Nclex Style Questions???????????????

DolphinRN84, MSN, RN, APRN, NP · Oct 22, 2006

I used Kaplan and Saunders together while I was studying. Kaplan was great for practicing critical thinking type questions. They came closest to being similar to the real NCLEX. Saunders was alittle too easy to be NCLEX type questions. None of the questions I saw were the exact same questions. According to NCLEX rules, we cannot discuss or post questions that were on the real NCLEX. But I can tell you that Kaplan was a very good study tool :) Good luck!

student240 · Oct 22, 2006

Thx for the reply...

Yah i'm using kaplan. I'm socring between 63-68% on practice testss 5-7.

I realise that the actual questions on the NCLEX we cannot talk about, but the way kaplan words there questions is kinda tricky. Does the NCLEX do that too, or is it more straight forward?

P.S Is there a lot of medication questions compared to say priority questions?

hlfpnt, BSN, RN · Oct 22, 2006

NCLEX is random in number, format & content...no 2 tests are ever the same. Medication questions can be priority questions.

DolphinRN84, MSN, RN, APRN, NP · Oct 22, 2006

I actually found the real NCLEX to be more straightforward than Kaplan thats for sure! They still try to "trick" you in the real NCLEX, but as long as you know the content, and critically think about each answer, you should be fine. Yeah a lot of people's exams are different. Some get no meds, some get a lot, and some get in between. A good majority have gotten priority type questions though. Hope this helps! :)

RGN1 · Oct 22, 2006

Personally I though Kaplan was pretty close - at least the questions I had on the 1 day live course were.

I also have to say that I actually got a question on the real exam that was on the NCSBN on-line course & I heard on here that another person got 2 that were pretty much the same as well.

Saunders is fantastic for content though so I think a mix is the best thing.

Nursing28 · Oct 22, 2006

Kaplan would be similar to NCLEX...( no same questions though) I would highly suggest you focus more on question trainer 6 & 7. Also use the Saunder's book........really good for content. I did all of Saunder's CD which was about 5000 questions along with question trainer 6 & 7 from Kaplan and passed. good luck

MIA-RN1, RN · Oct 23, 2006

when I took the Kaplan review the lady giving the course said that all the review questions came from the same question bank which is where some of the NCLEX questions came from as well. I found Kaplan to be the best review course although I really thought they were ethically shady.

student240 · Oct 23, 2006

Kaplan unethical?

RNKay31 · Oct 24, 2006

I too used saunders and kaplan and I find the nclex was similar to kaplan, all the best.

chelli73 · Oct 24, 2006

IMO, the Kaplan Question Trainer was very close to NCLEX. I completed the nclex3000 (twice!), and was assigned to do 2500 starnurse.com Q/A through our program at school. Helpful they were, but the Trainer was most accurate to me. I did all 7 exams and went through each answer w/ a notebook for pertinent notes which I then looked up in references, including the Kaplan workbook, of course. GOOD LUCK to you!

PS-"Unethical"??? puzzling to me... :nurse:

am17sg05 · Oct 24, 2006

i didn't encounter any nclex question similar to my review.although i can proudly say that saunder's and nsna had prepared me a lot in the critical thinking and the kind of approach i would use for my exam.goodluck!