What to expect in taking the NCLEX for the first time?

[Kenneth H.]

I just want to get an idea on what to expect in taking NCLEX. Any thought and advices will be of great help. Have a nice day and thank you very much.

[NurseGirl525, ASN, RN]

This would probably be better answered in the NCLEX forum. There's not really anything to tell you to expect as everyone gets a different test.

Expect to feel that you failed. Expect to feel you didn't at all study what you got tested on. It's a crazy test. Make sure you have done lots of practice questions ahead of time.

[Shagce1]

First go in feeling uncertain about your ability to pass the test. Next, feel like your being checked into a high security event. Then start taking the test and second guess yourself on even the easiest questions. Eventually the blue screen pops up. You will be glad it's over, but also wishing there were more questions because it will seem like it must have turned off because you failed. Finally leave feeling like you didn't pass. That pretty much describes my experience and most of my friends who tested about the same time as me. We all passed. But not one of us felt like we did.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

This would probably be better answered in the NCLEX forum.

Thread has been moved to the NCLEX Discussion forum.

[CSTtoRN]

First go in feeling uncertain about your ability to pass the test. Next, feel like your being checked into a high security event. Then start taking the test and second guess yourself on even the easiest questions. Eventually the blue screen pops up. You will be glad it's over, but also wishing there were more questions because it will seem like it must have turned off because you failed. Finally leave feeling like you didn't pass. That pretty much describes my experience and most of my friends who tested about the same time as me. We all passed. But not one of us felt like we did.

Exactly!