PrepU prepwho? Anyone used it?

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Specializes in Informatics.

I've seen a couple of posts on prepU... anyone used it and passed the NCLEX? It seemed like the posts here were by the same person, so I wanted to check that it wasn't an advertisement of sorts!

I'm using Saunder's comprehensive atm and think it may be beneficial but wanted some feedback...

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They have implemented prepu at my school and was able to get it for free as a trial- we start it Tomm, ill let you know how it goes! In the mean time has any one used it? According to my instructor it had stats saying students grades went up 15% by using it

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I like it. The only thing I don't like about it is the questions for Prepu Brunner and Suddarth's Med-Surg book are the same as the Prepu NCLEX 10,000. The only thing I do like about the separate textbook Prepu's is that they are categorized and I don't have to waste so much time because it is easy to make a quiz just on diabetes or whatever. They have a huge test bank of maybe about 10,000 questions and they sell them as individual products. The NCLEX 10,000 has quite a few categories though. I may be wrong too, but I have definitely seen repeat questions. Those are the only products I own so far. I wouldn't have passed without it.

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I love it. We are are required to do 500 questions a week in my program and it helps with understanding. I also like how you can pick individual topics to study. For example, if I am having an exam on oxygenation, I can select just that concept and take a bunch of questions, helps you zero in on your weak topics.

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We use it and I don't care much for it it. It is extremely glitchy (keeping me at mastery level 1 for 40 questions despite making 100% on all of them, and then shooting me straight up to level 8 after making an 80 on a 5 question quiz?), and the questions we are asked aren't really relevant to materials we are being tested on. I do like that it sometimes gives critical thinking questions asking you to act as the nurse in specific scenarios, but, other than that...it just feels like a chore.

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We use it and I don't care much for it it. It is extremely glitchy (keeping me at mastery level 1 for 40 questions despite making 100% on all of them, and then shooting me straight up to level 8 after making an 80 on a 5 question quiz?), and the questions we are asked aren't really relevant to materials we are being tested on. I do like that it sometimes gives critical thinking questions asking you to act as the nurse in specific scenarios, but, other than that...it just feels like a chore.

It supposedly gives you harder and harder questions as you take more quizzes. That is supposed to be why you gain levels. I'm at a 2.9 after answering 2000 questions. Not sure what that means?

I found it especially helpful on diabetes questions, oxygenation and temperature questions.

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Specializes in Informatics.

Post graduation, post passing the NCLEX in 75 questions, I used the Hurst Review, and only studied the end-of-chapter questions in Saunders.

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We are using PrepU in my fundamentals class. I like it; it helps with practicing the correct type of questions. I like being able to focus in on my weaker areas, too.

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My school used PrepU as supplemental material for nearly all the nursing classes. I loved it, I found it extremely helpful in testing my knowledge. I would take 10q mini tests when studying topics to see if I was really grasping the content. Its also great because it gives you more difficult questions as you learn.

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