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Ok so I took the nclex pn today. I didn't have too many SATA and I think only one med question. Test shut off at 95. Got home and tried the PVT and it have me the good pop up but I'm still worried because I had maybe 10 at most SATA. isn't it bad to not have a lot of SATA? But I got the good pop up from pearsonvue so I'm just a little worried and confused. Can anyone help!

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Anyone?! Help. I had a lot of education questions. Only 2 to put in order. PVT still says I "passed" but my anxiety is getting the best of me because I had only 1 med question that was a SATA.

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Specializes in FNP.

After years of being on this forum, I have never heard of the PVT not being accurate. Congratulations nurse!

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

If you try before 24 hours this is the greatest opportunity for false result as the QA check of results may not have been completed. There have been many false positives & negatives in recent months since the process was changed in August 2014. Suggest a good read in the NCLEX forum.

The only accurate results are from quick results or the board of nursing.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Moved to the NCLEX forum

SATA is a type of question and doesn't matter how many you got as it will not have a bearing on your results. Same as meds some get one or two or even more and some get none

I only had like 10-12 sata, and i received my pass letter yesterday, Goodluck!

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and btw, i did pvt right away, 4 hours after my exam and received the good pop up . and i passed, So you just have to relax now . .

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paoloxxx2015 said:
and btw, I did PVT right away, 4 hours after my exam and received the good pop up . and I passed, So you just have to relax now . .

The reason we keep telling people to NOT do what you did (the PVT prior to 24 hours post exam) is because of the increasing numbers of people who ARE getting charged--or getting 'the bad pop up' regardless of the fact that they passed. You were lucky ;)

CONGRATS on passing, but definitely don't tell anyone they should do the PVT so early :(

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PMKNSE said:
After years of being on this forum, I have never heard of the PVT not being accurate. Congratulations nurse!

If you look around this forum now, you'll see that it's become QUITE unreliable. Software was updated in August of '14, and it's been a crapshoot for months now.

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Randi012 said:
Anyone?! Help. I had a lot of education questions. Only 2 to put in order. PVT still says I "passed" but my anxiety is getting the best of me because I had only 1 med question that was a SATA.

SATA questions are irrelevant, don't read anything into them being there or not being there on your test. Good news is the odds are in your favor: approximately 90% of US-educated testers do pass, so....it looks good ?

As for the PVT, please don't do it again: you only risk getting charged (or, in the case of an invalid card entry, a "bad" pop up). See the many threads on PVT to know why.

Good luck!

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I feel like I'm having a heart attack! Just got home from taking the test, I had probably 2/3 alternate format questions!! So many meds and no trade names, just generic. Arrgh! But I did the 'trick' and got the good pop-up, is it 100% reliable? I dont think I could go through this again! :(

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
NamasteN said:
I feel like I'm having a heart attack! Just got home from taking the test, I had probably 2/3 alternate format questions!! So many meds and no trade names, just generic. Arrgh! But I did the 'trick' and got the good pop-up, is it 100% reliable? I don't think I could go through this again! :(

It's a trick and before 24 hours it is most definitely NOT reliable. It's a trick attempting to exploit a registration glitch and becoming less reliable even after 24 hours. The only 100% accurate results are the quick results charged $7.95 after 2 days or results posted by the board of nursing

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