NCSBN Review RN, is it worth it?

Sparrow91 · Jul 10, 2014

I did the 3 week one (same material shorter access) and I found it very helpful. It covered the basics and must knows for every topic. There was also content that I felt was not covered as thoroughly in nursing school (such as medical/surgical procedures) which I was glad to have read. It really is a good and organized review of the material expected of an entry level nurse to know and understand. Make sure you read through all the additional materials that open when you click on the blue highlighted words. These are mostly tables of important information. I will admit that the material is lengthy and dense but it is worth the time you put into it. I was able to get through 90% of it in 3 weeks (there were a few days I missed because of job interviews and such). I will say though that the content does not cover EKGs so look for another source for that (nothing complicated just the basics). Good Luck!

Graduatenurse14 · Jul 10, 2014

It is so much cheaper than Kaplan and I'm sure that it is very, very good since they make the NCLEX! I'm a sucker for a MBG which is why I chose Kaplan.

asang21 · Jul 10, 2014

Wow 90% in 3 weeks, that's pretty good. How much of that 90% included questions? I think for me I just need to keep practicing questions.

Sparrow91 · Jul 10, 2014

Not a lot. Each section that you complete has on average about 20 questions and there are some practice question banks (10 I think) each with 10 questions. If you are looking to do questions I would look for a question bank. I personally used PerpU. I used it for the last 2 years of nursing school and really liked it, so I used that. It has 10,000 NCLEX style questions so you won't run out too quickly.

Xaldin4life RN · Jul 10, 2014

i took the 3 week course and it was pointless to me. The questions were weird and didnt help me with NCLEX >

asang21 · Jul 10, 2014

Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that. Can you elaborate more on why it didn't help? Did you use anything after?