Can I pass without Q-BANK?

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Specializes in Currently: Certified School Nurse.

Seems that this is everyone's favorite. People say this is the best prep and that the questions are really hard so if you can answer them, you can pass NCLEX.

Can I pass without spending $300 for Q-BANK?

ANYONE?

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Specializes in Critical Care.
Seems that this is everyone's favorite. People say this is the best prep and that the questions are really hard so if you can answer them, you can pass NCLEX.

Can I pass without spending $300 for Q-BANK?

ANYONE?

Of course you can. Suzanne's plan, for one, uses the Saunders book. NCLEX 3500 is a good question resource and its free (google it). There are (rarely) even those who haven't studied with any resource that pass.

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Specializes in Currently: Certified School Nurse.

Thanks for the tip on NCLEX 3500 - - -are these questions comparable to NCLEX?

Is there a certain score one should achieve on their tests as a predictor of NCLEX success? (people say that about Kaplan... i.e. if you are scoring in the 65% range or something like that you are doing well).

THANKS AGAIN!

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Specializes in LTC, case mgmt, agency.
Thanks for the tip on NCLEX 3500 - - -are these questions comparable to NCLEX?

Is there a certain score one should achieve on their tests as a predictor of NCLEX success? (people say that about Kaplan... i.e. if you are scoring in the 65% range or something like that you are doing well).

THANKS AGAIN!

Yes. the NCLEX 3500 is similar to NCLEX. However, I did poorly on it and still passed NCLEX. I'd recommend Suzanne's Plan and reading the Random Facts Sticky. Good Luck.:D

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Seems that this is everyone's favorite. People say this is the best prep and that the questions are really hard so if you can answer them, you can pass NCLEX.

Can I pass without spending $300 for Q-BANK?

ANYONE?

i passed and just used my own study material and the nclex review books and i was just a medioker student=)

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I agree with everyone else that you don't need Kaplan to pass NCLEX, though I will say that I did take the course and found it to be very helpful in preparing me to take the exam. If you really want to take the course, ask your employer if they will pay for the course - mine paid the whole $500 so I could take it.

Best of luck studying!

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Specializes in Med-Surg/ICU.

I didn't use Kaplan. I had an old version of Saunders, Lippincott, Sandra Smith Nclex, Ati books, and the random fact thread to help me. In the end, it came down to prioritizing and infection control and some pharmocology and not much else.

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Of course you can pass without Kaplan, but the question is, why not be as prepared as possible? If you can afford the $300, which many hospitals will reimburse you for, then why not get it? I found the questions on Kaplan much more similar to the NCLEX, more so than any of the other resources. That's just my opinion, but I'm also a bit of a patty panic and I over prepare. I'd rather over-prepare for the NCLEX than worry about having to take it again ;)

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Specializes in Peds, PICU, Home health, Dialysis.

I had a close friend of mine pass the NCLEX without studying. Granted, she was a 4.0 student in nursing school... but she did some practice NCLEX questions on her PDA a few days before the exam and passed with 75 questions.

I don't recommend doing that but it shows that you don't need any certain review book to pass.

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