In my case, more questions or content?

[trooperwifey]

I finished my Kaplan class today, and am about 3 weeks out from taking my NCLEX!!

Kaplan was very helpful and I scored a 60% on my readiness exam, which I guess is around a 90% of passing?

I HAVE NOT studied a lot of content, which makes me nervous. It's like I have gotten down the 'decision tree' and different NCLEX tips to help answer them. So, these last three weeks, should I focus on content or questions the most?

[passredskins1]

keep doing what u are doing...your readiness score proves u are on the right track....i scored a 59 on my readiness test during my second retake of nclex....and was able to pass with 75 questions... You know more than u think you know....and you can never know it all.....so keep doing questions and reading all the rationale: that itself is content review in a nutshell which is definately easier than opening up a big old comprehensive book....... I dont pay tooo much attention to scores but keep on using the strategies u are doing b/c u will always encounter questions u dont know on the nclex..and those strategies will be handy........make sure u cram your lab values if u havent done so ...(learn 5 lab values a day for the 3 weeks remaining if u havent studied them already) Infection ctrl mneumonics that was posted on here was awesome...(cram that) ..lol..... good luck

[aredenyf]

I agree with passredskins1. keep answering questions using kaplan strategy and read the rationale if u are taking the exam in 3 weeks. so u can get use to answering questions before the examination day. but im on the same boat as you. will take mine 5 weeks from now. goodluck for both of us.

[caliotter3]

Sounds as if you need to spend more time going over content. I would continue to do questions, but take time to review content relevant to questions that stump you. Good luck.

[Seas]

I am taking my NCLEX-RN in less than 2 weeks, and I am also studying from Kaplan. I am wondering the same thing; content review vs. questions.

However, one suggestion I can give you and myself is that, look at your weak areas on your test result and review that. For example, I did 4 Q-trainers and readiness test on Kaplan and found out that psychosocial content is what mostly pulls my scores down on each test. So, I went over it yesterday and I am hoping to score better from now on. Also, review the content that Kaplan asks you MOST. I think that is e-lyte imbalances, traction, IVP tests, developmental stages of children and such.