NCLEX review class or just go for it?

bassbird · May 29, 2002

Like many of you, I am not taking a review course. I have been using the NSNA CDRom, Saunders book and CD, and the Kaplan CD. I have been using these for the last year in studying for my tests and have found them very helpful.

I did take the GRE a couple of years ago and found that the Princeton review CD's really helped me develop test taking skills.

A LOT of my classmates are taking review courses, and it will be interesting to hear how they like them.

I do have a question though. From those who have taken boards already, what lab values should I know? I asked one of my instructors, but she wasn't sure.

Thanks

Roberta

MelissaCT · May 29, 2002

My friend had her first review class today as well.

She said it was pharmacology all day.

Hers is all this week, mine starts Sunday and it is every Sunday in June.

I will pick July for my test date...

Oh to all of you taking the NCLEX, there is a test online that is in CAT format, and it predicts how well you will do on NCLEX.

I stopped at 75 questions, and it said I had a 99.9 percent chance of passing NCLEX.

I then went on to 150 questions to get a better idea of how I would do. After the rest of the questions, it said the same thing.

http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/fcgi-bin/displaypage.pl?isbn=0323008178

MollyJ · May 29, 2002

As students (over 24 years ago) we took NLN's throughout our course of study, so we knew how we were performing against national standards. I knew that my lowest area was psych and so I concentrated my efforts there. There was no such thing as a review course, so it was a different world.

If my standardized test scores were high, i wouldn't take a review course. If they were low or marginal, I would.