TNUp2Jen

EXCELLENT!!! I passed too! Found out yesterday morning...48 hours later, on the dot - and a Saturday! :balloons: for both of us!

Thanks for all the well-wishes...I think they paid off - I PASSED!!! :balloons: :smiley_aa :yelclap: :monkeydance: :roll

Thanks for the tip... You were right. My results WERE available, despite the info sheet on "quick results" that Pearson gave me at my exam. They said not to even bother checking prior to two business days, but there my results were, at 10am on Saturday morning... I PASSED!!!!!!

thanks for all of your encouraging words... i passed!! :balloons:

A moderator on another thread told me to visit the the NCSBN site, where I read a bulletin that states that this rumor is NOT true. There are no instances where candidates must take the full test despite their ability level as a "control". Too bad, because that was one of my last hopes that I passed. Getting all 265 IS a bad thing - it means that the computer didn't figure out with 95% certainty that were smart enough to pass or not. It means I was borderline the entire time...I'd rather be on one extreme or the other so I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I was either meant to pass or not.

Quick results are available two BUSINESS days after the exam, not 48 hours. The difference for me is four days, as I took the exam on a Thursday. Friday, Monday are the next two business days. Sucks for me, huh?!?

I don't think it was similar to any of these. I would recommend a Mosby's book called Priortization and Delegation. That is probably your best bet. The NCLEX was unlike anything I've seen before, and I used Mosby, Kaplan, Saunders, AND ATI. ATI was a breeze compared to NCLEX.

Thanks Eric...there is a section that addresses this issue, and you are right. There are not instances when test-takers receive a certain amount of questions "randomly". Thanks for showing me where you found that info.

I've heard that same thing, but another poster here informed me that that was a rumor, and that it's not true. I'm not sure - I haven't heard from anyone who would know for sure (i.e. someone from NCLEX or Pearson). I heard that from my nursing instructors, so I believed it. Where did you hear it?

Not exactly making me feel better.... I did stay overnight - unfortunately in a large city like DC it doesn't even matter if you know where the site is - half the battle is finding parking, and that is constantly changing. This opportunity was my only one for six weeks to take the NCLEX. As I'm finding out from other NCers, the NC sites have been completely booked for weeks through June and half of July. Nearly my entire graduating class is having to schedule their boards out-of-state just to be able to start their jobs on time.

I just searched the NCBSN site for info on the website and found this info: how the CAT works: 1) it measures your ability with a 95% certainty. It'll end the test whenever it reaches that mark. 2) if it never reaches that mark, you get all 265 questions. At that point, the 95% certainty standard is dropped. You pass or fail based on where your ability level measures without regard to the certainty rule. The site said "the maximum test rule is essentially a second chance to pass" meaning I missed my first chance?!? The computer wasn't 95% sure I was passing so I got all questions. That's bad, right?!?!?

It's not about the percentage you get right, it's about at what ability level you start getting half right and half wrong.... the point of the NCLEX is to see if your ability is above the mininum level. The questions start off easier; they get harder as you get them correct. At one point, you start getting questions wrong, and then they back off and get easier again. The goal is for you to be getting half wrong and half right. Once that line is reached, the computer figures out whether you are "above the bar" so to speak. If you are, you pass. Google "CAT TESTING" for more explanation. Hope this helps!

After reading back over that, it feels like something out of a dream or a movie. Anyone else have a bad experience like that?

Oh - and I drove up half way last night, stayed in a hotel, and drove the rest of it this morning. The drive was the nicest part of the whole experience because I was relaxed!

Like I've read before - the number of questions is no indication of the result - I know it's hard to believe...but I'm in the same boat as you. I've heard that some people are "chosen randomly" to receive the entire test. Do you know that to be true? Let me know how you did - you are in my "265 Club" prayers!