NCLEX review advice

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Ok, so I will be graduating at the end of March 2017 and I've been doing some stuff to try and prepare for nclex but I feel like I should be doing more. I was thinking about doing the hurst review after graduation but still haven't decided yet. Right now I've just been doing some practice questions and have been watching videos off of registered nurse rn.com. I've seen where there's a review from the NCSBN and was wondering if anyone has used this, and if it was helpful? I just want to spend my time wisely and if I have to pay money for something, want to make sure it's really good before I do. Any advice would greatly be appreciated! Thanks!

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I did Kaplan but have heard good things about Hurst. Do as many practice questions as you can and read the rationales! Good luck!

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Thank you! I'm already stressing out about it. I've heard so many different things that worked for certain people but the ncsbn was fairly cheap, just haven't heard of anyone using it so I didn't wanna waste my time on that if it wasn't as good as other reviews.

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I did not like the ncsbn questions. I didn't like the content formatting/layout or something. I took nclex january 2016 and the materials i used helped prepare me. I used hurst review and uworld. Nclex looks same as uworld layout and the rationales from uworld really help you learn the info. Read the rationales even if you get the question right because all choices are explained as to why they are correct or not. I also had the nclex mastery app that I did practice questions on. I tried to use the saunders book but that has way too much detail in the 1000 pages.

I didn't feel ready when I walked into the exam, but I took my time and read each question twice and made sure I understood what the question was asking me. I also did my best to not "add" any information to the question. Read the testing strategies in the saunders book because that really helped. I had 75 questions and about a third of those questions were SATA.

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Ok that answers my question better. Thank you for the advice! I was wondering how the formatting was for the NCSBN but the way it sounds I would like Uworld much better. Thanks again!

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Hi there!

I passed my NCLEX-RN with 75 questions on the first try.

Initially, I tried using the Saunder's Comprehensive Review book. I found this to be too time consuming to read, and I felt like it had way too much information that I needed to know for the NCLEX. I wanted something that presented the core content for the NCLEX in a condensed style... During nursing school I never opened a textbook to read - I was a powerpoint/lecture notes type of person.

I used the HURST Review. It's amazing. Tells you everything you need to know to answer any of the questions the NCLEX throws at you. Found this to be a resource gem. I did the review + 6 practice tests they give you (125 questions each). After that I used the UWORLD question bank and finished it in its entirety. UWORLD is an amazing resource with detailed rationales for every question.

So yup, those were my 2 only resources: Hurst and UWorld. They got me my RN designation

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