How many question to do to prepare for NCLEX?

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Hi, I have the Kaplan, Saunders, and ATI questions..So far I done only about 1000 questions..I plan to do more because I have 10 days before taking NCLEX..I was wondering, how many questions should I do to prepare for NCLEX?

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Probably not a good time to tell you this, but Kaplan recommends 5000....I myself did about 4000, most people I know did about the same.

I'm sure you'll hear from lots of people who did less, though; I guess it might depend on if you're doing really well so far?

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Specializes in Clinical exp in OB, psy, med-surg, peds.
Hi, I have the Kaplan, Saunders, and ATI questions..So far I done only about 1000 questions..I plan to do more because I have 10 days before taking NCLEX..I was wondering, how many questions should I do to prepare for NCLEX?

I did about 6000, the first time I tested and I failed, now am doing kaplan

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I did about 3000 and passed with 75 questions. Everyone's different though! My friend did 1000 and got all 265 questions and passed.

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It really does depend. Though when I was in school, they told us to do between 3000-5000 questions before taking the NCLEX...i think I may have done a little over 3000 but i never kept track lol. All the best to you.

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Hi, I have the Kaplan, Saunders, and ATI questions..So far I done only about 1000 questions..I plan to do more because I have 10 days before taking NCLEX..I was wondering, how many questions should I do to prepare for NCLEX?

I studied for 4 weeks and did about 2000 questions on the computer. Kaplan questions only. Good luck studying!

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Specializes in PICU.

I di around 4000 questions and that was when I started keeping track. I studied for about 2 1/2 months. I used Kaplan, FEUER nursing course, Saunders, and Mosby flashcards. . I passed on the first time with 84/8 6 questions. I know some people at work who passed doing only 1000 and some that failed after doing 3000. It will depend on you. I knew when I was ready to test because I felt I could go in and was prepared to test. I felt that I had done all I could do, and that even if I answered more questions it would not make a difference. But the key for me was feeling like I could sit for the test and was at least prepared.

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The Saunders CD is great review on content..It breaks it up into systems..Very good learning tool..

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Specializes in Orthopedics/Med-Surg, LDRP.

I did I guess between 1000-2000 questions the month before the NCLEX and this includes the 400 or so that we did during the Kaplan course and I only studied hard about the last 10 days before the question, completely crammed the 4 days before doing about 100-150 questions a day the last 4 days (except the day before). Kaplan recommended doing 3000-6000 but over 4-6 weeks before the NCLEX.

You really have to think about how you needed to study for tests when in nursing school. When I broke the info up over a long time and studied gradually, I didn't do well in tests. If I crammed and loaded it all in quickly before-hand I did well. I used that same theory with the NCLEX and i passed with 75 questions.

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I cannot do some many questions in one day to 3000..So I rescheduled my NCLEX to August 23..I was going to take it August 14..I want to do 3000 or more questions and to go back and review it..:o

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Specializes in post-op.

I did over 4000 mainly with Saunders and passed with 75 first try. Good luck!

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I test for the PN on 8/9 and so far I have done about 1400 questions with Saunders and NCLEX made easy.

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