Okay if you just took the nclex and are freaking out, about to puke your guts up, can't eat, sleep, think, going to the bathroom a lot more often, maybe telling yourself you are an idiot and you can't believe you just blew it?! Well that was me 48 hours ago all the way up until 1:30 yesterday. We have quick result here in Ohio and I finished my test at 11:30 on the 8th and my "licensed" results were posted to the board around 1:30 on the 9th. I SERIOUSLY thought I blew it and I am normally an optimist. I wanted to quit the test or start guessing or yell at somebody b/c I thought it was ridiculous. I had like three med questions of drugs I had NEVER heard of. Then total I think I had like 10 new format questions. Three fill in the blank and 7 check all that apply which were harder than heck. Then my math problems were confusing and I figured they would be easy! Every question seemed to have 2 right answer and it was like a 50/50 evertyime! It was pure torcher. I was pretty sure I got maybe 10 right for sure. When the computer shut off at 82 questions I thought yup that's it, it thinks I'm really stupid and there goes my dreams I couldn't even look at the administrators when I was leaving, I was shaking so bad I couldn't put the key in the locker, dropped my purse, and held my breath while trying not to cry all the way out to the parking lot. I could see my heart pounding through my shirt. MAJOR anxiety. When I got onto the main highway I put my sunglasses on and allowed the tears to flow and flow and flow! Then I felt relieved but sick at my stomach just b/c I KNEW I flunked. I seriously don't know how I passed. They say the minimum number of ?'s you get the better off you are. Well yea as long as you got the harder ones right or at least quite a few of them. Then I figured I just got them wrong so it shut off so soon. Turns out I must have done pretty okay b/c it took me about 2 hours and I had 82 questions. So I guess the # of ?'s does determine in a sense pass or fail b/c the computer can make its mind up on your few answered b/c you are doing well or you are "iffy" so it keeps going. Either way it works with you which is a good thing. So if you get a lot of ?'s don't freak out it's probably just waiting for you to get to a passing poing b/c it wants you to be a nurse :wink2: So if you are getting ready or just took the nclex, calm down, breathe, do something nice for yourself. If you made it through nursing school and have the desire to be a nurse then you will be fine. If by chance you are too, too nervous (I was) or maybe just not a good test taker, give it another shot if you truly want to be a nurse DONT give up and you will be there. So good luck to all of you and be sure to be the best nurse that you can be and don't take your license for granted :wink2: Bye
I am so happy that I found this forum! Although, despite the comforting words, and the dead on description of everything I was feeling, it still didn't really help. Nothing could quash the voices in my head screaming "You failed!" I literally felt like I had a hangover for two days without the benefit of being intoxicated first.
The computer shut off after 75 questions, and my heart fell, hit my stomach, and they both plummeted into my feet. I felt like I had answered everything wrong, they were asking me about diagnostic tests I had never even heard of! Everyone around me kept saying, "Oh it'll be fine! You know you passed!" But nothing could make me feel better.
When I saw my results saying I passed... I hyperventilated and almost fainted! I won't try to placate anyone by saying, "Oh, you'll be fine! You'll do fine!" Just know that it's natural to walk out of there thinking you've thrown away the last x amount of years of your life, and that the quiet in your brain once you find out you've passed, is priceless.
I have learned alot from this forum also. I took my nclex-pn test last
Friday. It shut off at 85. Like you....I feel that I have failed also. It took me alittle less than 2 hrs. I did not leave feeling like I would throw up or cry. Its because I know I can take it again...AND there are other things alot worst then failing any test. For me its just I want to get back to working....a pay check....I lost my job almost two years ago...I worked for a company that was bought out by ups and they shut us down...so I went back to school.....I graduated in dec.
I checked to see if my results were up yet ...but nothing......waiting...waiting waiting.....:icon_roll
I took my pn boards yesterday,im about to DIE,i swear my computer cut off@214!!! I am ready to pass out waiting!but i thought that the max was205!!i got all b's in school and 1c!!y do i feel like a complete idiot!!i need sum words of encouragement!!i live in ohio,and if i check the board website one more time,i promise they will ban me!
I just took my NCLEX yesterday, and I am sick, literally sick to my stomach!! I got 92 questions! I had like 5 math, and 6 select all that apply, infection control, and prioritization! I feel like I failed it! I keep going over questions in my head! I am going crazy. Is 92 questions a bad indicator? Has anyone passed with this number? I am starting my job this month, and I am so scared that I may have failed it. There were a lot of questions that I could have chosen two answers. Can anyone give me some good advice to stop my mind. I hope to know my results within the next few days!
just thought I would let everyone know that I found out today that I passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow!!!!!!!!!!!! can't believe it! Believe you can do it, and you will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha I love this thread :) I take my test on Monday (9th)...literally I know Im going to come out having no clue too because of all the posts you guys have written about knowing you failed and then magically passing :) I will come on here and read all the "success stories!"
