Has anyone taken NCLEX recently? 2014

isharRN, ASN, RN · Feb 8, 2014

Hi I am taking the NCLEX in 3 days and I am super nervous. I have read content and used 100% of Kaplan's QBANK and Q trainers. Did anyone find that Kaplan actually helped you in the NCLEX? Grateful for any advice.

I also used 100% of Kaplan and my overall score was 67%. Kaplan helped me a little bit. They provided me with tons of passing level questions which helped me use my critical thinking. Those questions helped me pass nclex as most of the questions I got were analysis/application type questions. It also helped me feel relaxed and comfortable because the NCLEX format looked exactly like kaplan's format..so in my head I was thinking "it's like taking another Kaplan exam" haha. Decision tree didn't really help me or I didn't bother to use it. Computer shut off at 75Q and got the good pop up. Go in relaxed and confident. Don't study the day before..rest your brain:)

Make sure you do the sample tests in the qbank (there are 4). Good Luck!

SuperMurse · Feb 8, 2014

I took the NCLEX a few days ago and it's really hard to say or give you a definite answer. Because NCLEX draws from such a large question bank, you may have 100% of questions that Kaplan focused on, you may have none. In my case, I had about 5/75 questions max that Kaplan really helped me answer. I actually left the testing center thinking that all of the time that I had spent on Kaplan was useless as far as content preparation went. It did prepare me for the style of questions and really felt as if I was just taking another question bank though. In contrast, I have had several classmates tell me how Kaplan worked wonders for them and that ALL they had to do to prepare and succeed were the qbanks/qts. It's all the luck of the draw I suppose.

My advice is to remember a couple things: It's ok to be nervous. You will probably be stressing out the night before and scanning through your head all of the things you DON'T remember or know. If this happens to you, stop and take a second to think about everything that you DO know..you know SO MUCH. Also keep in mind that you aren't going to know everything going into the test, so try and relax and be confident in yourself and your knowledge. You were able to successfully complete nursing school. You know this stuff. Now all you have to do is go and prove it to them.

Let me know if you have any other questions or concerns. Good luck and try the Pearson Vue trick afterwards - it works :up:

lovenursing0 · Feb 9, 2014

Awesome Congrats!! Thank you for your response and encouragement !! :yes:

lovenursing0 · Feb 9, 2014

Thank you for your response! Im praying everything goes well. Congrats on passing Woo Hoo!!

Did you feel like you recognized the Medications they asked you? I heard from a few people they saw lots of medications they never heard and only got either the trade or generic but not both? Is it true if you get a lot of SATA questions you are passing?

RN2BEDREAM · Feb 9, 2014

COngrats!