Need advice on studying NCLEX. Please!

[mangosoccer11]

Hello, I have just finished my nursing program and I am starting to study for the NCLEX. I am taking the Kaplan course and I am confused on how to study.

Should I be doing 50 questions a day and be memorizing the rationales? Or Should I buy Hurst and watch their videos and then also do the Kaplan questions? I feel like memorizing rationales is not working. I have a hard time remembering content through questions. I am really lacking in content; I'm scoring low 50's% on all of Kaplans questions.

Please any advice would be appreciated.

[strawberryluv, BSN, RN]

I'm taking NCLEX-RN in July. I scored through threads in this section of allnurses and found out Hurst Review focuses on core content. I am pretty good with content but forgetful of the details just like you seem to have. I purchased it and I am liking it so far. There are about 30 hours worth of video lectures for their online review. I noticed my confidence in the content has gotten better. I am also supplementing the Hurst Review with Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN 5th edition.

Consistently, I have been getting 65-70% of questions I do at random right using these two sources alone. I've done the Kaplan Strategies, Review, Practice 2011-2012 book and got a 75% on their comprehensive exam in the back of that book. So, I think my content review is pretty good...

Best of luck!