Can't Bring Kaplan Scores Up

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

Hi, I graduated nursing school last week and as part of my last semester we did Kaplan. The problem is that if you don't get a 65% or better on the readiness exam you can't sit for your boards. I scored in the 50's on the readiness. I've been studying, and I feel more confident, and like I'm getting a better understanding of how to approach questions, etc. I've been using the Q-Bank, and on the sample quizzes I'm typically scoring anywhere from low 50's-low 60's. I've also been reviewing my Kaplan coursebook, and have am planning on watching the Kaplan videos on-line. I have to retake the readiness exam at some point so that my school will sign off so I can sit for boards.

Anybody have any advice?

[glamgalRN]

If I were you I would keep doing qbank. I took the readiness test after I got through about 75% of the qbank questions with an average score of 57% and I got a 73% on my readiness score. In my opinion, a lot of the questions from the readiness test are very similar to qbank and the question trainers. Just keep up the hard work- you'll get there!!