which nclex study book is most like the real nclex?

suffieldRN · Jan 25, 2008

I took my NCLEX last July. I really liked "NCLEX made incredibly easy". It breaks down the test, making it easier to understand. There is a CD with great questions that were very close to what was on my tes

Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:w00t:

MMARN, BSN, RN · Jan 26, 2008

I took my NCLEX last July. I really liked "NCLEX made incredibly easy". It breaks down the test, making it easier to understand. There is a CD with great questions that were very close to what was on my tes
Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:w00t:

That is really good to know. I've been wondering whether to get it or not, but if it's close to what the NCLEX is, I just might. :)

CYoungLPN, LPN · Jul 31, 2008

im using NCLEX PN made incredibly easy book and i think im going to get the sauders book i heard it was good

gospel Rn, BSN · Jul 31, 2008

I really thought that saunders was very close to the NCLEX questions and the Mosby Notecards was very close also. Kaplan questions seemed a whole lot harder than the NCLEX questions to me. You will do fine if you learn the saunders book and study the rationales of the ones you miss.

Sleepy & Stressed · Aug 23, 2008

I just failed the NCLEX-RN for the first time and I used Kaplan. I didnt find that it helped me at all what so ever. I've heard good things about Saunders so, I'm going to try that for the second time around. Good LUCK.

Caffeine_IV · Aug 24, 2008

No book is like the real nclex IMO. Many are helpful especially with reinforcing the knowledge base and will help you on the test.

matt59 · Aug 24, 2008

The 4th book I did was the Saunders & I liked it because my scores started consistently picking up in to the 70%s, giving me confidence. After I finished the Saunders, I started doing Lippincott, & my practice test scores dropped off again, making me think that the Saunders had lower level questions. I was also doing the Mosby flash-cards, but they seemed way to easy.

Between the time I graduated tested I did about 6,000 questions, & very few of them seemed a whole lot like what I encountered on the test.

paacollins · Aug 24, 2008

I really thought that saunders was very close to the NCLEX questions and the Mosby Notecards was very close also. Kaplan questions seemed a whole lot harder than the NCLEX questions to me. You will do fine if you learn the saunders book and study the rationales of the ones you miss.

My advice is to study, not only the rationales of the questions you miss but the rationales of the ones you get correct as well. By reading the rationales you reinforce what you already know. You might also get the question correct because you guessed well and you don't actually understand WHY that answer was correct. If you meet up with a question composed of that same knowledge, but in a different format than the question you got correct, you are likely to miss it because you didn't truly understand it. Make sense?

rossin83 · Aug 24, 2008

When I was taking NCLEX it felt like Im doing my Kaplan questions. Very very similar. I did some Saunders and very little NCLEX 3500, but found that Kaplan is the closest to NCLEX.

Proverbs 16:3 · Aug 25, 2008

nclex 3500. If i were you, i'd drop that kaplan book and stick to that. i begged a relative in conneticut to mail me his kaplan book cuz i thought i'll need it this year when i graduate. After looking through it, i figured i was better off with my reviews and rationales. Now i have to pay to ship it back to him.

USRN2Be · Aug 25, 2008

I tried Saunders comprehensive and a li'l of Kaplan book using li'l of the CD's q&a and used NCSBN online on the last month of my review and failed.

I tried Kaplan complete courses and NCSBN online and failed twice already. :cry:

I recommend the NCSBN because the questions are really similar to those of the NCLEX examination.