Hii everyone, I just finished my Diagnostic Test in Kaplan On demand which was 180 items And I got 105 which is 58.33%. What does this mean? I just started reviewing and had no review about MS yet and Some topics. Just the fundamentals of nursing. What do you think guys? I mean, its a lil bit sad because it is low and didnt get the 60%. It's kinda good because I said to myself that if I got 55% and above, its A LIL bit OKAY. since I have no content review yet. Just the basics(funda). What Im gonna do now is maybe focus on the areas that I usually got wrong and confused. Though I noticed that you dont need to know much of the pathophysiolgy of a certain disease, because it is mostly health teachings, priority and delgation. and some sign and symptoms. It's just u need to understand the disease itself and never memorize the patho since the exam would be at the analysis and APPLICATION level.
What do you think guys? IM gonna target the q trainers 65% maybe. but before that, im gonna review the content and answer questions before answering those trainers and readiness exam.
Just believe in HIM that you can. At first I was afraid to see my score in this diagnostic test below 45. It's possible because I havent reviewed most of the diseases but when I saw that it was 58. then I felt good. :) Everything is possible just have faith that you can make it.
And the moral lesson to this is: NEVER look into the score. the greater the mistakes the better since u are eager to know the rationales behind ur wrong answers so by that, u will be able to remember those mistakes number in which ure gonna learn more and understand more of the items. :)
I haven't tested yet, but for pharm I'm memorizing categories/drug classes, not killing myself trying to know every single one. The pharm lecture from Kaplan is great, IMO - it's really long though, so be prepared to either sit through the whole thing or have a couple of days to go through it all.
So far, all of the content lectures have been pretty good...except the Basic Care and Comfort guy. He flat out sucks - basically just reads you the book with no emphasize or expanding on important material. lol
Does anyone have a study guide or any pointers..I have to take Kaplan Diagnostic test and the Readiness 2010 and i HAVE to pass with a 65% or i fail the class..
i took the diagnostic and it gave me a very devastating score of 37% who wouldnt want to cry? huh? i will work hard to pass my qt and readiness test soon... God be with us...
We were told by an instructor, to study material made by the test maker is the best way to pass the test. He said that Kaplan and all that is great, but expensive. He recommended NCSBN since it's a review made by the board who creates the test. Thats my strategy and I'm sticking to it. I'm not thrilled with ATI. Our school uses it and some of the questions are left field and the answers contradict what their book says. I'm constantly emailing them for rationales to their rationales. LOL...
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I haven't tested yet, but for pharm I'm memorizing categories/drug classes, not killing myself trying to know every single one. The pharm lecture from Kaplan is great, IMO - it's really long though, so be prepared to either sit through the whole thing or have a couple of days to go through it all.
So far, all of the content lectures have been pretty good...except the Basic Care and Comfort guy. He flat out sucks - basically just reads you the book with no emphasize or expanding on important material. lol