Does the difficulty of state RN licensure vary from state to state?

I graduated nursing school in May and took my state boards one time and passed, thank God. Most of the people in my class passed their boards the first time, but the people we all expected not to pass the first time ended up not passing, some students took their RN boards up to 3 times in our state, and then moved to other states and took state RN boards and passed in those states on their first attempt. Many of them hadn't studied in months and had almost gave up on passing altogether, so I'm wondering if there is a varying level of difficultly per state for the RN licensure examination? Please give me any opinions or feedback you've got, thanks in advance
NCLEX is a national test. It does not vary from state to state.

The NCLEX is a national exam, and its difficulty does not vary by state.

Quote from BIGT68I'm wondering if there is a varying level of difficultly per state for the RN licensure examination?

No. They likely did gain a psychological advantage by thinking so though.

No state has it's own boards, it is all the same exam no matter where you are physically sitting while taking it.Am I the only one that finds it incredulous that so many grads don't know this? I shake my head Everytime one of them asks "which state has the easiest boards forme to pass?" Oy!!!

Requirements for licensure by endorsement may vary from state to state but requirements for initial licensure by examination do not. NCLEX is a national exam.When you say they "moved to other states and took state RN boards and passed in those states on their first attempt", do you mean that they decided to get their initial license in a neighboring state or that they just physically went to the next state to take NCLEX and obtained licensure in the original state? (Since NCLEX is a national exam it doesn't matter where you physically take it. You don't have to take it in the state that you are applying for licensure in.) Either way, NCLEX is neither more or less difficult depending on the state.

You graduated in May and have five years of nursing experience already?!Quote from BIGT68I graduated nursing school in May and took my state boards one time and passed, thank God. Most of the people in my class passed their boards the first time, but the people we all expected not to pass the first time ended up not passing, some students took their RN boards up to 3 times in our state, and then moved to other states and took state RN boards and passed in those states on their first attempt. Many of them hadn't studied in months and had almost gave up on passing altogether, so I'm wondering if there is a varying level of difficultly per state for the RN licensure examination? Please give me any opinions or feedback you've got, thanks in advance

Their experience could be as a CNA or LPN.

Quote from kloneTheir experience could be as a CNA or LPN.

Okay thanks for clarifying, the only reason I asked was because I had heard that some states required more than the minimum competency to be licensed in their state, but I was aware of that the state boards were to test for minimum competency, the testers I was talking about went states to live, not just to take the test, I just thought it was weird that they weren't able to pass the state boards in this state multiple times, but were able to go to another state and pass on the first time I have been an LPN for one year, a CNA for over five, and an RN for almost a year, the reason it was showing my CNA stuff and experience of 5 years, is because when I put in that I forgot my password it took me to my old account, thanks for the feedback and clarification