help!is saunders CD a good source of info for NCLEX?

blacksea pebble · Jul 13, 2008

Hi,

I passed NCLEX at 75 questions and can say that there are not many study tools that can prepare you for the exam. I studied Saunders book and CD, NCLEX 3500, and Kaplan on-line course. I can say that Saunders is good for general knowledge ( refreshing what you have already learned in school) but not good for strategies you can use for the exam. I think that Kaplan Q bank and strategies mimick the exam quite well. Questions on Saunders CD seemed to be quite easy and straight forward compared to what I encountered during NCLEX. Kaplan , on the other hand, seemed to have the same level of difficulty as NCLEX questions and the strategies I had learned helped me to eleminate wrong answers. I think that NCLEX is a very unique experience- when you take it you will say to yourself: " There is nothing in the world that could have prepared me for this test!" and than you'll feel horrible for the next three days before your license shows up on the website. I hope this ordeal will be over for you very soon.

PS: I've talked to many people who passed NCLEX on the first try and they said that Saunders was great. I think you need to choose what works best for you.

Please let me know how it goes for you.

Good luck!:)

secretname, BSN, RN · Jul 13, 2008

Hi,
I passed NCLEX at 75 questions and can say that there are not many study tools that can prepare you for the exam. I studied Saunders book and CD, NCLEX 3500, and Kaplan on-line course. I can say that Saunders is good for general knowledge ( refreshing what you have already learned in school) but not good for strategies you can use for the exam. I think that Kaplan Q bank and strategies mimick the exam quite well. Questions on Saunders CD seemed to be quite easy and straight forward compared to what I encountered during NCLEX. Kaplan , on the other hand, seemed to have the same level of difficulty as NCLEX questions and the strategies I had learned helped me to eleminate wrong answers. I think that NCLEX is a very unique experience- when you take it you will say to yourself: " There is nothing in the world that could have prepared me for this test!" and than you'll feel horrible for the next three days before your license shows up on the website. I hope this ordeal will be over for you very soon.
PS: I've talked to many people who passed NCLEX on the first try and they said that Saunders was great. I think you need to choose what works best for you.
Please let me know how it goes for you.
Good luck!:)

THANKS ALOT!il know in 3days after my test..

hope i make it possble! :saint:

Second · Jul 14, 2008

I passed with 75 questions and relied heavilly on Saunders. It's a great tool because it is organized by body systems and that was a nice way for me to study and learn. I also read some elsewhere on test taking strategies and that helped to. Good luck!

suzanne4, RN · Jul 16, 2008

Moved this thread to the NCLEX Forum where it is more appropriate.

Be aware that average wait time for CA is a full ten days and not the three days that you see posted every so often. And it can take up to a month.

Best of luck on your exam.

nursinggal_2 · Jul 16, 2008

I passed my first time with 75 questions and I only studied for about a week to a week and a half using saunders and very little exam cram. I have spoken with several other women I graduated with and they are only using saunders. We discovered Saunders when we learned we had to take the HESI and people were failing it that were using the actual HESI review books. So far out of I believe 8 that have taken it, we all passed! I 100% recommend Saunders! :)