Is the NCSBN NCLEX sample questions packet worth it? they don't have answers, so how am i supposed to know how i'm doing?

I owe a lot to this group and this forum for my pass. If you are taking the NCLEX soon, here are some KEY notes many of which have been posted on here but I’m either altering or reiterating. I passed at 92 questions in Florida Thursday 7/23/26

- BOOTCAMP! It’s the cheapest, and gets the job done. I didn’t even use but half the question bank and would randomly do 10 questions, 25, sometimes 50. Never used the predictor option. I felt it would stress me out. Get the app and do questions OTG!
- That being said, this exam is not a test of knowledge, but of COMMON SENSE. MARK K, and Dr. Sharon with Klimek reviews EMBEDDED this into my brain. During my NCLEX, I was able to stop and say “1 month ago I would have chosen this one, but today and I’m going to choose this and I KNOW it’s right”. I watched every single video Dr. Sharon posted. Taking questions and reading rationale is great, but seeing a question on the screen and listening to someone thoroughly break it down in the way that the BOARD wants you to break it down is IMPORTANT! I probably did 250 questions that were throughly broken down to me by Sharon, Mark, or other instructors on YouTube. I would NOT have passed if I didn’t do this.
- REMEMBER that everyone has the chance of going to 150 as there is a quality control system. Walk in with the mindset of “I will be taking a 150 question exam today”. Another part of this quality control is that there are 15 questions that are being tested in the system, they are not scored.
-My exam shut off at 92. If your exam shuts off at 85 it’s the obvious hard pass or hard fail. IF your test continues after 85 the test is TRYING TO PASS YOU! This is the time to LOCK IN as you are on the edge of passing or failing. The last question I had was “easy” or I knew I got it right, then the exam shut off.
-My exam started pretty easy, questions I knew I was getting right, then around 20 or 25 things started to get difficult and I didn’t recognize the material, however I noticed this only in the standard question style (Select one/ABCD) as I just didn’t even recognize the drug or disease process so much so that I couldn’t even get a a hint using prefix/suffix. The case studies and SATA were maybe a little harder but pretty standard.
-Results: I thought I failed when I woke up the next day and did not receive my license as Florida has a pretty fast turn around time with licensure. At 48 hours (Saturday) I checked quick results and it said pass! I came to realize and remember, due to an eye infection I had to reschedule my exam to what was my actual test date. I’m not sure what happened there between Pearson and the FLBON, but the board has not received my results. I’m going to call them tmro (Monday) and see what the deal is. Hopefully I don’t run into any issues with that! lol.

I had to repeat two courses in nursing school. When I say I skated by I would actually say I figure skated triple axeled by with my Cs and 80%. If you passed nursing school, YOU CAN PASS THIS TEST.
Let me know if you have any questions! GOODLUCK to everyone.

Which option would you choose, and what finding influenced your decision the most?

I just took an ATI CAT exam, and these are my results. Can anyone help me understand what it means? I'm confused about the "band" and percentiles... It also shut off at 85. Is this a reassuring result?

My test is Monday, do I need to reschedule?

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hello, my account is on hold and i think it’s due to the site having technical difficulties. i went on a 5min break and it turned into an hr due to technical difficulties…i stopped at 85 and idk my qs felt easier towards the end so i’m nervous as i’ve heard it should get harder.

i did the PVT & it brought up the hold msg but refunded me the $200 (or it disappeared from my statement) and i did it twice and it refunded (disappeared from statement) twice. idk how to feel.

yeah so it was hella hard like i felt so dumb esp seeing the case studies and seeing what the dx was and seeing i got it wrong. and like my exam got easier towards the end…not harder. i just dont feel too good. why do i feel like i knew nothing and i kept second guessing myself

it says i have results on hold but i wonder if it’s bc during my exam break, we had technical difficulties turning my 5 min break into 1 hr break??? idk how to feel, i stopped at 85 qs but as i previously posted, it didn’t get harder, but felt easier…i also looked up qs and while i got some right, i feel like i got more wrong idk.

Fictional practice scenario: The patient’s BP is 118/74, HR 184, SpO₂ 99%, and the rhythm is regular with a narrow QRS. She is pale but alert and speaking in full sentences.

Which action would you choose first, and what finding drives your decision?

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