Effectively utilize UWorld and archer?

[lobo93]

So I got both UWorld and archer, 6 months.  My question is, how would you recommend on how to utilize both effectively? 1 before the other? Or same time? Any advice is appreciated thank you!

[Mergirlc, MSN, APRN, NP]

Use UWorld for the rationales, diagrams/pictures and Archer for the way the questions are worded.  

UWorld gives a lot of information in their questions, which make it "clear" as to what they are asking.  NCLEX words their questions where, sometimes, you're still not sure what they are asking. ?    The way the questions are in Archer are similar to how NCLEX words them.

I know a lot of people look down on Archer because, yes, sometimes there are spelling or sentence structure errors and they aren't quite as "put together" as UWorld.

Also, the Prioritization / Delegation lecture from Mark Klimex lecture is a must!  On Youtube.

Everybody's brain works differently, so it's hard to say how best to utilize both.  Since UWorld has very good rationales, use that the most and then use Archer to mainly test yourself since they have a lot of exams on there.