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hello all.. i took my nclex-rn exam yesterday and did the whole thing. (265 questions).. had 26-28 select all that apply questions, 9 math questions, a lot of infection control, pharma, priority, who would you see first and even easy questions which i think are non-passing and 1 question was repeated! (im not sure why.. but im sure it was the same question!!).. honestly, im not expecting to pass, specially when i got those select all that apply questions ( HATE THOSE Qs!!!, im pretty sure i got most of them wrong). and to make things worse, i got the last question(pysch) wrong.

im really disappointed with my performance yesterday b/c according to kaplan, i was already ready. got a score of 68% on question trainer 6 and 69% on q. trainer 7. averaged on low 60s on my q-bank. my mind went totally blank during the exam and cant remember anything...

does anyone know if PSYCH questions are passing or non-passing questions? i kinda get the feeling that it is at the lower level.. and if im right,then i surely failed the board exam. i think itll take me a month to find out the results. feel sick to my stomach. i think ill just start studying again....

Dude, just wait for the results. Most everyone I know thought they failed regardless of whether they did or not. Why does it take a month to find out?? You've just taken boards & got the screw of all 265. Can't read into it. You're a little benzo deficient right now so try to find your results as soon as possible & go from there.

Sublime,

Did you get your results yet?  You can always go onto the website and get "unofficial" results of your state allows it.  You just have to pay 8 dollars or something like that.  Let us know how you did!

Lori

hi lori, sorry for the late reply.. and yes, i did pass the board exam.. =) found out last april 4 through the mail.. i was speechless when i opened the mail.. dont know what to say anymore except the lord has been very good to me lately.. =)

hi, congrats... with 265 questions that is really hard. i can't imagine myself doing 265, luckily i passed with 75 questions.i really dont know if i could have made it if i was given 265 questions.  God bless and take care...

same here, i took my nclex last july 25, and yes, i finished the 265 questions without taking a break, coz maybe if i did, i could have run out of time.! up to now i still dont have the result in my hand. yes i can inquire in site, but im scared to know the result. so, you think im prolonging the agony?! i dont even know myself. im just so scred to know .. by the way sublime, how long was the waiting for you? im glad you made it!

265 questions & passed on first try. God is good!

A friend of mine took hers and the same thing happened.  She did all the questions, but she passed.  Don't worry about it.  You probablly passed.  If you are smart enough to get through nursing school, you are smart enough to pass the NCLEX.

A friend of mine who is now a nursing instructor and also on the board that decides which questions are on the Ohio NCLEX exam told me that when a person gets all 265 questions it is because they are right on the pass/fail line (which is 72%) and that when  you get to question 265 if you answer it correctly, you pass. Incorrectly and you fail. I do not know how true this is, but she is a truthful lady.

hi.. I also have the same case.. I took the nclex diz august 10.. And i ended up having 265 questions.. I was given like 2 or 3 computations and i dont think i answered it correctly.. now i'm reall really nervous specially when everyone is telling me that they think i passed..

My state do not have the quick result.. so i have to wait for like a month! i just hope i pass the exam..

 w8.. is the pearson vue trick applicable to all state? *laughs*

i just wanna try it..

goodluck and congrats to all!

I did my nclex today and felt like I didn't pass. I figure being an international nurse, they really wanted me to do the 265 questions. I think i got the last question right. If what the other lady said is trully about getting the last question right, then i think i've passed.

You may have been hard for the computer to read which is why you got all 265 questions. I had 190 and I passed. Alot of my friends had 75, they passed also.

I was told at an NCLEX review class, that how many questions you get does not determine a pass or fail. The questions are designed by difficulty. If you miss a hard question, the computer goes back to easier questions that gradually get harder. Essentially its trying to see if you just messed up one hard question, or if there is a pattern of missing only hard questions. I remeber getting a really easy question: What electrolyte is usually depleted by the drug Lasix?" I was horrified and figured I must have misssed a hard question, so the computer was starting a square one.Hence, 190 questions.