I took the NCLEX-PN on Monday morning.... took ALLLLLL 205 questions. I had always been told in school that if you take a low number of questions (85-100) that you would be in good shape. Plus, all my classmates that took it in the days before me were passing with 85-90 questions tests. So I while taking mine, once I hit 100, i started panicking. Big time. Like tears rolling down my face at the computer. At that point I knew I was in trouble because I lost all focus that I had. With each question I kept thinking, "Okay now its going to shut off". On top of that, some of the content of the questions was stuff I had NEVER seen in my life. After I finally hit 205 and it cut off, i just sat back in my chair and shook my head in disbelief. After I left, I got to the car and started crying my eyes out. My parents had taken off work to drive me to the testing center incase I had a breakdown like this. Here's what didnt help: I had told them about what I had heard all during school about the low number of questions deal and when I told them I had taken all 205 they immediatly got frustrated with me. Great. Once I got home (which was the longest ride EVER) my friends told me to do the "pearson vue trick". They told me if you get a pop up box then you pass and if it takes you to the credit card page you fail. I logged on and guess what... CREDIT CARD PAGE. My fate was sealed and I lost all hope. I kept thinking maybe there is a glitch and maybe I passed. This morning I paid for my quick review and I had indeed failed. I am feeling like I am at rock bottom. I have never failed at anything so I wasn't sure how I would handle it or handle telling my family/getting their reactions. Turns out my friends and family are being EXTREMELY supportive... except my dad. He expects nothing but perfection and so he is not handling this well. I do not know what to do. The earliest I can test again is November 28 which is when I plan on scheduling to test again. I used Mosby's to study this time but everyone is telling my to do Hurst Review now. It sounds very reliable. Right now I'm still in the shock phase of it all... and not knowing how to deal with my dad whom I want to make very proud! Just feeling pretty lousy right now Time to order Hurst....