Tested today, 85 questions..... I failed

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This is my 3rd time testing, I think that test and I are becoming good friends now. First test was 205 questions. results failed. last test 83 questions. results failed but I felt soo good about all the answers. Today 85 questions, I know everyone says the ammount does not matter, I agree.

But here's what I think does matter. I kept getting the same types of questions throughout the whole test. I got only 4-5 calculation questions, and a ton of questions about patients understanding instructions, and a ton of medication and drug questions. Other than that there were only a few questions about other things. So I'm convinced that because I didn't get a wide variety of questions then I must have failed again.

Anyone else experience something like this and pass?

I'm so depressed right now. I just got fired from my job because they don't want to wait for me to get my license, and they said I'm taking too long to get it.

Please read this encouraging story in taking many times in NCLEX: https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/i-passed-ever-379209.html

Hope you find it helpful! GOD BLESS!

Great story, thanks.

So not sure if I mentioned, but I have not been through nursing school. I was in the military and did nursing school through them and graduated in the top 5% of my class. The rest I learned from on the job. But my hob in the military was equivalent to a paramedic, not a nurse. I am having a hard time adjusting to these stupid questions that in my mind are ridiculous and are making me look bad.

But my downfall is that even though I have had so much emergency training, I have not taken classes on patho or any in depth pharmacology.

My wife told me that maybe I should take both those classes and then study for a bit before retaking the test again. Maybe i'll look into that at the local college.

I would definitely encourage you to at least take an NCLEX prep course and do study questions, if not take a look at the types of review that go by disease and by system. I would definitely take a course in pharmacology (although I found some programs of nursing don't require it! *gasp*). The test is a different beast, I agree, like none I have ever taken before, it is almost that you have to beat the format of the test rather than know the real life answers to the questions. I really feel like a question dissection tutorial would greatly benefit you, breaking down the question is half of getting to the answer!! :) Best of luck and please don't give up.

I am now waiting for my results. Went all the way to 265. I just wanted to know what the pearson trick is,b/c I've never heard of it could you explain? Thanks

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I am now waiting for my results. Went all the way to 265. I just wanted to know what the pearson trick is,b/c I've never heard of it could you explain? Thanks

There is a big thread called the pearsonvue trick just have a good read in it

I am now waiting for my results. Went all the way to 265. I just wanted to know what the pearson trick is,b/c I've never heard of it could you explain? Thanks

Go to the pearson website, log in and where your test is scheduled for the appointment date it should say to the right of it in red letters "test sent successfully" on the left colum, click register and go through the steps like you did before and if it let's you go all the way to enter your credit card info to pay for the test, then you failed like me.

Let us know how you did. Good luck.

Hi

I took my nclex yesterday and I just tried to do the trick like you stated to that other girl and it allowed me to enter the school I went to and what state I am applying my license from. Then I clicked next it saying our records indicate that you have scheduled this exam please contact your member board for further assistance. So it didn't take me to the credit card page. So when you went through this process your saying that it took you right to the credit card page? By the way i know how you feel with the nclex. This was my second attempt and I failed the first time at 75 questions and this time I am not too sure what number it shut off at, but i think it was around 150. I know for sure I messed up on some questions especially both med math questions and I had like 7 select all that apply. I hate those questions because I got a few that I knew most about, but there was like one answer in the select all that apply that I didn't know if I should answer or not. Like I had cushings select all that apply and I know for sure the 4 answers I checked were right, but one answer I selected was wrong, so you get the whole questions wrong, which is BS. They should give you credit for the answers you do select right, its very frustrating. I cried when I came home, I have been praying for along time to pass this test. I have also put in a year of studying already. I did kaplan, hurst, NCSBN website, saunders, mosby, plus this other nclex website where i did nothing but questions. So I have put in alot of effort as well. I have also been giving this anxiety to god and trusting in god, although its still hard to deal with. So don't give up. You can do this too. I know I won;t give up. Its very tiring and emotionally straining. Anyhow good luck to your future and may god be with you. Also if you can let me know what exactly happened to you when you went to the pearson website and did this trick. Like I said I was unable to go past the question where it asked the Board of Nursing from which you are seeking licensure, it said that I already scheduled this exam. So were you able to go past that question where they ask the state which you are seeking licensure????

