I am so upset about the NCLEX, I only had 75 questions.  I wanted a lot more to prove my competency, I had A LOT of medication questions- and can those be on the "application/analysis" levels? I feel so very horrible and am certain that I did not pass.  I did hear that the vast majority of people who get 75 pass? Has any one been unsuccessfull with the exam, I need some advise.

I got 75 questions and the computer shut off.  Talk about panic but I passed.  Anyone out there look for the site from your state board of nursing often the results are up within 24 hours with out you paying.  The results often are not posted on Pearson as soon.  I took the test @ 1:00 on a Thursday and knew by 10:00 am the next day.  It can happen that you fail @ 75 the number of questions mean nothing.  But you need to look at the questions you got and did they seem realy hard because that means you were above the safety line and it is a ggod chance you passed.  I had a friend who got 75 and failed and I had another friend who got 98 passed so the number does not matter.  Good Luck to all ~~ I think it was the most stressful test I ever took!

hi silvermarie! they say if you encountered like select all that apply questons it means youre in the right track your answered difficult questions, i guess you PASS! congrats in advance!!

il take mine on january 19, can you give those select all that apply questions,, for me to be prepared.. thanks!

I had a lot of select all that apply and I suck at those and had one question that popped up three times I answered it the same each time.  They say that sometimes they want to see if you waiver.  But still passed with the minimum questions and when that screen came up I was certain that was the end and I would be back.  GOOD LUCK to all   It will be a year in March and I still have nightmares about that day~~never want to do it again

MY COMPUTER SHUT OFF MINIMUM QUESTION ,VERY SCARED .I HAD NO QUESTION ON CARDIAC OR LABOUR

NO I AM WAITING MY RESULT.MAY BE I WILL GET IT TOMARROW ,ITS WORKING DAY

Call me an 'old school' nurse but I don't see HOW such a small number of questions can determine one's knowledge and capability to qualify for a license which puts other people's lives in your hands. I know that this is SO last century but when I took 'boards' in 1978 they were administered twice a year, pencil and paper, done in a central state location and divided into the 5 separate disciplines: Medical, Surgical, Peds, OB-GYN and Psych. Each 'section' had way more than 76 questions and a time limit of about 2 hours. The advantage was that one could fail a section or two and then retake ONLY that part of the exam on the next available date. In the meanwhile there was a 'graduate nurse' temporary license under which one could work at a level BETWEEN the RN and the LPN while gaining experience and preparing to retake the part that did not pass.

In every exam for advanced certification, etc. which I have taken since then there have been at least 200 questions which must ALL be satisfied before a person could be awarded the new title.

As I have found myself on the 'other side of the bed' more often than I care to recall in the past few years, I would MUCH rather have one of my 'old school' peers there taking care of me than somebody who became an RN in less than 100 questions!

I just took the test and im terrified I looked at the # of question around 40 and then soon after it shut down on me.........Ive been studying hard for over a month and a half  I dont know if I passed I hope so....I really need to start working. I was sure it would be about 150 questions but I was shocked when the computer just turned off when I was starting to get into a rhythym Im so scared i did not pass its gonna be very disapointing if i dont. I remember answering a lot of questions select all the above and one sentence questions I was worried they were bellow passing level I have no clue I know some of the answers for sure I answer right. I took my time I took 2 breaks, did deep breathing tried to stay calm. but since its Thursday I gonna have to wait the whole weekend just to find out if I passed....:(

I took my NCLEX RN exam today and the comouter shut off after question 118.  I am petrified I failed.

I took the NCLEX-PN in 2005. I had a approx 126 questions on my test. During the test, I remember I had alot of priority questions and signs/symptoms of stuff I never heard of. This test seemed to determine on my overall knowledge of nursing. When I left, I didn't feel like I failed it, but I prayed that I passed it. I knew that I did the best that I could. Needless to say, I passed.

Now, today, I took the NCLEX-RN, and I feel the same way as I did when I took the PN version. On the NCLEX-RN, I had ALOT of teaching questions. At first, this made my heart pound and forehead sweat, b/c I began to think that I was doing poorly on the teaching topic. But then, I began to read into the type of teaching covered, and it was on various subjects, such as meds, to deligation, to staff meetings, to diseases, and what not to do. So, this decreased my level of anxity, b/c THE TEST IS TRYING TO SEE HOW SAFE AND PROFESSIONAL OF A NURSE I AM. Then, my focus was on what number my test was going to turn off at. I knew that all my friends from my extention class had passed the test with 75 questions. So, during the test, I was waiting for it to cut off at 75. I frowned when it didn't. Then after #76, a blank screen stared back at me, and I couldn't resist to grin in surprise. I know that more than not that had I passed, but there is still that uncertainty. Every nurse that I know, LPNs included, that had only answered the minimum questions did pass. So I see a trend here, and with this, I hold on to hope that I will pass as well. I won't know until Friday (4/27/11), and the suspense is killing me! 

So, if you are reading this b/c you are trying to find an answer to if you passed that dreaded NCLEX, just remember that you did your best. There is no way of knowing for sure, and if you didn't, there's always another shot at getting it right.

 You can totally pass! I took it in February, about had a heart attack because it turned off at 75 questions and I felt like I only knew a small percentage of them for sure (I had so so so many pharmacology and select all that apply questions). I found out I passed and have been working in a NICU ever since. Just study hard and do your best. Most people pass :). I also did the "PearsonVue trick" and that said I passed before I knew officially. For more about my experience: - http://rachili.blogspot.com/2012/02/rachael-pearce-rn.html