DoNot exclude Saunders from your studying!

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I just got home from taking the NCLEX and i felt that Saunders did a good job with explaining content. Kaplan-maybe for strategy, but it all came down to content. i got 12 SATA, 2 med questions 3-4 infection control, 8 meds and i would say that 80% was prioritize, who would you see first, who is in the greatest risk. I also got 2-3 about floating nursings which i thought was weird b/c it asked what patient would you give this nurse from such and such unit. i know that is delegation, but i expected to be asked about lvns or nursing assistants. I got a lot of teaching patients. Endocrine, DM, peds cleft lip, and Botox!!! hope thst helps. i want to thank all who post on this wonderful site. it has truely been helpful. now i have to wait.....:(

suzanne

Do you suggest doing quizzes or tests on the Saunders CD and how many a day 2 weeks to go?

Does not matter which format that you are using, you should also be doing the same number of questions all along on a daily basis. So hard for me to tell you what you should be doing the last two weeks. I do not like anything more than a 100 per day, otherwise it is cramming and that does not work with this exam for most.

Best of luck on your exam.

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I just got home from taking the NCLEX and i felt that Saunders did a good job with explaining content. Kaplan-maybe for strategy, but it all came down to content. i got 12 SATA, 2 med questions 3-4 infection control, 8 meds and i would say that 80% was prioritize, who would you see first, who is in the greatest risk. I also got 2-3 about floating nursings which i thought was weird b/c it asked what patient would you give this nurse from such and such unit. i know that is delegation, but i expected to be asked about lvns or nursing assistants. I got a lot of teaching patients. Endocrine, DM, peds cleft lip, and Botox!!! hope thst helps. i want to thank all who post on this wonderful site. it has truely been helpful. now i have to wait.....:(

Funny,

I posted almost the same thing. I felt more familiarity with Saunders, just reading and reviewing and doing the practice tests in the book and on the cd, I felt it helped me more for the board. I mean Kaplan was great, too, but Kaplan seems more harder than the board exam, but content info, was more with Saunders.

I just didn't feel too good about taking all 265 today, which took about 5 hours to complete! And I am in Cali, and the wait I am sure is at least 10 days since the 4th is coming up this week.

I had a huge amount of priority, and the RN's from another floor, and weird meds like endometriosis and anti-depressants!:paw:

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Specializes in Medical/ Surgical.

emilysmom2, you and i are taking are test on the same exact day. i am in the same boat you are in. i started out studying with saunders but felt that the questions were not challenging enough. i let one of my co-workers scare me into purchasing the kaplan review, and i must admit these questions are very challenging but you still need to review content to answer them cause alot of the time the strategies do not apply. so i have gone back to doing saunders questions along with the kaplan review. good luck to you.:up:

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Specializes in Tele.
Thanks for confirming what I have been saying right along. They do the best job with rationales over any other book that I have reviewed. And I will continue to use them only in my reviews.

Thanks again.

Suzanne,

after reading a number of your posts and suggestions about this Saunders book, i returned my Mosby's that I bought on Tuesday. I'm now the proud owner of a brand spankin new Saunders comprehensive review book, it came with a cd that has 4000 questions!!!! I didn't even see this book the other day.

Thanks a bunch, after looking more carefully I really like it alot more than the others. I'm now more confident in my studying.

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Specializes in Telemetry/Cardiac Floor.

Thanks for this thread. I often feel bad that I can't afford the q-bank. I test on the 16th. I will have done 3000 saunders questions by then. I hope I pass!:loveya:

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Do you think if you just studied with kaplan that you would not have succeeded on the exam?

I probably should hae read this earlier, my NCLEX is tomorrow, and I Just kinda did kaplan :/

My scores on kaplan were 70 (readiness) and 71 (post exam)...

Help?

Wow, I bet you passed with flying colors. I got a 62 on readiness and a 63 on post. Most of my classmates had similar scores as me and have already passed. I take my test on tuesday.

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Ugh, it's content that I really need work on. I have been using Kaplin's content review videos. I hope it's enough. I think its too late to run out and purchase saunders.

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Saunders is the only one that I used. I pass with 75 questions. They are a very detail book.

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so far saunders + suzanne's plan is working wonders for me.. i'm about to jump into suzanne's second step and i'm really looking forward to it. :D

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