HELP!!! What nclex material to use?

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For those of you who passed and are now RNs! Can you plss help me find a good material on nlcex review! I took July 19th but didn't make it and now I'm really confused on study materials to use. I read about uworld and I'm planning to buy it. But before jumping to uworld I need a content review first. I mean, I finished Kaplan premiere 2017, Lacharity and saunders 2nd edition (borrowed CD). But I think I really need a lot of contents. I have here ATI comprehensive review (yellow book) but never use this I didn't have time to skim this book before my exam.

What are your thoughts please help? I'm planning to buy saunders 7th edition but I hesitated since I found this ATI 17th comprehensive book. Which is good saunders 7th or ATI 17th? Is ATI 17th edition the same with ATI 18th?

PLS help! Thank you!

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Specializes in Infusion Nursing, Home Health Infusion.

Did you only study for three weeks before the exam. Am I reading this correctly that you graduated in 2008.If true one problem here is you need a study plan and three weeks is not enough. I see many trying to pass this test by taking practice questions when they should spend their time studying the material. Others can tell you what is good study guide but I urge you to study content and only use the questions to gauge your level of comphrendsion and to learn the question types.

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Thanks for the help. I started studying around May but I only study about 1-2hours in a day. Yes I really need content coz I have a lot of questions in the exam that I still am not familiar with. It attacked me with my weakest subjects.

I'm hoping that others could give me advice if what is better study material for content? I'm planning to buy Saunders 7th edition? But I have here ATI 17th edition.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Moved to the NCLEX forum

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if you need content HURST is awesome..Kaplan did not work for me(content wise)

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Thank you finally! I got a feedback! Awesome! What I've read here they recommend hurst much better than Kaplan.

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I graduated 2013 from a BSN program in Australia. Moved to USA 2016 with my husband. Both took the nclex February 2017, he passed, i didn't. First time we used Hurst. Worked for him, not for me. I was lacking in content so I bought Saunders 7th edition. Studied 5-6 hours a day. Got through the whole book in 6 weeks. The book also comes with an online portion which was comparable to uworld. It went through every format I've seen on the exam (i.e. SATA, put in order, multiple choice, hot spots, etc. Saunders is all i studied. I recommend picking one book and sticking to it. Took my test July 21, 2017 and passed.

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Congratulations on passing.. Glad to hear positive outcomes. It becomes an inspiration. I will look to it definitely Saunders will be one of my options. Thank you for the heads up. Means a lot. God bless!

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Do you Uworld its worth every penny!! Good luck to you, you got this!

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

Hey! I just passed the NCLEX at the end of July in 75q and I literally contribute it all to UWorld - I cannot even begin to stress how amazing UWorld is and I'm so grateful friends of mine recommended it. I didn't use Hurst personally, but I heard from others that it's a great review of content. I actually used YouTube videos and looked up specific systems or diseases I was having trouble with. But UWorld actually taught me a lot of stuff as well since their rationales are extremely detail oriented. You won't regret using UWorld!!!

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