is there such thing as 15 experimental q's on nclex??

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Is there such thing as 15 experimental q's on the nclex ??

JC

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
Is there such thing as 15 experimental q's on the nclex ??

JC

Yep. For RNs it is 15 and LPNs 25 experiemental questions. You will not know the difference...trust me. IOW, treat them all like they are potential questions that can make or break you.

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Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry, Psychology.

I wonder if all experimental questions happen before 75, since that is the minimum. I don't think they'd NOT give you 15 if you were at 75... and if for some reason you didn't reach 15, I think they would extend the test.

I took the test today, 160 questions... I think I had 160 of those experiemental ones.

-Jason

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
I wonder if all experimental questions happen before 75, since that is the minimum. I don't think they'd NOT give you 15 if you were at 75... and if for some reason you didn't reach 15, I think they would extend the test.

I took the test today, 160 questions... I think I had 160 of those experiemental ones.

-Jason

I would say that they do give you the experimental questions early on. Not that I trust NCLEX for any reason, but if they say it, and people complete at minimum, then, it would be a blatent lie to tell people that there are a certain number of experimental questions, but we will never know, because even if the person fails, they never tell you what questions were wrong. I would think that if the tester got some of the experimental questions right, that some credit should be rendered.

I can agree with you, for sure, though, that all of them seemed to be experimental...they drove me crazy from beginning to end.:angryfire

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

i hope those check all that apply are experimental.. i hate those things.. i always miss one answer or over answer the question

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There are experimental questions. One of my instructors worked on a committee that wrote questions back in the old days. She told us, and it has always been my understanding, that these questions do not count against you. While they are not able to hurt your score, so should not be worried about, you should try your best on each question, and assume it is a question that counts. Don't waste time trying to psych out the test. Good luck.

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Specializes in ICU.

i wish that the questions i was nto able to answer correctly in my recent exam happened to be just the experimental ones which do not have a weight on my exam..lolz..

by the way,i stopped at 75 and i havent encountered any select all that apply question thing. I only had one question on computation..Was that a big deal?? anyone please comment on this..thanx..

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