opinion of NCLEX review courses

[base16]

Hi All,

I will be graduating from the RN program at County College of Morris in Randolph, NJ this May. I am the one who is organizing the various NCLEX review programs to come on campus and speak to the perspective grads about taking their course. We have heard from Kaplan and Rutger's. We will also be hearing from Drexel, who although endorsed by the NSNA, has not yet done a review in out area. Has anyone used Drexel? How did you like it? How about Kaplan and Rutger's? We're looking for pros and cons. We would especially appreciate any input from other NJ schools. Thanks!

[patsyNJ2006]

I used the website from NCSBN....I passed on my first try at 75 questions, in Feb 07. The site might be www.learningext.com? search out NCSBN and follow their links to the course. It was not expensive, and you can sign up for a specific period of time.....I scheduled my exam, maybe 4-6 weeks ahead, and then purchased the site access. I also looked at some review texts that were passed on to me, but the I felt the test was more in line with the website examples. I tried to do a certain number of questions per day, maybe 250 or so.

The benefit to me of doing it online at home, was that I have two small children, and didn't have the flexibility to go to a structured class (or the funds!)

Good luck to you! Remember that you will not walk out of the nclex feeling like you did well. Every time you get a question right, the next question is from a statistically "harder" bank of questions.....you may always feel like you had to give it your best guess. I actually vomited in the parking lot after I took it. Gross, I know.....