Took the NCLEX-RN a couple of weeks ago and failed. Half the questions were about things I had never even heard of, not even during school. I know that anything is game for the test and there's sooooooo much to study for. I hit the big things that we had in school and during the blasted HESI:
-anatomy
-lab values
-more common medications
-CAD, heart disease, arrhymthmias, most common procedures
-diabetes, hormonal disturbances...
Yada yada, I think you get the idea. I also used the Kaplan NCLEX-RN strategies guide book and the CD in the back of the book. Can't afford to take class. So my question is... how do I or anyone answer a question when you have no idea (because you've never heard of it, so how study for it?) what the medication/disease process/condition/whatever is? Even using the Kaplan strategies?
I took the Nclex and did not pass last week. I got the results from pearson quick. my results still are not up on the nusing board website. Can someone send me those kaplan trainer sites?
I am a mother of a new 2 month old baby girl and a toddler so time to study is of th essencee and I need to start right away to get enough study time in.
If any one has any suggestion on study material it would be greatly appreciated.
Why is that Suzanne's plan no longer available. Sounds like it helped a lot of test-takers so what happened?
Go to your local library. Istead of buying those Saunders, Kaplan, etc nclex-pn review books with CD's for 50 bucks or so, you can rent it free at your local library. Mine has saunders, kaplan, arco and pearson. hundreds of nclex pn review questions with rationales.
the website containing the question trainers is located in post #43 of this thread.
once you access the site (it may take some time to load because the website is very busy....pm messages/chat room with graphics will eventually appear) you will be on the homepage.
for the question trainers, click on the nclex review link that is located at the top of the home page (where the blue bar is at the top of the page). after you click on the nclex review link, do a search for question trainer and you will find all seven located on the right-hand side of your screen in the light tan colored column. note: there is nothing to download. i would just suggest that you copy and paste the information to a ms-word document (adjust the margins and font and you will have fewer pages to deal with).
don't forget to look at the other links that have "question of the day," "trainer notes," "nursing strategies", "tips," "pharmacology" and so much other information... on the homepage, on the right-hand side of your screen (towards the middle, bottom half of the page), in the light tan colored column(on the right-hand side) you will also find the title free nclex questions & preparations. you can review a lot of helpful information here.
i hope my instructions make sense and don't sound too confusing.
Thanks for the info. I went on the website following your instructions and saw some good questions but I also exptected to see the correct answers and the rationales but saw neither on the website. Really, I tried and couldn't find it.
you are right. the question trainers have been removed(the web shows "page not found"). darn it! i'm not surprised though. i couldn't believe the site was making the kaplan question trainers 1-7 available for free to begin with!!! considering you must pay to receive kaplan online.
hint: the questions are still available...:yelclap:... just look!
the site still contains lots of helpful study tools along with 100s of nclex style practice questions. examples, listed below.
OH ok, thats great I will have to go to my library. THank you so much.
Does any one know if the Kaplan question bank is worth the $300. Im very tight on money as I just had a new addition to our family and already raising 2 sweet toddlers. But I did fail the nclex the first time so am at last wits to study and pass so I can work and get out of this economic hole. Has any one used the Kaplan question bank? Are the questions similar in prioritizing like the nckex exam.
please....take the time to read all the posts within this thread.
a link for question trainers #2 has been provided already. please see post #52 in this thread. once on the www.nursereview.org site, take your time and you will eventually locate the remaining question trainers; along with some other valuable study material for the nclex. if the links are constantly provided on the allnurses.com site, kaplan will have the nursereview.org webmaster remove all information pertaining to kaplan. that is why the original q-trainer link (post #43) is no longer useful/available.
i'm not surprised though. i couldn't believe the site was making the kaplan question trainers 1-7 available for free to begin with!!! considering you must pay to receive kaplan online.
christinaalomar
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Hello all, I am new to this..
I took the Nclex and did not pass last week. I got the results from pearson quick. my results still are not up on the nusing board website. Can someone send me those kaplan trainer sites?
I am a mother of a new 2 month old baby girl and a toddler so time to study is of th essencee and I need to start right away to get enough study time in.
If any one has any suggestion on study material it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks you