Ran out of time

summerbummer21 · Mar 27, 2008

Also, I didn't get even a single math question. What does that mean? I'm scared coz I kind of tried to answer a bit faster at the last hour, but not to the point when I didn't even analyze the questions. It's just that the time and the fact that it was not shutting off was almost giving me a major panic attack.

onyx77 · Mar 28, 2008

I heard that when time runs out you are only graded on the last 60 or so questions. Try to relax and take your mind off of your test otherwise you WILL go crazy!!!

Keep us posted!

MomenTs · Mar 28, 2008

Good luck and positive vibes ur way

ZASHAGALKA, RN · Mar 28, 2008

If you don't answer all the questions, you have about a 50% chance of passing. IF all your answers in the last 60 questions was above the passing standard, then you'll be passed. That doesn't mean you have to get them all correct. It means that when you miss, it cannot lower your level to below the passing standard. After each question, right or wrong, the computer redetermines your level and compares it with the cutoff for pass/fail. IF, in each of the last 60 questions, your level remains above passing, you will be passed.

Slightly less than 50% pass when the machine shuts off because of time. I linked below where I found these odds. Just keep your fingers crossed and keep your cool.

Until you are notified you failed, you haven't failed. You are just as likely to be notified that you passed.

https://www.ncsbn.org/2006_Nurse_Vol_Exam_Stats.pdf

"If an NCLEX examination ends because time runs out, then the computer does not have enough

information to make a clear pass-fail decision; if it did, it would have already stopped administering

items. However, when the response patterns of people who ran out of time were investigated, it was

found that some had been performing consistently above the passing standard, and their “true” ability

level appeared to be above passing, although close to it. A mechanism is therefore provided for

these candidates to pass. The key word here is “consistently.” If a candidate’s ability estimate has

been consistently above the passing standard over the last 60 items, then he or she will pass, despite

having run out of time."

~faith,

Timothy.

ZASHAGALKA, RN · Mar 29, 2008

https://allnurses.com/forums/f197/ran-out-time-there-hope-left-me-177911.html

The link below doesn't still work, but I found it awhile back for someone else asking the same question, in the above thread.

https://www.nursys.com/public/resour...ve_18_4_05.htm

"After each question, the computer recalculates a candidate's competence level using the performance on all of the questions that have been answered to that point. If each of the last 60 competence levels that were calculated were above the passing standard, then the candidate will pass the examination. This does not mean the candidate needs to answer all of the last 60 questions correctly. The candidate just has to answer enough of them correctly so that the competence level stays above the passing standard. Therefore, if the candidate's performance has been consistently above passing, the candidate will pass, despite having run out of time. Almost half of the candidates who run out of time do pass the examination."

~faith,

Timothy.

DutchgirlRN, ASN, RN · Mar 29, 2008

you'll hear all kinds of crazy things about nclex. the number of questions, the type of questions, whether you got the last question right or wrong, the size of the envelope that the results come in... none of them true. try your best to relax and wait. if you don't pass you can always go back and take it again. many good nurses have had to take nclex more than once. there's certainly no shame in it. good luck!

ZASHAGALKA, RN · Mar 29, 2008

You are graded on your entire exam in that, at what level you are in comparison to the pass/fail standard is the cumulative result of your whole exam. It is the last 60 questions that must be above the passing standard.

Missing a question lowers you. Getting a question correct raises you. How much cushion you have is a result of the entire exam.

So, while the last 60 questions are being evaluated for passing, the whole exam is the basis for how much cushion you have.

Think about this, though: your whole exam is used as the basis of your status. IF you were consistently passing, then you should still pass.

Don't pay attn to the fact that it asked you 263 questions. After 75 questions, more questions are not related to your level of COMPETENCY, but rather, the level of validity. After that point, the test is trying to measure how accurate its assessment is. More questions is not a direct assessment of how well you are doing and so, it's not a direct assessment of how much cushion you have to stay above pass in the last 60 questions.

~faith,

Timothy.

summerbummer21 · Apr 5, 2008

I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I GOT MY LICENSE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!! :redbeathe :lol2:

Thank you God!!!!!!!

Thank you Ms. Suzanne!!!!!!

Thank you to all members of this wonderful community!!!!!

Wheeeeeee!!!

... Okay I have to tend to my family now. They're crying buckets, wonder why I'm not. Hehehe!

WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

suzanne4, RN · Apr 5, 2008

glad to hear that you passed this time.

after reading the first post of this thread, i was going to tell you that i have seen quite a few pass than have timed out, more so than not pass.

but anyhow:

great job!!!!!

suzanne4, RN · Apr 5, 2008

Please keep me posted on your career and let me know how things go for you.

And glad to hear that my program worked for you as I told you that it would.

kitnaw · Apr 5, 2008

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