"Good" Pop-Up Still Reliable?

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I know there has been numerous questions about this topic and I'm just going to be joining the herd of people who have already asked this, but I feel like I need to ask this anyways. Is the so-called "good" pop-up reliable in 2017?

I just took my NCLEX yesterday; the test stopped at 75 and like many others, I walked out of their feeling like I had failed. I had heard about the PVT in nursing school of course and because I'm one of the last of my class to take the exam, one of my classmates had texted me and asked if I had done it and stated that that is how all of our other classmates learned they had passed. I wasn't going to do it until she said this; I had wanted to wait and I knew that if I kept thinking about it, it was only going to make it harder to wait the 48 hours for the quick results. But, I broke down and I tried it.

I tried it twice yesterday and got the message that is the "good" pop-up after submitting all the CC info (I changed the exp. date and cvc). I read somewhere after that, that it is most reliable 24 hours after taking the test, so I tried it again this morning for good measure and got the "good" pop-up. I'm in Florida and my classmate also told me that if I passed, my license on the board of nursing should show up sometime today, as it did for most of my classmates after the 24 hour mark. I checked that as well and still did not see a license under my name; now I know for everyone it may take some time still so I'm trying not to let this get to me.

I'm trying to convince myself to just wait until the quick results become available tomorrow and to just stop thinking about it but I do want to know what some other people's experiences were with the PVT and how reliable it can be. Now I know its not supposed to be a 100% sure-thing to see if you passed/failed, just a computer glitch and I know there has been people that have question whether it really works anymore and others who insist adamantly that it does in fact work.

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Specializes in ER.

This is your first and only post on allnurses in almost 2 years of membership?

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I joined when I first got accepted in to nursing school; so, yes, this is my first post. Just finished school in Februrary. Really haven't had any questions or topics until now that I needed other nurses advice on.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

I moved your post to the NCLEX forum for targeted feedback. :) Best of luck!! My state didn't participate in quick results when I was a new RN, but at least they were quick to get me into the database.

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All I can really say is that it worked for me back on April 4th. Took NCLEX-PN on the afternoon of March 31st, waited until the 4th (1st & 2nd were weekend days and wanted to give it 2 full business days to ensure accuracy) then checked and got the "good pop-up". Got my congratulatory form letter the following Monday.

Sounds like congrats are in order for you! :-)

----- Dave

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To to the MQA website & login it will tell you if you passed or failed & you can save your $8...... Let's us know the outcome.

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thank you for this. I went on MQA or nursys and my name and license RN were there a day before while I was sleepless and scared. I didnt do any of the pop up. When I did my LPN some years ago, the results were on the web site two days after. Its wasting money rushing with those pop up or attempt to pay for the new exam. Nursys will have your quick results without paying. Good 24-48 hours.

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