It's been said several times, but just to say it again, the Kaplan questions are much harder than the NCLEX questions. One thing is that you might come across something that you legitimately have...
6 days before the exam I re-read my Kaplan book and did questions. I read carefully every time something came up in the book that I didn't remember, things I remembered I only skimmed. My last few...
My Kaplan Instructor always broke it down as "Which one is going to make you jump off your chair?". The short cut for that is ABCs. The patient is a respiratory patient and has had a significant...
I don't use it full out. I use it selectively. I always use step 1 (identify the topic of the question) and then I go straight to the relevant step. The step I would say I've used most often is ABC...
58 hours out. Scores: QT1: 67, QT2: 69, QT3: 54, QT4: 64, QT5: 69, QT6: 60, QT7: 63, QB average : 64 I'm feeling ok content wise. I don't know everything I come across, but I am getting better at...
Not exactly the same situation but I was educated in Illinois and will be taking the NCLEX in Illinois, but my license will be issued in California because my family is re-locating there at the end of...
Pandorajinel replied to hearts895, RN BSN's topic in General Students
Figure out quickly what organization methods work best for you, if your program is anything like mine you are about to receive an avalanche of papers. I personally prefer a binder and three hole...
If memory serves we were told at the Application meeting that you get to choose which set of scores is used but you can not combine scores. I would call academic advising and email the head of the...
That depends on your situation. If you have a car you should consider taking all the books to school but only carrying the ones you are actually going to use for the next class. As you get into the...
As a previous poster mentioned, grades are very volatile. Especially if its early in the class or the class doesn't accumulate many points. If your class has a high point total over the semester (for...