Preparing for NCLEX

Editorial Team / Admin · Mar 6, 2015

I think the best way to prepare for NCLEX depends on how you best learn and retain information. You can never go wrong with practicing questions, but what else you do to prepare depends on what you need.

LoriRNCM, ADN, ASN, RN · Mar 6, 2015

My school does Kaplan, which I hated all through school (focused and integrated testing, 112.00 bucks a semester), but now doing the NCLEX prep portion, I appreciate it a little more. It's making me a little less stressed about NCLEX because doing the review I realize I have retained more than I think I did. Big focus on application type questions, which is what your NCLEX score will be based on.

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN · Mar 6, 2015

Welcome!

Thread moved to NCLEX for best response

strawberryluv, BSN, RN · Mar 6, 2015

I've been looking at threads for this myself. I'm having quite a bit of trouble deciding what my test plan will be.

Okami_CCRN, BSN, RN · Mar 7, 2015

Please understand that everyone is different and what will work for me may not work for you. With that being said I will tell you what I did.

I graduated early January and took a live Hurst Review class

- Completed the 3 day core content

- Completed all only videos (specialty areas)

- Took the 6 Q-Review tests (average score of 74-78)

I had the 6th Edition of Saunder's NCLEX-RN

- I used the only component to do ton's of questions

- About 800-900 questions from Saunder's

Week before NCLEX bough the Kaplan Premier 2015-2016

- Offers good strategies

- Comes with 2 assessment exams (180/265 questions respectively)

- I didn't like Kaplan, but it was the most similar to NCLEX

I did all that about 2 weeks before I took my NCLEX

MarkPendleton · Mar 31, 2015

Thank you all for your comments

lrdcn3 · Mar 31, 2015

its like what everyone else is saying, it all depends on how you learn. I used Kaplan to learn how to take the test, Hurst to brush up on content cause my class wasn't able to take the test till a little over 6 months after graduating, and for questions mostly, I am taking the ncsbn. What better way to do practice questions then from the people that write the actual questions.

MarkPendleton · Apr 1, 2015

I do feel the best I learn is practicing a lot of questions and that is what I've been doing. I just want to do more and have a reassurance that I'm going to get through it the first time.

MarkPendleton · Apr 1, 2015

My wife used kaplan through nursing school and we use ATI and I get frustrated with it just like you are talking about but I keep using it in hopes that it will better prepare me for the NCLEX.