we are back in the office today because
we are talking about the nclex changes
coming up for
october now if you're writing before the
before october 1st so up until the end
of september you're going to want to
watch this video because it talks about
the nclex changes that were made for
kovit
well i made a prediction in that video
and wasn't quite right so we're going to
talk to you about what's happening in
nclex
for october right after this
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so change number one they are bringing
back
the 15 pre-test questions
so what is that these are the questions
that are being
assessed for quality and being rated for
difficulties so they actually won't
count in your score for pass or fail
they are sample questions and and
depending on how well they do they may
or may not make the list for the next
exam
the number of questions you will have as
a minimum is changing
but there's a bit of a caveat so you're
going to get 15
pre-test items plus the minimum number
of questions you need to pass
is 60. so you're only going to be scored
on 60. the 15 pre-test items
are test questions that they need to
assess the difficulty
on and as more people answer those
questions they get calibrated
and then they get their category for
difficulty and then they can be put into
the exam
bank number so if the minimums change
the maximum has also changed
now previous to covid it was 235 was the
maximum number of questions that you
would receive
and then when covet hit
it was knocked down drastically to 130
questions
and now with those pre-test questions
it's 145 so
out of that 145 only 130 will count
towards your mark
now due to the fact that they're adding
15 pre-test questions
they have added one hour to your exam
so initially pre-covered we were at six
hours
the first set of changes with code went
down to four hours and now you're going
to have
five hours to write your exam
now the run out of time marking concept
that they had
pre to covet so this is before all the
changes started in march
is not going to be put back into effect
for october changes
so what's run out of time marking if you
were writing the nclex and
you ran out of time before you were
finished the exam
so you know that it's an adaptive exam
it will turn off when it has determined
successfully whether you're a pass or
fail
based on the difficulty and how you're
able to navigate and move through the
difficult
the escalation of a difficulty and so
what they would do
is if you ran at a time they would just
look back at your last 60 questions and
assess where you're at with those
they're not implementing that in this
new change in october
so this simply will just look at the
questions you answered and how well you
did on them
and then lastly they're also going to
reintroduce the research section and
they highly encourage you to
continue on and complete that research
section after your nclex exam
is done and they've also changed the
nclex
tutorial to an online guide to help
students with nclex questions now i've
gone ahead and done it i'm going to show
you it
what it looks like here but i encourage
you to also take the free
nclex online tutorial take the free
nclex online tutorial to get yourself
set with the types of questions they're
going to be asking
and there are several different types so
let's look at that next
so head on over to the nclex tutorial
and we're going to
start the online sample so this is
really going to give you an idea what it
looks like you should see your first and
last name when you get to your nclex
exam
up in the left hand corner it's going to
talk about some general information
about how you're going to progress
through
this and then it's talking about
abnormal behaviors and confidentiality
and that you will not be testing or be
sharing
any of this information with another
person
now once you start your nclex tutorial
you'll see there's a time up in the
right hand
and this practice test does count
towards your time
now here's the first type of question
we're going to see is multiple choice
there will be four potential options
and you will select one so in this case
what color is an orange
we're going to select orange and hit
next the second type of question you
will see is a multiple response item
also known as select all that apply
you'll be able to choose multiple
different options
using your mouse or your keypad as per
the instructions
so in this case which are the following
are fruits apple banana and moving on
the third type of question will be a
fill in the blank
in this case we need the calculator to
add up the four different numbers that
we see
here and divide by 4 that will give us
the
mean of the pumpkin's weight so
calculator is provided for you and once
you have this information don't forget
about your rounding rules
this particular question is asking that
we use only one
decimal place and so we need to make
sure we're following those
rules
the fourth type of question is what is
known as a hot spot item you'll be given
a
problem or presented with a problem and
a figure
so you'll be asked then to hover over
which element of the figure is going to
be
representing your answer so this one
asks which
box is in the upper left hand corner as
you select it an x will appear over top
to annotate your selection
practice item number five is an exhibit
item and so
oh just ignore that what this question
is looking at is giving you some
information with an additional link
known as the exhibit to give you a
behind-the-scenes look at the
information you need to answer the
question
this one is asking for the most
expensive supply so as we look at these
receipts for storage and packing for
baking for miscellaneous
you can then identify the most expensive
item and select that
the next type of question will be a drop
drag and ordering question where you may
be asked to put things by numerical
alphabetical or chronological order
don't forget your nursing process in
this case we're looking for the six
months that appear and we'd like to put
them in
uh sorry in alphabetical order and so
we're gonna just drag things over
oh i totally did that wrong as i'm
seeing this now as i'm playing it back i
put them in order
of month january to february so that was
a fail on that part
that's a good lesson in reading the
question
type 7 is an audio item in this case
when we hit the play button it says that
corn prices are rising
and then it's asking what's rising so
we're going to answer corn
and then the last type of question will
be a graphic item so you'll have a
question but you'll have pictures
instead of text to
select from so you'll want to make sure
that you're going through this test
question bank
to practice your exam familiarity and
comfort with the different types of
questions
now if you're looking for some tools to
help prepare you for that nclex
i'm going to have some links below where
you can access either the saunders nclex
examination preparation or the flash
cards i know some people prefer to have
those flash card type
materials so go ahead and click on those
links below and we'll get you hooked up
with some supplies to help you prepare
for the content
of your nclex until next time make it a
great day