How long does it take to do the kaplan course for nclex rn?

[northmississippi]

I was thinking that I want to study hurst and exam cram throughout the semester while in school to help me understand material better for test, then at the end, start kaplan for right before the nclex rn... how long does it take to actually go thru their program, or at least, how long is it recommended you study their course? thanks.

[scaredsilly, BSN, RN]

Not so sure there is a recommended time. If you do the classroom portion, that part is 4 days. If you want to do all of the q trainers and q bank the right way (reading the rationales, understand why you got something wrong) I would say 4 to 6 weeks. Once you start, you should have a really good idea of just what you need and can decide then. I took 5 weeks, about 8-10 hours a day, 2 days off per week and passed first time, but I don't know if that's typical or not.