Is your school requiring you to take a specific nclex review course?

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Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if your schools are requiring everyone to take a specific review course. We were told other schools are doing it. I never heard of this, I know they advice you to do it but usually is not a requirement to graduate. Just wondering if this is true for other schools and what do you think about it. Aren't we supposed to be prepared for the exam after graduating and aren't we supposed to have autonomy to choose if we want to take a review course and what fits our budgets. I would love to hear what your thoughts are on this.

Thanks!

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When I was in nursing school we had to take the Kaplan review course after graduation. It was already included in our fees. It wasn't mandatory but since it was paid for already, you might as well go

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I have to take the Kaplan review before graduating. School's ratings are based off of their NCLEX pass rates, so it makes sense that they do everything in their power to make sure you're ready. Additionally, if you don't do well on the Kaplan review, it may encourage you to put more study time in before taking NCLEX.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

I finished the program in December. I went to a community college and it wasn't required, but the cost for the review class was in the tuition. So, my money is a terrible thing to waste. My tail was up in that review course. This current semester is the last semester that it won't be required. I live in Maryland close to DC and Va. There are a lot of nursing programs in this area. Recently, there has been a drop in the NCLEX pass rate in many of the programs. Most programs are now requiring that you test in and out of the program. We were not required to take the TEAS or any other test to get in the program. We also didn't have to take a test to graduate. I was so thankful I got out of the program when I did. Starting in the Fall, they will have to test in and out as well as take the NCLEX review course. Most schools are funded based on the passing rate. Many schools in the area now have wait lists of those trying to get into some of these programs. It's very competitive in this area. I have classmates that couldn't find jobs after graduation because the new grad programs at most places only took a few new grads. You have hundreds that graduate each semester. So, many are forced to wait until the end of another semester to get into the next wave of new grad programs. It's also hard for some of us because many of the area facilities are requiring bachelor degrees. The ones that don't are few and far between. I passed my NCLEX Friday!! Sadly, I may not find a job as a RN until this summer. I can't wait to get started!

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Specializes in Emergency.
Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if your schools are requiring everyone to take a specific review course. We were told other schools are doing it. I never heard of this, I know they advice you to do it but usually is not a requirement to graduate. Just wondering if this is true for other schools and what do you think about it. Aren't we supposed to be prepared for the exam after graduating and aren't we supposed to have autonomy to choose if we want to take a review course and what fits our budgets. I would love to hear what your thoughts are on this.

Thanks!

Our school had to take the HESI exam which in itself is kind of like a review. "supposed to have autonomy," -- why do people continuously think this when they're in school?

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Thank you for your responses,

We also have to take HESI and ATI and now they want us to have a specific review course chosen by the school and paid by students to graduate. I think about autonomy because in this case you might want to have the capacity to decide what is best for you, your learning style and your budget. There are many ways to prepare for NCLEX and if the curriculum in your school was strong you should be prepared to pass. In a way it seems that because schools are not achieving their desired passing rates they are outsourcing education with external courses. This courses serve as band aids for a bigger problem that is probably internal specific to each institution. Instead of blaming students for not passing there should be a review in the curriculum and the current teaching models, not sure what your education experience has been, but from my perspective there is a lot of room to improve. If schools can't prepare students to pass NCLEX with the resources they have and require external help to get students to succeed I think that is a problem.

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Specializes in Neuro/NSGY, critical care, med/stroke/tele.

We had to do a HURST live-review as a condition of graduation - the cost was built in to program fees.

We also did HESI the whole way through... entrance, specialized exams (for course finals) and exit.

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