Pearson VUE trick?

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Hi! Just wondering how reliable the pearson trick is. I'm pretty sure I failed.. but I've also heard of it taking your money and people still passing. Anyone know ?

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Here are a few of the HUNDREDS of threads asking the same question. In fact we have an entire forum dedicated to NCLEX questions. If this isn't enough information I encourage you to click on the little magnifying glass in the top yellow bar, type "Pearson View Trick" and knock yourself out. Best of luck. :)

https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/is-pearson-vue-829053.html

https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/how-accurate-is-831277.html

https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/pearsonvue-quot-trick-374829.html

https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/pearson-vue-trick-982034.html

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Thread moved to NCLEX forum.

Good luck!!

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OP, I see you posted on another thread asking about PVT...and that you attempted a registration only 20 minutes after your exam. Bad plan, but it's too late now: either you didn't pass (and you would need a second registration anyway) or you did pass, but now are out $200, completely non-refundable.

You didn't wait until your scores were finalized, you asked Pearson Vue to do another registration, and they did, which is what you paid for.

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Oh I am %100 confident I failed. And I know that everyone says that but the odds are against me. I only had 5 SATA, no EKG strips, no drag and drop, no math, only one hot spot. I felt like the entire thing was " who you gonna see first" and teaching. It didnt feel higher level AT ALL, and I didn't get any of these harder questions other people have been getting. Shut me off at 75. When I got home I figured I'd have to sign up again anyway.

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Oh I am %100 confident I failed. And I know that everyone says that but the odds are against me. I only had 5 SATA, no EKG strips, no drag and drop, no math, only one hot spot. I felt like the entire thing was " who you gonna see first" and teaching. It didnt feel higher level AT ALL, and I didn't get any of these harder questions other people have been getting. Shut me off at 75. When I got home I figured I'd have to sign up again anyway.

Based on your description of the exam, I see nothing that tells me that you are a guaranteed fail. The one exception would be that when your first scoring was complete you paid for another registration, that indicates it's potentially a fail. OR, you were one of the people for whom the registration software just automatically did a charge (since you offered it your credit card) regardless of outcome.

The number of SATA means nothing. Neither do any of the other formatting styles of questions; the format the question is posed in is utterly irrelevant. Pure myth that it means something. You, as the tester, would be completely unable to determine how high a level any question is. One person's hard question is another person's easy question.

At 75 questions you either did very poorly and you were done then, or you did very well and were done then. I have seen people walk out (including myself) believing they simply MUST have failed, but they did not.

So, yes, it is possible you did fail. But I wouldn't give up all hope until you get that CPR...or confirmation of a license number.

Good luck to you!

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Thanks :-/ I took HURST and they pounded into our heads that the higher level were SATA and alternate format questions so that's why I was thinking that. There's really just no way to tell !

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Thanks :-/ I took HURST and they pounded into our heads that the higher level were SATA and alternate format questions so that's why I was thinking that. There's really just no way to tell !

It's a complete urban legend. Your class instructor was wrong for drilling you with such inaccurate information a rumor easily dispelled by simply reading the NCLEX FAQ on the NCSBN website.

The truth: All types of questions have higher and lower levels whether alternate format (which includes drag & drop, calculation and SATA) or traditional multiple choice. Unless you are an expert in Bloom's taxonomy it would be impossible to guess which are higher and lower cognitive level questions.

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