by jillnurse2b

Hi everyone! I have a few questions for anyone who has used Kaplan for the NCLEX-RN. I just finished the course and will be taking the exam next week. Do you think it is better to focus on the material in the course book, Q-bank, or the 7 question trainers? What do you think was most helpful for you?

Overall, how well did Kaplan prepare you for the nclex? Are the practice questions comparable to real nclex questions?

Also (if you don't mind saying) did you pass or fail using Kaplan?

Thank you!

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Thank you for starting a thread on this because I was planning on taking the Kaplan courses that are being offered around my house, and I was wondering how useful they would be. So, thanks.

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What I want to know is if you took Kaplan, what were your test scores for test 6 and test 7 of the question trainer?

Kaplan told me to postpone the test a week if I get less than a 57% on test 7. I haven't taken test 7 yet as I am reviewing the stuff I did poorly on test 6 with... which I got a 52% on.

I am SO nervous I might postpone . I can't memorize drugs and diseases are flying out of my head with all the studying I'm doing... ugh.

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I haven't taken any of the exams yet, but I thought we were supposed to get at least a 65%??

Obiwarz- when are you scheduled to take your exam??

I am taking it in 1 week (the 29th)! I am sooo nervous too But it's impossible to memorize every drug and disease, so we just have to do the best we can. Good luck!

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Originally Posted by jillnurse2b

I haven't taken any of the exams yet, but I thought we were supposed to get at least a 65%??

Obiwarz- when are you scheduled to take your exam??

I am taking it in 1 week (the 29th)! I am sooo nervous too But it's impossible to memorize every drug and disease, so we just have to do the best we can. Good luck!

I take mine on the 28th, Thursday. I am really thinking about pushing it back...ugh. We will see how my next few days of studying goes and when I take test 7 on Monday, I will really know.

65% gives about a 99% chance of passing.
59% is 94%

The goal is to have 50% in each of the 8 categories, and an overall 59-65% to be solid.

I have four categories that score, 48%, 47%, 45%, 31% (pharm) so I am really pushing on studying those. My other four I'm doing awesome on, 57-68% in each.

I really want to know how other people faired on tests 6 and 7 and see if they passed the NCLEX (and maybe even how many questions they had). I think it would give me a better picture where I'm at. Good luck to you with studying as well!

-Jason

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Kaplan suggests that to be ultimately "confident" and ready to take nclex, you should get at least a 65% on test 7. The course book said this, and my instructor reaffirmed it as well. She recommended us to take test 7 4-5 days before taking NCLEX, and if we didn't get a 65%, seriously consider rescheduling the exam. However, it seems like the Kaplan questions can be difficult, and she said with previous exams to use your judgement, in other words, if you are confident about your skills, go and take the exam.

On a side note: I took the Kaplan course and passed test 7 with a 68%. This past Thursday, I sat for the NCLEX exam, finished the test in less than 1 hour and the computer shut off at 75 questions for me. I hope this is a good sign!

Re: Did you use Kaplan??

Originally Posted by michellemybelle

Kaplan suggests that to be ultimately "confident" and ready to take nclex, you should get at least a 65% on test 7. The course book said this, and my instructor reaffirmed it as well. She recommended us to take test 7 4-5 days before taking NCLEX, and if we didn't get a 65%, seriously consider rescheduling the exam. However, it seems like the Kaplan questions can be difficult, and she said with previous exams to use your judgement, in other words, if you are confident about your skills, go and take the exam.

On a side note: I took the Kaplan course and passed test 7 with a 68%. This past Thursday, I sat for the NCLEX exam, finished the test in less than 1 hour and the computer shut off at 75 questions for me. I hope this is a good sign!

WOW! Good job! Can you give me ANY study tips??

-Jason

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If doing kaplan, do the sample test #3 under q-bank. It is all "who would you see first" type of questions. Do as many questions as you can of all types. Good luck to you all.

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Hah! I don't know how I did it. I did tons of questions though. I really liked the tutorial mode in Kaplan--where they gave you the rationales while you tested in the q-bank, it saved me a lot of time.

Re: Did you use Kaplan??

Originally Posted by michellemybelle

Kaplan suggests that to be ultimately "confident" and ready to take nclex, you should get at least a 65% on test 7. The course book said this, and my instructor reaffirmed it as well. She recommended us to take test 7 4-5 days before taking NCLEX, and if we didn't get a 65%, seriously consider rescheduling the exam. However, it seems like the Kaplan questions can be difficult, and she said with previous exams to use your judgement, in other words, if you are confident about your skills, go and take the exam.

On a side note: I took the Kaplan course and passed test 7 with a 68%. This past Thursday, I sat for the NCLEX exam, finished the test in less than 1 hour and the computer shut off at 75 questions for me. I hope this is a good sign!

That's great!!! When my friend took hers (and passed it on the first try) she got about a hundred-so odd questions. She studied a lot, but she never really gave me any hints as to what kind of concentrate on. *shrug*