What's up with all the 'failed NCLEX' posts?

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I look through the "what's new" feed and keep seeing posts of nursing students who failed their NCLEX. Is the test getting harder? I remember that my graduating class had only one student that failed NCLEX. Are schools graduating people who are not ready for the test?

Yes, you can. You can select 2 out of the remaining 4' or 1 out of the remaining 4. Or 3 or 4.

But wouldn't that be a different choice?

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
But wouldn't that be a different choice?

No, that's SATA. At least as I understand it and have used it on exams.

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No, that's SATA. At least as I understand it and have used it on exams.

Okay. Wait.

Huh?

*facepalm*

I think I may be thinking of something different than what we are discussing.

Never mind.

Carry on. I'll figure it out on my own off the thread. :blink:

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Specializes in ER/Tele, Med-Surg, Faculty, Urgent Care.
Whew!

I couldn't imagine taking the pencil/paper test and having to wait six weeks for the results! Those four days were extremely long for me, lol.

Back in the day when I took boards paper/pencil, I waited 6 months for results for RN.

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Back in the day when I took boards paper/pencil, I waited 6 months for results for RN.

12 weeks.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, NICU.
Back in the day when I took boards paper/pencil, I waited 6 months for results for RN.

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Six months?!?

But that was when graduate nurses were able to work without a license right?

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Six months?!?

But that was when graduate nurses were able to work without a license right?

Yes. I got hired as a GN.

You know why we were hired like that?

Because we all passed the boards!!!

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

In Canada they just adopted the NCLEX and no one was prepared to take the NCLEX, so when I took it I didn't have any formal preparation. That being said, not everyone does well on multiple choice exams. So naturally some people will struggle more than others based on their learning style, anxiety, level of preparation, etc.

Look at the NCLEX statistics if you want to see if there's a difference in pass rate. The first time, US educated pass rate was ~85% and repeat pass rate was ~45% for 2015. I doubt it's much different than years past (2

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Specializes in ER/Tele, Med-Surg, Faculty, Urgent Care.
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Six months?!?

But that was when graduate nurses were able to work without a license right?

Yes we got a temporary license.

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12 weeks.

10 weeks, results rec'd Friday the 13th.

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Officially you're supposed to go back to school & apparently do your BScN again. Which is crazy because schools don't give it out again - once you have it, you have it, so I'm not even sure anyone really thought this through.

It's up for debate right now & apparently at least one province is looking at lifting the 3 strikes you're out rule.

One of our provinces had a 47% fail rate on the new exam. This is nothing like what was happening with the previous Cdn specific exam.

The curriculum in some of our schools is just too different & not geared to the nclex so students are having to spend tons of time (& additional $) themselves learning specifically for the test.

Schools are now incorporating nclex style questions in their tests...So it should make a difference. There's also a chance to request a 4th attempt if you can argue against one of the results. Not sure what I'd do if I were in that boat though...:/

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Specializes in Med Surg, PCU, Travel.
I made a comment some time ago that maybe nurses should be REQUIRED to wear some type of badge with the number of times that they tested on boards/NCLEX.

Might be veeeeeery interesting to see consumers' responses knowing their nurse was a 9 times test-taking nurse as opposed to another nurse wearing a 1 time badge. Wonder whom they would choose to provide care?

And wouldn't it be something if starting salaries could somehow be adjusted to pass rate times??? A premium rate for a 1 time test taker versus a low rate for a multiple test taker?

I realize the improbabilities of this suggestion, and yes, there are some legitimate reasons for test failures. But that test is the LAST failsafe for the intention of the tester providing minimum safe levels of care at the start of .

Kind of like Drivers' Ed and the driving test. One studies and then one tests. You don't pass the test, then you don't drive until you do. It's the only method we have today to put a safe driver out on the road today.

The goal is delivery of safe care by the practitioner.

A multiple choice test, especially one like the NCLEX where they literally try to trick you should not be on people's badges. That would just embarrass them for what purpose exactly??? I was not the top student in my class but passed the NCLEX in 75 questions only because I taught myself hoow to take the test, not because I was a great nurse student.

And comparing that to a driving test? Seriously? As an immigrant coming to USA, I find the America driving test was a big joke. Our country's driving test was way more difficult and had harder questions. It's no wonder there are so many bad drivers on the roads here, not to mention the driving age is only 16 compared to 18 in most other developed countries.

Does passing a driving test make great drivers? Heck no! if so there'd be less to zero people dying on the streets and it's no different passing the NCLEX does not make great nurses.

Any idiot could bypass the whole 4 years of nursing school and simply take the kaplan or any review course for that matter and probably have a better chance of passing the test than someone who did all the years of nursing school and got NO TEST PREPARATION.

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