NCLEX test is Bull, nonstandardized, Cr*p

[Paramedicated]

Or am I overeacting. My poor wife took the LPN test yesterday, SHE emerged from the test with telling me about questions that were so vague that any answer would have worked. She said she had questions on material that not only wasn't covered in LPN, but was scheduled to be taught in her second year of RN school. WHAT gives? LPN is a mid level license similar to the EMS fields Intermediate level. WHY is the test structured in a manner that makes it nearly impossable to study for? Why are theses kids required to answer questions on material that is out of field for thier license level? WHAT does my 200 dollars go to? AND WHY if it is a computer based test does it take 4 weeks to get results?

Just curious if anyone can shed some light.

Thanks

[KacyLynnRN]

Yes, I have heard the 'NCLEX is standardized' statement many times, but here is my experience...

2 years ago when I took the NCLEX-PN boards, a school friend of mine took hers the day before I did. She called me that night and told me she had 30+ questions on pediatrics! She got the minimum # of questions (85). Well, I flipped out because peds was never my strong point! The next day, I went and took the exam and had 85 questions, just like her, but only got 1 pediatric question!!! That was it!! I had a lot of delegation-type questions, which she told me she had none. My question is, with the content of our tests being so different, how in the world can they say the test is fair and standardized? If I had gotten her exam and those 30 + peds questions, I probably would not have passed! By the way, we both passed and got our LPN licenses.

Anyway, next year I will take the NCLEX-RN and I am NOT talking to anyone that has already taken it beforehand! Lesson learned! :chuckle