NEED ENCOURAGEMENT. Low Kaplan Scores, NCLEX in 2 weeks

[keinahnah]

Hello, AllNurses World!

I just finished taking all my Kaplan Question Trainers today. I have been taking them with at least 2 days in between so I can fully review the rationales and also do some QBank questions. SO, below are my Kaplan QTrainer Scores:

QT1: 56%

QT2: 53.3%

QT3: 43%

QT4: 50%

QT5: 50.7%

QT6: 50%

QT7: 48.3%

It seems like I'm stuck in the high 40s, low 50s range, and I'm starting to get really anxious. I will be taking my NCLEX on the 16th of this month (exactly 2 weeks). I have planned to do the rest of my QBank questions (800 questions left), the 4 QBank Sample Tests, and NCLEX Readiness within the time I have remaining.

I need your encouragement. Should I reschedule? What do you think?

Thank you so much

[RNNPICU, BSN, RN]

Redo all of the exams again, read all of the rationales for every question, even the ones you got right.

Keep reviewing questions.

[keinahnah]

Thank you for this helpful tip! I will do them, I promise :)

[newycRN]

I took the NCLEX earlier this summer, my Kaplan scores were low as well but I passed on the first try. I mostly used uworld though. I believe I used about 300 questions from the qbank in Kaplan, my scores ranged from 40s to 50s. Question trainer 1 I believe I got a 70, QT 2 and 3 were in the 50s. I didn't take the rest because I felt Kaplan wasn't working for me. I did much better on uworld. So if that makes you feel any better, the scores aren't always indicative of your chances at passing. The most important thing is learning from the rationales. Don't focus on the scores. As long as you review and you know where you went wrong, you should be ok.

[keinahnah]

I took the NCLEX earlier this summer, my Kaplan scores were low as well but I passed on the first try. I mostly used uworld though. I believe I used about 300 questions from the qbank in Kaplan, my scores ranged from 40s to 50s. Question trainer 1 I believe I got a 70, QT 2 and 3 were in the 50s. I didn't take the rest because I felt Kaplan wasn't working for me. I did much better on uworld. So if that makes you feel any better, the scores aren't always indicative of your chances at passing. The most important thing is learning from the rationales. Don't focus on the scores. As long as you review and you know where you went wrong, you should be ok.

Thank you í ½í¸€ And congratulations, new nurse!

[ConcreteCowgirl]

I also recommend UWORLD. I found their rationales just made more sense to me and I was able to see where I was going wrong (with Kaplan, I just couldn't see a trend). When I realized it was priority questions that I was missing, I viewed a few youtube videos using a different reasoning (I had learned ABC for priority questions and evidently that was old logic) and tried more priority questions. Changed my entire experience - went form 405 to 75% in an hour. FWIW, that's what worked for me.