Need some advice on Nclex Reviews

ymm123 · Jan 21, 2008

Holy cow, kudos to you HeartJulz.

Theres absolutely no way i could do that intense of studying. At least youll pass with ease. My school had an exit HESI. Its so nice of them to tie passing HESI to being able to graduate. lol, but most of us survived. That sucks that your school didnt do any NCLEX prep though, even though you've definately made up the slack plus some! good luck on your test!

Hopefully feb will be a good luck month and we'll all pass! Now back to batteling my practice questions:smiley_ab

angie122107 · Jan 21, 2008

I am going to be taking my NCLEX RN on Jan 31st and which NCLEX review books are most helpful...

Took boards last week with 75 & passed. Saunders is good. I studied doing about 100-150 questions a day for 3 weeks, plus a review online with Hurst which took me about 3 days. I highly recommend the Hurst Review (google it). Marlene is the instructor who is dynamic and will teach subjects like the endocrine system in a way you wont ever forget. You have to know your content to pass boards. Get a strategies book also...and when get a question wrong - read the rationale & google or look up in your Saunders book the content you didn't know on the question. Best wishes. NCLEX was tough & can't be taken lightly. If you don't think you are ready...reschedule it!

angie122107 · Jan 21, 2008

A friend used an '04 Kaplan and said about 5 of her questions are NCLEX were the same as Kaplans. Saunders worked well for me. I think a review crs is a great way to learn the content. I feel like the Hurst Review taught me more than I learned in 4 yrs of school. For boards, and for being a better RN.

2bTraumaRN2008 · Jan 27, 2008

I just finished my Kaplan class on Thursday, 1/24 and I am taking NCLEX on 2/5. I have been doing the on-line Kaplan tests/questions in addition the the class time. This last week I will be doing tons of questions for review.

Also, I think months of reviewing is too long. We were told in school to sit for the boards within one month of graduation b/c you start to losing what you don't use. The longer you wait, the harder the NCLEX is.

labrador4122, RN · Jan 27, 2008

I think 3 months is too long to be preparing for the nclex. Actually it depends on you and how much you have retained.

I studied 3 months and to be it was not too long at all. As a matter of fact, it was perfect timing. I had time to review everything that I needed to review, re-do my wrong kaplan questions over and over, listen to my feuer cd's.... and I passed 75Q. I was not confident, but I did well.