kaplan can be depressing

[jerzie0820]

i don't know if it's just me noticing, but i think kaplan can sometimes make you feel down about the percentage you get although we all know their questions are extra hard. apparently even if you know the topic they just put a bunch of "coma-comas" in one answer choice. sometimes i even find myself scared to take their practice tests because whenever i take exam cram or nclex 4000, i'm always on high 60's. but then comes Kaplan tests, giving me headaches afterward, and i haven't even made it on the 60% up.

Kaplan is helping me a lot but i think their questions are beyond critical thinking.anybody feel the same way? and last question, has anyone noticed if their qbanks keep getting harder each time? i honestly started out well, but now i keep getting low 40's. has anyone gotten these scores (out of 50 items) and passed? i will be taking the big test in a few days and these percentages are scaring the hell out of me.

[kgh31386, BSN, MSN, RN]

I would have picked hotdog as well because that would kill them more likely. I was just saying they could have worded it differently and said,"ask the parents if the child ate anything SMALL". Not specified hotdog. I just didn't like the wording, I'm not saying I would have picked Asthma; it's just what the argument was in the other thread. People put asthma as the answer. Because the child may have eaten a piece of candy. And you ask the parents did they eat a hotdog? The parents may say no, and not think about the candy. Whereas you ask,"did the child eat anything small?" They may say yes, candy or a hotdog, or a little toy or something. "umbrella" question as they put it. I'm not saying I would have missed it.

[NewAggieGrad09]

Yeah I prolly woulda picked asthma too....lol. I do try to keep Marlene Hurst in my head when she says pick the killer answer.

[Sgaik]

I picked the Asthma answer as well, I am like how do I know what the kid ate? It would of been better stated if the answer said something to the effect of has the kid ate anything recently... another question in the q-bank had me scratching my head as to why the answers were

question

The fire alarm is ringing at a nursing facility arrange the following actions from the most important to the least important

Pull the fire alarm

move clients away from the fire

locate all the residents

close all the fire proof doors

answer:

Move clients away

pull the fire alarm

close fire proof doors

locate all the residents

.. K I put pull the fire alarm as last in priority, cause didnt the question root say the fire alarm was already ringing?.. there test taking strategy says go back to the root... you know you have spent to much time studying when you use their own strategies against them on their own questions... lol

I take my test in 12 hours!

pull the fire alarm

[SusanneCollins13]

I picked the Asthma answer as well, I am like how do I know what the kid ate? It would of been better stated if the answer said something to the effect of has the kid ate anything recently... another question in the q-bank had me scratching my head as to why the answers were

question

The fire alarm is ringing at a nursing facility arrange the following actions from the most important to the least important

Pull the fire alarm

move clients away from the fire

locate all the residents

close all the fire proof doors

answer:

Move clients away

pull the fire alarm

close fire proof doors

locate all the residents

.. K I put pull the fire alarm as last in priority, cause didnt the question root say the fire alarm was already ringing?.. there test taking strategy says go back to the root... you know you have spent to much time studying when you use their own strategies against them on their own questions... lol

I take my test in 12 hours!

pull the fire alarm

Just recall RACE: Rescue, Alarm, Close Doors and Extinguish Fire

[kgh31386, BSN, MSN, RN]

Yeah I got it right because of RACE..although I would probably rescue them, pull the alarm, locate everyone BEFORE i closed the fire doors. I don't really wanna lock anyone in. But it's funny that the alarm is ringing. But maybe they're just asking what you would do in any fire situation...