Thank you so much nurseinthemaking. My mom told me to just try again if I failed and that was in general conversation but, now I have to tell her that I actually did fail:crying2:
Hi There-
I think I'm a late responder...but maybe you are back at studying now!! I wanted to let you know that I think 1.5 hours a day was maybe a little short. I take my test monday and I think this past week ALL I have done from 7am - 9:30 pm is review problems. My brother is in Medical School and is getting ready to take a big exam and they were taught that research has shown that studying via doing practice problems with rationale may be the BEST method of studyng for this type of exam. For example, I know when I answer a question wrong and then read the rationale, I never will answer that question wrong again because of the emotional response your brain goes through when you get it wrong! Also, for the NCLEX it seems like having done lots of practice problems will prepare you more for the questions where there seem like there are 2 right answers :) GOOD LUCK!!! Back to studying for me...yuk:yeah:
I too had 92 questions and I am sick to my stomach, I know I failed. did you find it extremely hard? I had several select all question, which are my worst. Please help me relax until Wednesday. CONGRATULATION!!!!
I too had 92 questions and I am sick to my stomach, I know I failed. did you find it extremely hard? I had several select all question, which are my worst. Please help me relax until Wednesday. CONGRATULATION!!!!
You would have to have done extremely bad to have failed with 92 questions. I passed last week with 85. (minimum for NCLEX-PN) If it was the NCLEX-RN minimum is 75. Unless you were way below the line of pass, it would have given you more questions. Just my 2 cents! I think you did fine!
Thank you so much for your quick reply, but I am just sick to my stomach over this. I didn't even recognize some of the content and I did well in school. I just wish I could get my results NOW!!!!!
Thank you so much for your quick reply, but I am just sick to my stomach over this. I didn't even recognize some of the content and I did well in school. I just wish I could get my results NOW!!!!!
I didn't recognize some of the content either and did well in school. My understanding with the PN, at least in TX is there are 25 of the first 85 questions that are not graded, they are a pre-test (probably to RN) just to see what you know, but don't count for or against you. I read this in the Saunders NCLEX-PN book. My best friend tested the same day as I did, she got 142 questions and passed. We both walked out feeling like we failed...and we didn't! Let us know when you get your PASS results!
I couldn't even look at the administrators when I was leaving, I was shaking so bad I couldn't put the key in the locker, dropped my purse, and held my breath while trying not to cry all the way out to the parking lot. I could see my heart pounding through my shirt. MAJOR anxiety. When I got onto the main highway I put my sunglasses on and allowed the tears to flow and flow and flow! Then I felt relieved but sick at my stomach just b/c I KNEW I flunked. I seriously don't know how I passed. They say the minimum number of ?'s you get the better off you are. Well yea as long as you got the harder ones right or at least quite a few of them. Then I figured I just got them wrong so it shut off so soon. Turns out I must have done pretty okay b/c it took me about 2 hours and I had 82 questions. So I guess the # of ?'s does determine in a sense pass or fail b/c the computer can make its mind up on your few answered b/c you are doing well or you are "iffy" so it keeps going. Either way it works with you which is a good thing. So if you get a lot of ?'s don't freak out it's probably just waiting for you to get to a passing poing b/c it wants you to be a nurse :wink2: So if you are getting ready or just took the nclex, calm down, breathe, do something nice for yourself. If you made it through nursing school and have the desire to be a nurse then you will be fine. If by chance you are too, too nervous (I was) or maybe just not a good test taker, give it another shot if you truly want to be a nurse DONT give up and you will be there. So good luck to all of you and be sure to be the best nurse that you can be and don't take your license for granted :wink2: Bye 
Thank you so much nurseinthemaking. My mom told me to just try again if I failed and that was in general conversation but, now I have to tell her that I actually did fail:crying2:
I wanted to let you know that I think 1.5 hours a day was maybe a little short. I take my test monday and I think this past week ALL I have done from 7am - 9:30 pm is review problems. My brother is in Medical School and is getting ready to take a big exam and they were taught that research has shown that studying via doing practice problems with rationale may be the BEST method of studyng for this type of exam. For example, I know when I answer a question wrong and then read the rationale, I never will answer that question wrong again because of the emotional response your brain goes through when you get it wrong! Also, for the NCLEX it seems like having done lots of practice problems will prepare you more for the questions where there seem like there are 2 right answers :) GOOD LUCK!!! Back to studying for me...yuk:yeah:
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I am so happy that I found this forum! Although, despite the comforting words, and the dead on description of everything I was feeling, it still didn't really help. Nothing could quash the voices in my head screaming "You failed!" I literally felt like I had a hangover for two days without the benefit of being intoxicated first.
The computer shut off after 75 questions, and my heart fell, hit my stomach, and they both plummeted into my feet. I felt like I had answered everything wrong, they were asking me about diagnostic tests I had never even heard of! Everyone around me kept saying, "Oh it'll be fine! You know you passed!" But nothing could make me feel better.
When I saw my results saying I passed... I hyperventilated and almost fainted! I won't try to placate anyone by saying, "Oh, you'll be fine! You'll do fine!" Just know that it's natural to walk out of there thinking you've thrown away the last x amount of years of your life, and that the quiet in your brain once you find out you've passed, is priceless.