Took Nclex today-I know I failed

evie08 · Feb 18, 2009

Same here. Took it yesterday. Shut-off at 75. I don't know how to start again. I know I failed. :cry:

lulu997RN · Feb 18, 2009

Don't stress, my test was a bit similar, i took mine yesterday and it stopped at 75 questions. I was shocked and was thinking damn did i do that bad that it had to shut off so soon. I felt like they were easier than Kaplan questions esp. Question trainer 6 & 7 but i don't know if that's good or bad, i'll get my results tomorrow. Hang in there and pray, that's what i have been doing.

waitingforthedream · Feb 18, 2009

Hugs:icon_hug:Everyone feels like that. I walked out of their in tears, but found out 48 hrs later I passed at 75. Hang in there until you know. I will pray for you!!

tolerantgirl · Feb 18, 2009

I did the Kaplan Qtrainers and I made the scores they wanted, they were above 65 QT7 i made 67. I feel like nothing I studied prepared me and honestly I think nerves had alot to do with it. I could feel my heart pounding. I knew I had alot riding on me passing. I think I made a huge mistake starting an internship before I took the test. I feel like I made a huge gamble giving up my job. I don't know what I am going to do. The economy is so bad. I don't want to lose my home and that could happen. Plus, who is going to buy food? I made a mistake. The gamble was too much because I put my children's welfare in jeopardy by quitting my full-time job. Plus, I spent the last couple of years in school, ignoring my kids bc I was busy. Not only did I fail Nclex, but I failed as a mom too.:crying2:

waitingforthedream · Feb 18, 2009

You made it through school, how is that being a failure. You did this to better yourself for your family, how is that being a failure? You don't know that you failed yet, as I said, everyone feels like that. Step away from your computer and go do something to get your mind off of it, you are going to go nuts!! Please stop being down on yourself, YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE.

lulu997RN · Feb 18, 2009

I learned that the test will make you think that you did not pass. I studied very hard for this test and i am claiming that i passed. i will let you tomorrow. By the way u did better than me on Qbank 6 & 7. Cheer up and keep ur self busy before u totally loose it!

melz34 · Feb 18, 2009

I took Nclex today, it was horrible. Basically, I feel like nursing school in no way prepared me for that test. I passed Hesi, but Hesi was a breeze. I really feel like the decision tree did not help me at all, I couldn't apply it to most of the questions. I remembered some of the questions and came home and looked them up and I missed them and I can't believe I missed them. I got some infection and control questions, a lot of who are you going to see first, but no delegation. I also got medications which I was happy that I knew most of those. But I also got some recall questions which I know is below the passing standard. My test shut off after I picked an answer for #77. I was wishing it would have gone to 265 so I could have redeemed myself. I feel like an idiot. I gave up my full time job to start an internship, so now I am probaly unemployed and my husband quit his job bc he is going to school full-time. I feel like such a failure. I am embarrassed. I have let everyone down.

How do you know you failed you just don't it depends on how many you got right and how well you did if you revised hard enough for it youll be sure to pass

tolerantgirl · Feb 18, 2009

that's the problem, i felt like i guessed at most of the questions. i know i missed questions. i just dont understand why the test wont let you keep going. why does it cut off so soon?

Silverdragon102, BSN · Feb 18, 2009

The exam will stop one it makes a determination. Everyone feels they failed no matter how many times they have taken it. Honestly get out try and relax whilst you wait for your results and Good luck

ThisOneGotLucky · Feb 18, 2009

Hey Tolerant Girl!

I also took the NCLEX this morning and am pretty sure that I didn't pass. The computer definitely found my weakness and kept shooting those types of questions back to me. I wish I was being modest, but I'm pretty sure it didn't go well.

I, like you, also have some outside stress going on in my life and I feel like a complete failure. I took a job in another state and am dreading the convo that I may have to have with my nurse manager. Not to mention, I heard the hospital that I'm going to is on a hiring freeze and that they'd have to re-extend the offer in the event you didn't pass the first time. By the way, I moved out of my apt to save money for the move and am sleeping on my brother's couch. I had to start my lease (in the new state) last wk in order to receive a rent special, so technically I'm paying rent on an apt that I dont even live in. I could go on and on.

I got all of my cries out this morning and have been laying in silence ever since. Let's pray that the Lord will direct our paths and miraculously pass us. I'm not being negative, I'm just trying to be realistic...I sat in front of that computer screen and know I did terrible so although I'd like to think positively, It's kind of hard to. I wish you alllll the luck as you wait on your results!

tolerantgirl · Feb 18, 2009

What number did your test shut off at? You know what makes me really angry is that our school kept pushing the stupid Hesi. They said if you pass Hesi, you will pass Nclex. The Hesi was the easiest test I have ever taken in my life. I didn't even have one SATA on the Hesi or priority or delegation question, not one. So I don't agree that it is a predictor of how well you will do on Nclex. I studied very hard for Nclex. I read every rationale for every question I missed and got right. I just was completely lost when the Nclex began. I hate to blame my failing on anything other than my own weaknesses, but honestly, I think it was a huge, huge mistake to start the internship and then try to study for Nclex and work as a GN. I should have waited. I also wish I would have pushed my test back another week, but I felt pressured to take it and get it over with. I actually had nurses tell me they did not study for the Nclex and they still passed. I did well in school, passed Hesi the first time, and did Kaplan online and scored an 81% on the diagnostic test and the readiness test. I did all the Qbank questions. I did all the Question Trainers and scored above 65% which they say is passing. I don't know how this could have happened. I am sorry that you have had a bad day too. I cried my eyes out to my Grandmother, my son (who I am thankful that he was home today) because he made me feel so much better and was so sweet. Just when you think they are a complete pain in the rear, they have a way of redeeming themselves. I can retest in 51 days and somehow I will get through this. It is not the end of the world. It is a big disappointment, but not the end of the world. I did my best. I worked fulltime while I went to school and lost my mom at the end of my first semester in a car accident, if I got through that, I can get through this. I actually have taken my Christmas tree down today, I have so busy studying for Nclex, that I forgot the tree was still up.