usa4ever

From what I am hearing failing 1-2 times is the norm in 2010. The current NCLEX is a grave disappointment to the trend that Nursing has taken. Shame on the State Board of Licensing. They are doing a grave dsrvc. to the profession of Nursing but most of all to patient care & safety. The current testing is ridiculous, boarders on diagnostic( listening to heart & breath sounds...really?really?) rather than testing knowledge. I was the last class to take it divided into sections over a 2 day period back in 1981. Believe me it was no picnic, but I felt they did an excellent job in testing our knowledge. Out of a graduating class of 38, only 1 of my classmates did not pass 1 section, she passed all others except 1. That was the only section she had to repeat. Think about that, only 1 GN out of 38 did not pass 1 section! The Hospital I am currently affiliated with has at least a 6-7 fail rate of 33 students for the 2010exam. These students were in the top of their class. This curent testing IMO fails to adequately test any base as it is to broad, scatterd and mostly schizophrenic. I cannot believe how they section it, and it is more trying to figure out the strategy to pass than to test true knowledge to adequately take care of patients! SHAME ON THE BOARD OF LICENSING THAT USHERED THIS IN THIS FORM OF TESTING! It is not a reflection on the Students or the School of Nursing they are affliated with. It is a reflection on the Board of Licensing, that has failed our Profession. You hang in there, all of you. We need good nurses! Soon enough I will be hanging up my stethascope, I hope that our profession sees the need for top quality nurses and not ones that can figure out how to pass a test!