20+ SATA and fail?

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Anyone know of someone that had 20+ SATA questions and failed?

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never

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Anyone know of someone that had 20+ SATA questions and failed?

NO. HOW MANY TOTAL?

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Yes, one can not pass with any number of questions, as well as pass with any number of questions. The SATA are only format style questions and they do not determine the level of the question.

There is no way to second guess how one will do on the exam, waiting for your results is the best way.

Best of luck to you.

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Of course waiting for my results is the best way to determine if i passed/failed! I was just if anyone knows of someone that failed with 20+ SATA.

I finished with 75q and 23 were SATA.

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Yes, one can not pass with any number of questions, as well as pass with any number of questions. The SATA are only format style questions and they do not determine the level of the question.

There is no way to second guess how one will do on the exam, waiting for your results is the best way.

Best of luck to you.

Suzanne! With all my respect I have to respectfully disagree with you on the fact that SATAs questions may be high level questions. Yes those types are only a format of questions; but if you think about it, the odds that you'll get them right are very low. For example if a SATA question asks for adverse effects of any specific drug, the way NCLEX rewords questions, you are going start second guessing yourself b/c more than one answer may be correct.I remember few years back when I was preparing my GMAT for my master's degree, the level of questions difficulty was somehow comparable to the NCLEX. They are both Computer Adaptive tests. I talked to few of my friends who recently took the NCLEX and we both agreed that you are more likely to get a SATA when the level of questions is going up, i.e when you are getting difficult questions right.

Reason why I am starting believing that SATAs are high level questions b/c of their difficulties, and that you are moe likely to pass the NCLEX if you get at least 10-15 SATAs questions.

Best regards,

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I took my exam on July 31 and got more than 20 SATA, stopped @ 75 and pass!!! I think some of those SATA are trial questions.

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SATA is only a format i have batchmate also who only got 2 SATA but they pPASSED, it doesnt really determine how many sata you get.

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Suzanne! With all my respect I have to respectfully disagree with you on the fact that SATAs questions may be high level questions. Yes those types are only a format of questions; but if you think about it, the odds that you'll get them right are very low. For example if a SATA question asks for adverse effects of any specific drug, the way NCLEX rewords questions, you are going start second guessing yourself b/c more than one answer may be correct.I remember few years back when I was preparing my GMAT for my master's degree, the level of questions difficulty was somehow comparable to the NCLEX. They are both Computer Adaptive tests. I talked to few of my friends who recently took the NCLEX and we both agreed that you are more likely to get a SATA when the level of questions is going up, i.e when you are getting difficult questions right.

Reason why I am starting believing that SATAs are high level questions b/c of their difficulties, and that you are moe likely to pass the NCLEX if you get at least 10-15 SATAs questions.

Best regards,

with respect to you jack_ICU we can really tell exactly if that question is easy or difficult. some of us can interprete tits easy one while for others its already difficult.

thank you

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The reason I started this thread was to see if anyone ever failed with 20+ SATA. So far no one has ever heard of anyone. Until we hear of someone failing after getting 20+, you should feel a little confident if you walk out the test having 20+ SATA.

I don't recall anyone saying you can't pass if you don't get any.

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Suzanne! With all my respect I have to respectfully disagree with you on the fact that SATAs questions may be high level questions. Yes those types are only a format of questions; but if you think about it, the odds that you'll get them right are very low. For example if a SATA question asks for adverse effects of any specific drug, the way NCLEX rewords questions, you are going start second guessing yourself b/c more than one answer may be correct.I remember few years back when I was preparing my GMAT for my master's degree, the level of questions difficulty was somehow comparable to the NCLEX. They are both Computer Adaptive tests. I talked to few of my friends who recently took the NCLEX and we both agreed that you are more likely to get a SATA when the level of questions is going up, i.e when you are getting difficult questions right.

Reason why I am starting believing that SATAs are high level questions b/c of their difficulties, and that you are moe likely to pass the NCLEX if you get at least 10-15 SATAs questions.

Best regards,

I agree with Jack ICU. SATAs are high level questions. I had 20 plus of my own and i passed. Evey single person in my class had 12+ SATA and they all passed at 75. THe only person so far who had 5-8 SATAs ended up with 125 questions but eventually she did pass.

There is a big difference between asking someone S/S of hypothyrodism gving them hyperkalemia as the only possible answer and giving a whole stream of other s/s eg blood glucose of 45. I believe the minute you have to start looking for 2 or more possible answers, you have to think critically.

None of my SATAs were simple and comprehension/knowledge based as far as am concerned. Some were really easy, but an answer amongst my possible choices needed some critical thinking in order to get them.

I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT SATAs ARE HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS AND ENDING YOUR EXAM @ 75 WITH 10+ SATAs is a good indicator of popping the champagne bottle within 48 hours.

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You still cannot consider all SATA questions of being a higher level and that is the point that I am trying to make. It comes down to what is specifically being asked in the question that will determine anything.

And that should not be the focus of the exam, everyone answers 50% correct and 50% incorrect. It is the level where the majority of the correct ones are being answered at that determines if one passes or does not pass.

Without knowing specifics as to what the question was asking, it is impossible to tell anyone that they are all of a higher level. They are considered a format only.

Same way that the majority of math calculations are usually considered at the easier level but there are always a few that ask for more and are a higher level. You just canniot determine anything by the number of math questions or the number of SATA questions.

And we are starting to see a decrease in the number of SATA questions again. Exam questions are cyclical. Just like two years ago when there were tons on disaster training and triage. You just do not see them as much now. And since 15 questions do not count, one does not have any idea as to if any of their SATA questions are in that number.

There are also quite a few here that have passed in the last week or so that have had no SATA questions or even one to two and they have passed.

You are welcome to your opinion and I am standing by mine. After helping a very large number of nurses here pass their exam, I am sticking by what I have stated.

There is never any reasont to try and second guess what one's results will be, it just does not help anyone. And we have seen people not pass that had about 30 SATA questions. So what you are saying just does not hold up since one has no way of knowing what questions are not going to count either.

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