SURVEY for 75 questions on NCLEX RN

xxkouxx · Jan 3, 2009

mine has 3-4 math and stopped at 75 but i did not make it :cry: but I know several nurses who are wonderful nurses and passed There's cut off at 75. God bless and welcome to the wonderful world of nursing

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jan 3, 2009

Everyone's experience with the exam will be different and many get no or little maths. I would suggest a good read on the forums and see what everyone's experience was like. You can pass or fail with any number

zowi101 · Jan 3, 2009

you cant really predict the exam by the number of questions given to you, take me for example i have taken it several times first two 75 with lots of computations -failed ,on my third and fourth 99 items with computations( this time i made sure my answer with the computations where correct )so on my last test which i went all the way to 265 this time with no computations and 2 select all that apply still dont know if i pass and oh if i can remember on my third i got a lot of select all that apply, in short you cant really predict if you pass or fail with computations and select all that apply..wishing you goodluck

earthcrosser · Jan 3, 2009

I passed on 75. No math, barely any straight up disease/med questions. I didn't know how well I was doing, but I just tried my best to go slowly and remain calm. I took about 1 1/2 hours or so (don't remember) to complete the test. But, again, people can pass or fail with 75 questions, so I was absolutely miserable and scared until I paid to get my unofficial results.

arelle68 · Jan 22, 2009

I just found out the my 75 question test was a PASS! It took me two hours. I was reading the questions very carefully, and praying over them before I hit "Next".

folashade 37 · Jan 22, 2009

How come so many US nurses fail the exam? Since the curriculum was designed to teach the USA students it amazes me how some ppl failed soooooooo many times. someone please answer .

truern · Jan 22, 2009

https://www.ncsbn.org/pdfs/NCLEX_fact_sheet.pdf

82.8% of first time testers passed NCLEX-RN with 81.2% of US-educated testers passing with their first attempt compared to 43.7% of internationally-educated testers passing with *their* first attempt.

I don't think you can take much from a small sampling of allnurses.com posters that failed NCLEX-RN with their first attempt.

Edited to add: this is in response to folashade 37's post....my bad.

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jan 22, 2009

Some people do not test well and just because you failed the first time doesn't mean you are a bad nurse

folashade 37 · Jan 22, 2009

who ever said if u fail you are a bad nurse, as and international student i failed the first try but did it again 2 mths thereafter and pass with 89 questions. But I noted on this site that some ppl are repeating the exam 4, 5 and six times that why I posed the question. It is harder for us here because some of the diagnostic test are not available here in my country did not study them in school and 75 % of the medication are not available or are not used here in the hospital. There are lots more disease and condition in the USA that are not seen here in the hospital only read the m in books or heard about it on tele or websites.

Doesn't this answer why we do not pass on the first try. lol

Its is not that you guys are scholars but u have a curriculum that are well develop to suit your need.

tolerantgirl · Jan 22, 2009

I think that the people in the US are more likely to pass because they can speak and read english better than those from another country. I had people in my nursing class who did not pass because they had a difficult time passing exams due to the language barrier. Even though they could speak English, they had difficulty with the questions on exams and often times were confused as to what was being asked in the question. That is why our school set the entrance exam mainly based on reading comprehension rather than math because foreign students were excelling at the math, but failing the reading part, but they would pass the entrance exam due to the high score in math. These students were lost when it came to reading text books and taking exams because they could not comprehend the material. It would be the same if I went to another country and tried to take an exam; I would also not do as well because the language is different and how we interpret things are different. I also think that people who repeatedly fail the NCLEX are experiencing horrible test anxiety. It has nothing to do with their competence. Test anxiety is horrible and many people suffer from this and that is why they fail.

suzanne4, RN · Jan 23, 2009

How come so many US nurses fail the exam? Since the curriculum was designed to teach the USA students it amazes me how some ppl failed soooooooo many times. someone please answer .

Actually 85% pass the first time that they test if they trained in the US. That number drops to about 45% if they trained out of the US. Ones that pass usually are not going to spend the time posting about it unless they were here posting before.

But when one does not pass, they spend time looking for help on the internet and come to this site, so you may see more. But the numbers actually prove that the 85% pass the first time.

And not all states even permit one to test more than three times as well. So it is all relative.