75 ?'s going through my mind, nonstop

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I've talked to some you already and yesterday it really helped soothe me for a few hours... but then as I was driving to go out to dinner I thought of another question... one of my only prioritizing questions and I realized that I got it wrong and put the wrong answer on the NCLEX... i'm convinced that getting that ? wrong is what's going to make me fail... I tried sleeping last night and was doing pretty good until about 6 am and then I had a dream about my questions and woke up in a complete panic... It's been about 3 hours and I still feel like I can't breathe and I feel like I'm sitting in the testing center all over again... heart pounding, SOB, nausea... I'm just so certain that I didn't pass.... I feel like I'm going to be the small percentage of people that fail with 75 questions because I can't think of enough that I maybe got right and i'm still worried about only getting about 5 prioritzing ?'s.... I know that if I fail it's not the end of the world... but it feels like it to me... urgh... this whole process is making want to change careers!!

Specializes in LDRP.
LOL I did the same thing......I checked all the time. I took my test at 8am on Thursday the 24th and it did not post until exactly 8am yesterday (the 26th). I checked at 758 and it wasnt there, but at exactly 8am my results were available!!!!

well, thats good to know...

not much lonegr to wait. :selfbonk:

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Congrats on passing! Any advice to those about to take the exam??

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Make sure to read the questions thoroughly and know what they are asking for. Also, the obvious answers aren't usually there. I know I had a question about giving blood and I went through in my head everything that I had to do. When I looked at the different answers available none of the things I thought of were there, but if you knew what to do you could eliminate many of the answers. NCLEX really looks at your critical thinking skills. I had a bunch of prioritizing, delegation, and select all that apply questions as well as pharm questions but no drug calculations. I also remember several that had to do with infection control and a couple endocrine questions about different disorders. Just know that when you leave you will feel like you failed......we all did. I know this will be easier said than done, but try to keep yourself busy for the 48 hrs after the test is over.....that was the hardest for me and try not to think about all the questions you got wrong because that's what I did and it was killing me. Good luck!!!

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Good Luck! I wish you all the best. My plan for the test was to take my time and then once I gt in there I just got so scared that I started rushing through it... i wish i could take that back.... so just keep telling yourself that you have time!

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what does the Pearson Vue website say if you failed? Just trying to prepare myself :(

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Specializes in Cardiac Thoracic Surgery, Emergency Med.
what does the Pearson Vue website say if you failed? Just trying to prepare myself :(

It will list your exam date, name, NCLEX ID #, registration #, Exam, grade

after grade - it will say either "pass" or "fail"

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Specializes in LDRP.
what does the Pearson Vue website say if you failed? Just trying to prepare myself :(

now, dont say that!!!!!!!!!!

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I'm so scared.. never been so insecure in my life...

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I just talked to a girl I graduated with and she took hers on Friday and the results actually posted today, on a Sunday.... so I think I might be getting up all throughout the night to check if mine came up yet! so for anyone that has taken it on Friday... keep checking if your state has quick results!

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I'm so scared.. never been so insecure in my life...

me too!!!!!! :urgycld:

I was told that they post exactly 48 hrs after you test regardless of what day...

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It's been almost 48 hours and still nothing is posted... I went to my BON website and did a license seaarch and wasn't posted there either... do you think that's a bad sign? I'm so worried and feel so sick... I can't stop shaking... I realy feel so awful and I really have been trying to tell myself that they couldn't have been 95% sure that I was going to fail at 75 questions... I know that i got some right... what can i do to stop the shaking??? and the crying has started....

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OMG now I understand how it feels!! I took it this morning and it stopped at 75. I was hoping it would but still it's awful when it finally does stop. When I was at 74 my heart started pounding. I swear my HR increased at least 20 BPM! I only had 1 calculation question. I had at least 10-12 select all that apply and I hate them. Then I had a ton of teaching questions. No delegation, just a few "a nurse is floating to a different unit" questions. A bunch of drugs, some of which I had never heard of. Now I obsessively log into the Pearson site like hourly to see if for some crazy reason, the quick results are available sooner than in 2 business days.

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