thes dayz m so mch cnfused n cnt find a way.....i graduated 4m india in 2007...i came 2 US last year..startd prep 4 nclex,1stly i chose 2 review d saunders,but cudn't store tht mch in ma mind..thn in march i joined KAPLAN ..in tht i learnd about decision tree..thn i kept on practisin vid KAPLAN questions..i took d test on may 25..i vz really shoched at d time of test 2 see tht d test vz nt d way i thought it vud b..i vz feelin like thr vz no stuff,tht i've studied...n vz done at 75...
nw as i've 2 prep again..i jus wantd sm help 4m u guys tht how shd i start from zero nw,cz i've done my nursing training in india...plz hlp me vid yer kind suggestions!!....thankin u all in advance.
Before anything else I want to inform you I did kaplan twice here in California. The first one was for my preparation for NCLEX-PN last year. The second one was for my preparation for my NCLEX-RN this year.
My kaplan instructor told us that students Passing the NCLEX-RN answered overall 90% in Qbank questions and the 7 Question trainer, to answer questions everyday but do not answered more than 150 a day, complete test in one sitting, review all questions and the rationale, 50 Qbank test in testing mode, use decision tree on every question and try to achieve 65% on Question trainer 4,5,6,7 and all the Qbank. Well that was I learned from my kaplan instructor here in California. 60% is good.
To Preetimini
You scored 48-58% but there is repeated questions. What I did is I answered only the unused questions to know which questions left in the qbank unanswered. no repeated questions encountered. Overall score is 60%. Question trainer bet. 49%-63%. click the unused questions only. then you can go to the incorrect questions.
But sad to read that it seems like you only want to focus on kaplan. remember you are a foreign graduate you need to review more than they did. even people who graduated here used saunders 4000+ questions coupled with kaplan. some are exam cram coupled with kaplan or hurst. Even me I used kaplan course and saunders questions which is a total of 6000+ questions and I am attending free review class every saturday and sunday for a content discussions . I told you it is not the english language why you failed. It is your Preparation for the Nclex. Dear you need to study, even the intelligent people will fail if they dont have enough preparation for the exam. Do your best to pass your exam the second time. Please read, read, and read, Answer questions everyday and ask for guidance above.
I have quite a few friends from India and from what I noticed, many that come to the US either for school or work actually have no problem in understanding English Grammar. The NCLEX exam uses proper and correct grammar in their questions and not adulterated English that some understand/call language.
With that being said, I believe your main problem is preparation. I have heard that Saunders is good for foreign graduates. If you do not feel a good vibe from Saunders, try the Exam Cram content book. It is very informational both in content wise and questions. Couple that with NCLEX 4000, Saunders Q&A and definitely Linda LaCharity PDA. You can give yourself 8 weeks for good preparation and understanding.
Otherwise, you can contact Kaplan and get a refund on your money or go through their course again.
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To 123wannabeanurse,
Clarification:
Before anything else I want to inform you I did kaplan twice here in California. The first one was for my preparation for NCLEX-PN last year. The second one was for my preparation for my NCLEX-RN this year.
My kaplan instructor told us that students Passing the NCLEX-RN answered overall 90% in Qbank questions and the 7 Question trainer, to answer questions everyday but do not answered more than 150 a day, complete test in one sitting, review all questions and the rationale, 50 Qbank test in testing mode, use decision tree on every question and try to achieve 65% on Question trainer 4,5,6,7 and all the Qbank. Well that was I learned from my kaplan instructor here in California. 60% is good.
To Preetimini
You scored 48-58% but there is repeated questions. What I did is I answered only the unused questions to know which questions left in the qbank unanswered. no repeated questions encountered. Overall score is 60%. Question trainer bet. 49%-63%. click the unused questions only. then you can go to the incorrect questions.
But sad to read that it seems like you only want to focus on kaplan. remember you are a foreign graduate you need to review more than they did. even people who graduated here used saunders 4000+ questions coupled with kaplan. some are exam cram coupled with kaplan or hurst. Even me I used kaplan course and saunders questions which is a total of 6000+ questions and I am attending free review class every saturday and sunday for a content discussions . I told you it is not the english language why you failed. It is your Preparation for the Nclex. Dear you need to study, even the intelligent people will fail if they dont have enough preparation for the exam. Do your best to pass your exam the second time. Please read, read, and read, Answer questions everyday and ask for guidance above.