After I threw up, had to sit in my car for 45 minutes before I could even drive home. I for sure thought I failed! Well today I found out I PASSED! I hope this helps with the anxiety of waiting for results.. I know the waiting is utter hell and all u want is to know, but this is the price we pay to be nurses. If we weren't strong enough to make it through nursing school and this awful uncertainty of not knowing, we wouldn't be strong enough to be Nurses! Good Luck!

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Jul 16, 2015

I just wrote my nclex, the test shut off after I wrote 76 questions, had 13 SATA, a lot of priority towards the end and like 1 calculation. I didn't get any SATA between questions 50-73....When it went to 76 I was like, Ok the computer hasn't made up it's mind yet lets do this. It was another priority question...and then it shut off. I feel like that basically meant that I failed.
I'm feeling so down and just upset because I think I failed. I won't find out till monday.
I know asking here doesn't really help but I feel if anyone had similarly cut off at 76 they would be able to give me some insight.
I'm in canada so the PVT is controversial, doesn't work here and we are also unable to do the quick results...

I've posted before that it's a rare person who feels good, feels confident he or she passed after taking the NCLEX. Pretty normal to feel awful, convinced of failure, etc.

I don't want to guess here on your odds, as you are in Canada; best I can do at this point is tell you to do something to distract yourself until you can get official results: clean out the pantry, go through your closet and create Toss/Donate bags, go to the mall with a friend, have lunch with someone you've been neglecting while you prepared for the exam. Anything to keep yourself occupied!

Good luck :)

K8JAJ8 · Jul 16, 2015

I took my Test yesterday morning and had the most miserable day ever. It stopped at 75 and I was absolutely sure that I had failed because I didn't think it ever got to a depth of material to meet the passing standard. That's not to say I thought it was easy, many of them could well have been written in Chinese. I just felt like I was in an endless hell of delegation and fundamentals. I found out this morning that I passed!

Try not to make yourself crazy and keep faith. If it didn't work out this time, you'll nail it next time, but it sounds to me like you passed.

I felt a little better after looking up the five or six questions I could remember and finding I at least did okay on those.

Good luck!!!