Passed NCLEX RN 2012 with Kaplan qbanks/trainers

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I have been on this site multiple times and found many encouragements from it as I study for my nclex and wanted to share my story. I only used kaplan qbanks and the trainers, my scores ranged from the 50s and 60s. I reviewed ever qbank and looked up anything I did not know or understand. I passed nclex on November 20th 2012 with 75 questions. I did the PVT about 15 mins after the test and got the good pop up. I called Virginia BON verication number the next morning and it was confirmed that I was officially a RN. The nclex had very basic questions, the kaplan in my opinion seemed harder then the nclex. I hope this helps anyone who may have had doubts about kaplan as I did at first. Good luck to the future nclex rn test takers.

@faith246 thank you, and yes we are :-) let me know the good news of nclex when u get it

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It's good to hear that Kaplan is helpful because I take the Kaplan all this week.

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Hi Mysweets,

I did pass too on 75 question and already have my license.:):) I wasn't expecting it though. I thought i should share with you and thank you for sharing your experience during my tough time earlier. That helped me a lot. So what are u up to?

thanks

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@nursesolu Congratulations!!!! I'm so happy for you, I'm not up to much at the moment, I'm working in home health with hopes of transitioning to a hospital, how about you?

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@mysweets .

thanks a lot. Well, i am still exploring the opportunities. Actually, i am planning to do some volunteer work. Is it easy to get into home health? what do you suggest?

thanks ..

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@Nursesolu, it is easy to get into home health, I actually started there as a lpn, and it was my first job with no prior healthcare experience, so if you would like to make money now, I would definitely give home care a try and maybe do volunteer work on the side until u are able to transfer to a hospital or something of your choice, but if you want experience, I would not stay in home health long term, I'm hopin to get into a RN residency program in my area as it is very hard to get into a hospital as a new grad

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@ Mysweets

Thank you for your valuable suggestion. Well, i am foreign nurse and recently licensed in NY. But my problem is that i dont have SSN. Do you think home care will look for SSN when they hire? Which state are u?

I appreciate your time

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@nursesolu, I'm in VA and I do believe that they will want a SSN for home health, I'm not familiar with your situation but is a green card an option for you?

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hello mysweets and nursesolu, I have a question, is there a chance for to pass with those scores? just took my trainer 7 and got 55%, my #6 was 60%. And I am taking my test in 36hours, please help. What should i do tomorrow review the rationals from the 7 trainer or review my notes, I am very nervous (taking my test on 14 Feb, at 1pm). Thanks in advance.

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Congratulations! nursesolu, did you have many SATA questions on your test? Do you think Kaplan is similar to the real test? What were your scores for Qbank and the trainers 1-7?

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where to get the kaplan trainers? is this the one with book and lectures?

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Hey @ Danaika

Thanks..

My scores are similar to yours. I think you got to be relax . Don't get nervous. Your mind need to be relax and you need to get enough sleep on the test day for you to work better .I will recommend you to review your notes. I dont remember exactly how many SATA questions. But there were quite numbers. You can do it.

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