People Who Passed Nclex: Please Post Study Book

kimhaw · Jun 23, 2006

I used Saunders Book and CD, Kaplan 2002-2003 book and cd, and Nclex 3500 cd. All of these resources especially Saunders really prepared me for boards. If you only can get one I would stick with Saunders hands down.

crzmomof3boys · Jun 23, 2006

I used Kaplan, saunders, davis, lippincott, mosby, and the alt. format question book

MikeLPN · Jun 24, 2006

Saunder's Review and Saunders Q+A together (there was a deal on Amazon back when). I don't know how many questions there are between the two but I did not even get close to covering 50% of the supplied questions. Both come with CD's with test, quiz and study modes. I think that some questions may be covered in both books/CDs but with so many questions and modes for question bank selections I can't tell for sure. They are system hogs, though. I bought the review after Transitions but I don't feel it helped much with school. I did better just focusing on the texts (Ignatavicius for MedSurg and Wong for Maternal and Peds).

I didn't use quiz or test mode. I used the study mode and studied the rationales for both the right and wrong answers.

I also went through F.A. Davis RNotes and MedSurgNotes when I got tired of the whole question thing. I used a Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide to study meds because it presented information by drug class more generally in the front of the book. I used Lippincott's Pocket Manual of Nursing Practice for the maternity section but the whole book would have been an awesome tool if I would have had more time and brain :monkeydance: .

And, lastly, immediately after graduation I took vacation time from work and cut back my schedule :smokin: exercised and ate right and studied and worked and just generally regained contact with friends and family.

BTW I shut off at 75. I'm from Minnesota and online at the B of N I found out I passed at 24 hours after and I found out my license came through in 48.

MiaLyse, APRN · Jun 24, 2006

I didn't use quiz or test mode. I used the study mode and studied the rationales for both the right and wrong answers.>>

This is what I've started doing so I can immediately review the rationales for each question.

Kelly

AdonaiLoveable · Jun 24, 2006

Lippincott's and Saunders were my two best prep books. I also took The Hurst Review course.

Bala Shark · Jun 25, 2006

To the top, so many books and so little time..

nursebenson · Jun 25, 2006

My Kaplan NCLEX review instructor told us that Mosby, Davis and Springhouse have questions above the passing range for NCLEX questions. Lipincott and Saunders have recall/knowledge level below passing level questions- they help with content review. Mosby, Davis and Springhouse offer harder, application/analysis level questions (the kind you're tested on for NCLEX). Practice with the hard questions, the ones that make you think ABCs, change LOC, CNS, prioritizing, ADPIE, RN common sense questions. I used Kaplan online's Qbank and Question Trainer Tests, Mosby's NCLEX review cards, and Davis' Q and A for the NCLEX-RN. Take a review course for strategy, you're 70-90% more likely to get the questions right. I passed the NCLEX with 75 questions in 2 hours, I was nervous but not freaking out. Stay calm, remember you're not going to know it all, but you have the common sense to figure out what's important for this scenario. You can do it!!

BLUEVIOLET · Jun 26, 2006

Whichever you prefer you're comfortable with. I used Kaplan Review Course and Saunders Comprehensive 3rd Edition.

God bless.

Beatnik_Salad · Jun 28, 2006

Saunders. It's the blue one with a pyramid on the cover. third edition I believe by Linda Silvistri or something.

I could have done 3500+ practice questions with the CD it comes with. I didn't get that far, though.

Lurksalot, BSN, RN · Jun 28, 2006

My Kaplan NCLEX review instructor told us that Mosby, Davis and Springhouse have questions above the passing range for NCLEX questions. Lipincott and Saunders have recall/knowledge level below passing level questions- they help with content review. Mosby, Davis and Springhouse offer harder, application/analysis level questions (the kind you're tested on for NCLEX).

I was just going to say something similar to :yeahthat:

Saunders helped me mostly for content type review, but not at all for upper-level type analysis/application type questions. The Saunders rationals were great for learning and reinforcing material, same as Meds Publishing. But I think Kaplan helped me the most as far as what to expect with the NCLEX and how to answer the higher difficulty questions. Mosby was also excellent and close to how NCLEX was, and I especially found the Mosby's CAT online test excellent and helpful.

Good luck everyone! :)

Bala Shark · Jun 29, 2006

To the top..Kaplan? Which book is Kaplan?

kathykaye · Jun 29, 2006

i used both kaplan online and saunders book