What do question types mean?

nervouslywaiting · Apr 28, 2006

Hello I'm new to this website and have read EVERY post regarding NCLEX PN, I'm in california and took the exam on 4/21/06 and won't get results till atleast 5/05 I CAN'T TAKE THE WAIT!! Anyways... I had 85 questions, ALOT of priority, mostly meds/surg type patients and a handfull of pharm, some lab value, and one I/O calculation. Of the four questions I can remember most seemed somewhat difficult, Does the type of questions asked say anything towards the outcome of the results? I felt Okay about the test once I finished, but as the days go by I lose the faith... Soooo

1) What do types of questions mean?

It seems new format questions would be among the hardest.. and the more involved calculation fill-in-the-blank questions would be harder, which is a good thing.

2)What about Priority Vs. Specific Unit (e.g. Med/Surg,Peds,Pharm..etc.)

I've read that priority are among the harder... although I've met people who've taken both NCLEX RN and PN and said they had alot of priority and failed.

3)In one of the NCLEX brochures I read that if you see a similar question twice it doesn't mean you got the first one wrong.

although I specifically remember two pharm questions that I know I got wrong that were IDENTICAL.

Anyways thanks for letting me get that off my chest.