congratulations!!! to all new RNs .my exam in MARCH. please i need your advice.

[davi000]

hi everybody, any advice welcome. new RNs please help me with your experience.my exam on MARCH 9th. how can i study to pass the RN. i had my kaplan review online 6 months before. but that time i was not really ready to take it. look like i was just playing with it i dont remember my score.just wasted my money i didnt have time to study. so in august i got mayann hogan 2nd edition. i completed it my score is 50 - 60 %. i am doing saunders review 5th ed. score 60-70%. NCLEX 4000 55%. i have done 4 exam cram practice tests scores in order 70%, 66%, 68%,65%. PLEASE PLEASE give me your ideas what i should i do now. i really want to pass this is my 2nd time .if you think i can buy any review. i heard almost everybody had kaplan. i can buy kaplan . hurst, NCSBN . or i should buy two.

please give me your advice. THANKS A LOT.

[killerbee]

I also taking the exam on march I did La Charity PDA, read the 35 page notes that came from this forum (SPIDERMANN), currently finishing Mary Ann Hogan (I like this book questions are really like the nclex) I have the same scores, I did Hurst video and im planning to do Kaplan and NCSBN questions on feb just to exercise myself before the exam date.

[davi000]

killerbee, wt is your score on mary ann hogan? are u going to take kaplan review or only q bank? i am thinking buy only 3 wks NCSBN. lets encourage each other. please tell me your progress. i will tell u mine. may be it will help eachother.

[kemifair]

I also taking the exam on march I did La Charity PDA read the 35 page notes that came from this forum (SPIDERMANN), currently finishing Mary Ann Hogan (I like this book questions are really like the nclex) I have the same scores, I did Hurst video and im planning to do Kaplan and NCSBN questions on feb just to exercise myself before the exam date.[/quote']

Is mary hogan a good book? My sister brought it for me and I didn't like it.

[davi000]

for me looks better than others. more difficult but more details. if you read this one before any other book. you will feel other books easier. this is my concern. i dont know how other feel.

[begosh]

for me looks better than others. more difficult but more details. if you read this one before any other book. you will feel other books easier. this is my concern. i dont know how other feel.

Hogan was my primary resource and passed on 2nd attempt with 88 questions. I could NOT for the life of me, read thru Saunders. I also used nclex 4000 in study mode...by system and categories. I made sure to answer 50% of total questions if more than 200. If a section had 200 or less questions, then I answered all...over and over.Good luck with your studies!

[killerbee]

@davi000 - I get around 50%-60% too with the chapters I've done. Im still thinking which one to get but its either the on-demand online plan or the qbank online. I have been doing 2-3 chapters of the book everyday after work and im half way through. Yeah lets do this!

@kemifair - I like it better than saunders, but I think it depends on your learning preferences. Plus the questions are very thought provoking I always ended up in 2 choices that are so close.

[davi000]

killerbee, i enrolled today ncsbn 4 wks. it is just ok .software is not good. there is no time clock when i doing questions, too slow to go to next ques. not easy to review wrong question. but it is ok to get more exam type questions for $100 still worth it. i did pretest 150 ques. score only 51% . then i did lesson 1 .there is 20 ques. i have 60% . after review wrong ones retook same i got 80% .more than 10 ques.was same i just reviewed it. anyway this made me happy. NCSBN wants more than 75%to pass.

i think you are doing good. 50-60 not bad. we still have 1 month. if we can make about 70% before exam. i think we will be fine. but less than that will make me really nervous.just pray to GOD for everyone who is working hard to study , taking care of family ,work and there is lot of sacrifice behind it. so GOD PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US.