Unless youโre living under a rock, you know that COVID-19 has impacted virtually everythingโincluding the NCLEX-RN.
Effective March 25, 2020, the NCLEX resumed testing RN candidates at a ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ of testing centers across the U.S. Recently, however, ๐๐๐ NCLEX test centers have officially reopened!
Adjustments have been made to enhance the safety of those taking the test. This ensures social distancing measures are in effect + increases the number of candidates that can test daily. All of these changes follow the CDC guidelines and recommendations.
HERE IS A REVIEW OF THE IMPORTANT CHANGES MADE TO THE NCLEX-RN:
The minimum number of test questions decreased from 75 to ๐๐.โจ
The maximum number of test questions decreased from 265 to ๐๐๐.โจ
The maximum testing time decreased to ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ.โจ
The difficulty level and passing standard have ๐๐๐ changed (meaning youโre just as likely to pass as you were before).โจ
The pretest and Next Generation questions have been ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐๐.โจ
These changes will be effective until ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐.โจ
ATTs have been automatically extended for candidates whose appointments were cancelled due to COVID-19. They are currently valid for 6 months or more.
Candidates will still be given the opportunity to take scheduled breaks after 2 hours and again after 3.5 hours, as well as any unscheduled breaks.
Candidates are required to bring and wear their own face mask ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ. You will be turned away & unable to test if you do not bring PPE.
Additional information can be found on the Pearson Vue and NCSBN websites.