Best NCLEX review???

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I just graduated and am looking for a NCLEX-RN review. There are so many out there and are pricey. I'd hate to spend hundreds of $$ without knowing anyone that has actually used it. Kaplan? ATI? Freuer?...any suggestions?:confused:

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My class got together and all took the Kaplan review. Since it was a large group we ended up only having to pay $389 for the complete program (classroom and online resources). I thought it was very helpful because in school we hadn't seen questions the way that Kaplan presented them-which happened to be very similar to how the NCLEX was. The whole time I was doing the program though I felt like it wasn't doing anything- but then I passed the boards with 75 questions.

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Saunders plus Suzanne4s plan.

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Saunders plus Suzanne4s plan.

Have you taken the NCLEX after her prep?

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My class got together and all took the Kaplan review. Since it was a large group we ended up only having to pay $389 for the complete program (classroom and online resources). I thought it was very helpful because in school we hadn't seen questions the way that Kaplan presented them-which happened to be very similar to how the NCLEX was. The whole time I was doing the program though I felt like it wasn't doing anything- but then I passed the boards with 75 questions.

CONGRATS TO YOU!!! :yeah:

I could really use a little bit of reassurance because I am studying with Kaplan now and "feel like I am not doing anything either...lol" and was just curious what were you Qtrainers and avg. qbank scores since you passed with 75 questions?? So far I have been averaging anywhere from mid 50's to 65 and I have Qtrainer 7 left... Any advice would be greatly appreciated since I am in you shoes and I have a little bit of time to tweak things, if needed, since I don't test until the beginning of July. Thanks in advance! :D

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Specializes in Med Surg, Telemetry, Long Term Care.

use saunders for content and kaplan for test taking strategies.

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Specializes in Adult Acute Care Medicine.

I bought the Saunders book and did a content review and did all of the questions.

I also did online Kaplan....Qbank.

IMO NCLEX questions were most like Qbank. I am glad I paid the money and passed first time.

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hi jeni, i think http://nclex.reviewfornurses.com/ is good, if you buy the dvd

s you can keep it for future and the questions are challenging, it is very good, by sally lagerquist (Davi's nclex books) author, check it out

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:specs: Im a little bit crazy and tend to overcompensate for everything. But for some reason I bought ATI, Hurst and bought the Kaplan book. I watch hurst and do the focused test on ATI and Saunders. Review whatever I missed. Then I'll do questions from the qtrainer. Im just reviewing what I can. I really liked the Kaplan book because of the strategies and I keep hearing the questions are similar to NCLEX. Hurst is also really good for content review. Good enough for me. I just hope it helps. Taking my test June 16.
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:specs: Im a little bit crazy and tend to overcompensate for everything. But for some reason I bought ATI, Hurst and bought the Kaplan book. I watch hurst and do the focused test on ATI and Saunders. Review whatever I missed. Then I'll do questions from the qtrainer. Im just reviewing what I can. I really liked the Kaplan book because of the strategies and I keep hearing the questions are similar to NCLEX. Hurst is also really good for content review. Good enough for me. I just hope it helps. Taking my test June 16.

Good luck!!

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Specializes in pediatrics.

I agree with gwafuh. Saunder's for content and Kaplan for questions. I did all the questions in the Saunder's comprehensive book and most of the ones on the CD that came with it. I also bought the Kaplan strategy book that comes with two practice tests and did those. Kaplan Q's are definitely closer to NCLEX but I didn't want to pay the money to access Kaplan's QBank.

I studied 4-8 hours almost every day for 2 weeks. Went through Saunders and covered the chapters that I didn't know very well. I read Kaplan book once and did the test in the book. A week later I read it again and did the practice test on the CD.

Passed yesterday with 75 Questions! Good Luck to you and don't hesitate to ask if you have any more questions!!

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Selby, do you feel like the Kaplan q's were similar to the NCLEX?

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