NEED ENCOURAGEMENT. Low Kaplan Scores, NCLEX in 2 weeks

RNNPICU, BSN, RN · Sep 2, 2017

Redo all of the exams again, read all of the rationales for every question, even the ones you got right.

Keep reviewing questions.

keinahnah · Sep 2, 2017

Thank you for this helpful tip! I will do them, I promise :)

newycRN · Sep 3, 2017

I took the NCLEX earlier this summer, my Kaplan scores were low as well but I passed on the first try. I mostly used uworld though. I believe I used about 300 questions from the qbank in Kaplan, my scores ranged from 40s to 50s. Question trainer 1 I believe I got a 70, QT 2 and 3 were in the 50s. I didn't take the rest because I felt Kaplan wasn't working for me. I did much better on uworld. So if that makes you feel any better, the scores aren't always indicative of your chances at passing. The most important thing is learning from the rationales. Don't focus on the scores. As long as you review and you know where you went wrong, you should be ok.

keinahnah · Sep 3, 2017

I took the NCLEX earlier this summer, my Kaplan scores were low as well but I passed on the first try. I mostly used uworld though. I believe I used about 300 questions from the qbank in Kaplan, my scores ranged from 40s to 50s. Question trainer 1 I believe I got a 70, QT 2 and 3 were in the 50s. I didn't take the rest because I felt Kaplan wasn't working for me. I did much better on uworld. So if that makes you feel any better, the scores aren't always indicative of your chances at passing. The most important thing is learning from the rationales. Don't focus on the scores. As long as you review and you know where you went wrong, you should be ok.

Thank you í ½í¸€ And congratulations, new nurse!

ConcreteCowgirl · Sep 3, 2017

I also recommend UWORLD. I found their rationales just made more sense to me and I was able to see where I was going wrong (with Kaplan, I just couldn't see a trend). When I realized it was priority questions that I was missing, I viewed a few youtube videos using a different reasoning (I had learned ABC for priority questions and evidently that was old logic) and tried more priority questions. Changed my entire experience - went form 405 to 75% in an hour. FWIW, that's what worked for me.