NCLEX Trouble

[WannaBeAnRN2]

I just took the NCLEX yesterday, and it was the worst test I've ever taken. It was way harder than the HESI, and way harder than nursing school. My school has a great board pass rate, so I didn't anticipate this to be so hard. I got 5+ pharm questions, and after looking them up when I got home, it doesn't seem I got them right. The computer shut off after 75 questions. Some questions were so complex, it seemed impossible to use any of the testing strategies. Would the computer keep giving me pharm questions if I didn't get them right, or is the NCLEX incorporating more pharm questions into the test? Any advice would be helpful. Thanks.

[EricJRN, MSN, RN]

Congrats on the pass! It's supposed to feel like a very hard exam. The NCLEX is set up so that both passers and failers score ~50%. If you are doing better than 50%, the computer will adjust the difficulty of the questions accordingly. That difficulty level is what determines pass/fail.