75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

HAPPYNPROUD · Jul 14, 2008

congrats to all!!!

hospicehappy · Jul 17, 2008

Don't know yet. Took NCLEX Tuesday, 15 July, and computer shut down at 77 questions. Uh-ohhhhhhh ! Just about every question elicited a "What?" in my head. I am pretty convinced I failed it. Can we march on Sacramento to get rid of this exam altogether?

xtendedmind · Jul 17, 2008

Are the pencil/paper test still offered? I think I would do better with the pencil/paper myself. I am still doing pre-requisites so I have a loooong way to go. :bugeyes:

NexLvlDad · Jul 17, 2008

I was amongst the first groups to take the CAT format for the NCLEX. It was winter and we received about 4-5 ft of snow over night. I awoke noticing all the white outside my home so I called the Sylvan learning center where I was scheduled to take the exam, to see if they were still open as everything else was closed. The line was busy. Two hours later I called and I finally got through. They said yes, we are open. I had to make the mad rush to remove all the snow covering my sub-compact car. I then jumped in and proceeded to drive to Sylvan. About half-way there, while waiting at a red light intersection, A small pick-up rammed into me from behind because he slid on the snowy/icy roads. The driver was using a company vehicle and was really nervous. I'm rushing to exchange insurance info so that I can make it to take the NCLEX. By the time I show up, I'm all sweaty, my hair is a big mess, I'm unshaven and I look like a lunatic because of the anxiety from the test and the reaction from the accident, which added to my stress load. So I'm taking the test and I swear I'm not at my best so I totally expected to do more than the 75 questions, that is unless I did so poorly then it would shut off after question 75. It did shut off and my stress level went off the charts! I went home and told my wife I would have to schedule a re-take. 2-3 weeks later my wife called me at work to tell me I passed.:bowingpur

embarrasingfield · Jul 17, 2008

I think a lot of people feel that way with board exams.

You probably did better than you think, and even if the off-chance that you did not pass, you will be stronger for the next exam.

onlywanttobearn · Jul 19, 2008

I took the the test on the 15, and unfortunate for me I failed! I found out yesterday through the mail because I am from MS. I feel really bad because most of my classmates have passed but one. I guess I am the second one. I will take it again in 45 days and will be well prepared. I had 265 questions. I am writing to help enlighten anyone who has failed and is down. I am going to keep going and will pass the next time because if I was not capable of passing I would have not completed a rigorous BSN program. So, for everyone who has failed walk with your head up and just go harder next time.

Alove00 · Jul 23, 2008

I just took the NCLEX 7/21/08. (I chose not to add on the 300$ for an additional review course considering I've spent almost 65,000 on my nursing education already.) Anyway, my test shut off at 75 questions. I left the Pearson Vue testing center 99.9% sure I had failed. I was crying so hard I wasn't sure I could drive myself home. The questions were just so difficult. I felt completely unsure of my answers. I was the first one done at the testing site and my heart began to race, I thought I failed.

Today, I found out I passed!!! I'm so thankful for Castleton's (VT) program. They held their students to incredibly high standards and it has paid off.

-Alycia

poetgirl92 · Jul 24, 2008

Well I guess I will add my same sorry tale of the computer shutting off at 75 questions. I had 35-40 select all that apply! I stopped counting after 25 when they were all SATA! What the heck! No calculations, 1 put in order, 1 ob, 1 childhood disease, infection control, a few priority, and a TON.... of DRUGS! But not the common ones like dig, or lithium or lasix, etc, but some obscure stuff! I know I failed. I walked out of the testing center in a dazed state of shock. I didn't know what the heck just happened. I couldn't find the parking garage to get my car. When I finally got in my car I started balling. I called my mom and just sobbed all the way home. I am utterly convinced that I choked and failed.

Of course I have poured over my review books for the answers to every questions I can remember. I have checked the pearson site a tons of times, checked my state bon website. I am sick to stomach and can't sleep!

Tomorrow I am supposed to go and finish all my new hire paperwork and get my ID, etc for my dream job in the cardiac surgical ICU of a huge university hospital. How can I do that when I know I failed the test????

At least all the posts make me feel like I am not alone. No matter what I can still take the exam again! What doesn't kill us makes us stronger they say. If that is true I am gonna be able to lift a semi-truck with my bare hands on Friday when I check the results(especially if I failed)! :confused:

Alove00 · Jul 24, 2008

PoetGirl.. have you checked your states Board of Nursing website to see if you have an active or pending licence?? That's how I found out so quickly. Its public information in NH at least. You just put in a persons name to see if they are licensed. They usually get them up there before pearson vue gets back to you on your results.

Btdthat08 · Jul 24, 2008

poetgirl92 said:
Well I guess I will add my same sorry tale of the computer shutting off at 75 questions. I had 35-40 select all that apply! I stopped counting after 25 when they were all SATA! What the heck! No calculations, 1 put in order, 1 ob, 1 childhood disease, infection control, a few priority, and a TON.... of DRUGS! But not the common ones like dig, or lithium or lasix, etc, but some obscure stuff! I know I failed. I walked out of the testing center in a dazed state of shock. I didn't know what the heck just happened. I couldn't find the parking garage to get my car. When I finally got in my car I started balling. I called my mom and just sobbed all the way home. I am utterly convinced that I choked and failed.
Of course I have poured over my review books for the answers to every questions I can remember. I have checked the pearson site a tons of times, checked my state bon website. I am sick to stomach and can't sleep!
Tomorrow I am supposed to go and finish all my new hire paperwork and get my ID, etc for my dream job in the cardiac surgical ICU of a huge university hospital. How can I do that when I know I failed the test????
At least all the posts make me feel like I am not alone. No matter what I can still take the exam again! What doesn't kill us makes us stronger they say. If that is true I am gonna be able to lift a semi-truck with my bare hands on Friday when I check the results(especially if I failed)!

lol,you are amazing- I guess that's a good way to look at it - the truth is, once you have taken the exam there is really nothing else that you can do - it's pointless to sit around and mourn.... I know, easier said than done! but it is true though.

blondy2061h, MSN, RN · Jul 25, 2008

I passed with 75 questions on my first try at the NCLEX-RN. I left feeling good about it, spent the weekend psyching myself out that I had failed, and found out Saturday afternoon that I had passed.

I had no OB questions, 12 SATA, 1 peds question, no ortho (which I was terrified about, cause I don't know it at all), tons and tons of prioritization and infection control questions. Also, one put in order question.

Like Poetgirl, my drug ones were obscure drugs, and my infection control questions were lagely obscure conditions I hadn't heard of since I used to play Oregan Trail when I was little.

poetgirl92 · Jul 25, 2008

Just found out that I passed!!! Can't believe it. Totally convinced myself I had failed with 30+ SATA!

CSICU here I come. Good luck to everyone still waiting for results and those waiting to test! God bless.

75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

75 Questions on NCLEX-- Did you Pass or fail?