Congrats, you got the error screen which means that you passed. Go celebrate. If you go to pay for the test then it means you failed, but if it stops you and says your test is already scheduled then it means you passed.

Congrats again.

Great story, thanks.

So not sure if I mentioned, but I have not been through nursing school. I was in the military and did nursing school through them and graduated in the top 5% of my class. The rest I learned from on the job. But my hob in the military was equivalent to a paramedic, not a nurse. I am having a hard time adjusting to these stupid questions that in my mind are ridiculous and are making me look bad.

But my downfall is that even though I have had so much emergency training, I have not taken classes on patho or any in depth pharmacology.

My wife told me that maybe I should take both those classes and then study for a bit before retaking the test again. Maybe i'll look into that at the local college.

I think you answered your own question, nursing school has some value. Military is so very different, I bet nurses couldn't pass the test you were given in military training.

I recommend Kaplan. I dont' work for them or anything :nuke: but I used Kaplan primarily with Saunders as my reference book. I really think Kaplan prepared me for it. I am one to get very anxious and nervous while taking tests, especially timed tests! I dont think you need to take any additional classes. It sounds like you have A LOT of hands on clinical experience, but you just need to know how to pick the right answer and think the NCLEX way. Try Kaplan, maybe they can give you a discount if you take it with other students. I did the in-person review and 3 month on-line access. I completed all the practice tests and the Qbank questions and made sure I reviewed both right and wrong answers. Make notes on the ones you miss time and time again. I had a bunch. I took the NCLEX earlier this month and passed the first time. Many of the diseases weren't familiar to me but I used some elimination tricks. I also got a lot of math which I was thankful for because I thougth I was pretty good with math. I also got a lot of SATA questions and contact precaution questions. So know those really well. I really feel you can do it. You have already worked in health care and have done so much hands on work, its now just a matter of forgetting your past test anxiety, moving on, and learning how to think the NCLEX way. You can do it....others have so you can too! :nurse: :nuke:

so do you have to pay $200 in advance after taking the test in case you fail? or what trick are u guys talking about?

I recommend Kaplan. I dont' work for them or anything :nuke: but I used Kaplan primarily with Saunders as my reference book. I really think Kaplan prepared me for it. I am one to get very anxious and nervous while taking tests, especially timed tests! I dont think you need to take any additional classes. It sounds like you have A LOT of hands on clinical experience, but you just need to know how to pick the right answer and think the NCLEX way. Try Kaplan, maybe they can give you a discount if you take it with other students. I did the in-person review and 3 month on-line access. I completed all the practice tests and the Qbank questions and made sure I reviewed both right and wrong answers. Make notes on the ones you miss time and time again. I had a bunch. I took the NCLEX earlier this month and passed the first time. Many of the diseases weren't familiar to me but I used some elimination tricks. I also got a lot of math which I was thankful for because I thougth I was pretty good with math. I also got a lot of SATA questions and contact precaution questions. So know those really well. I really feel you can do it. You have already worked in health care and have done so much hands on work, its now just a matter of forgetting your past test anxiety, moving on, and learning how to think the NCLEX way. You can do it....others have so you can too! :nurse: :nuke:

My wife who is an RN tells me the same thing, she says I'm not thinking like the test wants me to. She asks me questions and I will tell her the answer, when I answer the question wrong, she asks me why I chose the answer I did and when I explain to her why, she starts to wonder why the correct answer is what it is ha ha. I guess I always refer back to emergency medicine and try to save lives and let the rest fall to the side. I am trying to train myself to think like the test though. I started using Kaplan and got 90% of them right, then I took the first test and failed. Then I got a saunders book and could not get anything right, so I studied it and studied my wife's patho books and started to get some right. Then took the 2nd test and failed. The I focused on Saunders and lab values and started getting most of everything right, but nothing on the test was even similar to anything I have studied. I also ordered the book that teaches you to break down the question, but it made me answer more wrong than just thinking about it. I'm pretty lost of what to study again.

This feels like when I was in the military, I started out as a Aircraft Mechanic for 6 years. Just work, fix planes, make them fly. No B.S. Then I switched to Medivac and when we helped out in the hospital, wow I tell you nothing but politics and too much B.S. Everything was about following orders and kissing a$$, not 100% about the patients. It made me glad to do medivac, but that's what it feels like now. This test should not be the way it is.

Thanks for the replies everyone.

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