Plummeting NCLEX Pass Rates

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Specializes in ED.

When I started school, our pass rates had been all over the 90th percentile, highs and lows. As we have progressed, it has steadily dropped. The last two tests ended up with a 78% and finally 62%. This seriously freaks me out. I'm worried that we haven't gotten the education to pass NCLEX. Any advice?

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You could take an NCLEX review course. At my college if you don't pass the exit HESI with a high enough score the school won't even allow you to take the NCLEX until you've taken a review course.

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I've heard that the NCLEX has gotten more difficult in the past year. Apparently, there is a greater stress on critical thinking, so I hear. Our instructor was talking about it in class, so this wasn't just chit-chat.

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Specializes in 5th Semester - Graduation Dec '09!.

I may be wrong, but if the passing rate is beginning to become that low, I think they can lose their accreditation. You think that maybe they will start raising the bar for you guys?

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