Kaplan Content Videos

mr419 · May 28, 2015

I didn't take Kaplan on Demand i took the actual class but it works pretty similar for the most part. The videos I found most helpful were the ones where they go over all the questions. It helps you learn how to use the decision tree as well as to be in the right state of mind to critically think. The content videos were super long and boring I tried really hard to stay focused and get the info down but it's easier said than done. I thought reading the saunders book was better for content. The kaplan book is good too but I'm not a fan of ebooks and didn't wanna pay the extra money for the physical book.

apff · May 28, 2015

I didn't take Kaplan on Demand i took the actual class but it works pretty similar for the most part. The videos I found most helpful were the ones where they go over all the questions. It helps you learn how to use the decision tree as well as to be in the right state of mind to critically think. The content videos were super long and boring I tried really hard to stay focused and get the info down but it's easier said than done. I thought reading the saunders book was better for content. The kaplan book is good too but I'm not a fan of ebooks and didn't wanna pay the extra money for the physical book.

Thanks so much for the response! So are the videos that go over all the questions the videos under the "sessions" (phase 2) in my Kaplan course? I totally know what you mean about the Kaplan book...I don't like the ebook either. I have the Saunders one from my nursing program so I will probably go through it too. I started watching the content lectures & so far I've done the pharamcology one & I'm watching the risk potential ones now. I doubt I will have time to watch them all but they seem to be helping so far. However for what I don't have time to cover I think I'll do Saunders. Thanks for your help!

TIB217 · May 28, 2015

My whole class took the Kaplan review course together after we graduated. We were required to complete QT 1-3 before we even graduated. I started watching the content videos - and the I stopped. I felt like my school really prepared me well with content - and that the questions I had about the QT and QBank content were more than enough to really fill in the blanks of what I was missing (sometimes I looked stuff up - sometimes the rationale was sufficient).

I took my NCLEX 2 weeks after completing the Kaplan course - I don't necessarily recommend 2 weeks, 3 weeks is better, but I had time constraints. I found that QT 5,6,7 were really the test questions that were most like the NCLEX and really prepared me well for the SATA and content. If your content is weak, you'll know it - and you should review the content videos. If your content is strong and you can basically understand how or why they come to the conclusions they did - then you may not need them as much.

Personally I did not complete all the QT tests after I started them. I would take a break eery 50-100 questions - whenever I felt like my brain was tired from focusing. Because honestly - when you are in the NCLEX - they let you take a break when you need it. You're not in the military - go pee if you need to - grab a snack - gather yourself and go back to the room to start again. So I did better when I suspended the tests and didn't finish all 150 - 265 questions in one setting. As I remediated, I wrote down the topics I needed to look up and didn't understand, and then I did better on the next questions that had that content.

I finished in 75 questions - it took me 1 hr and 40 mins. Yes - I spent longer than 1 min on some questions - but I really used the strategies from Kaplan when needed - reread the questions - reconsidered before I clicked next - and ignored the timer. You can actually hide the timer so you don't have to stare at it. I'd rather take my time and do it right - then go rapidly and get them wrong and risk doing more questions.

SopranoKris, MSN, RN, NP · May 29, 2015

Use your Trainer tests to determine your 3 weakest areas, then watch the Content videos that pertain to those areas. It will make your studying more efficient. No use reviewing material you have a solid grasp on :)