Finallyrninva

Thats how I felt! And like I said, I was not a A student. Going through the questions, I thought.."this is basic, not that bad" some I got caught up on...and there were meds I never heard of before. And I always use ABC to answer the questions as well....and if Maslow applies, I used it, I think that was Kaplans main goals

If I got stuck, I tried to use the tree if it applied......if it applied, I used it. If I was not sure of a question, and if I felt the tree did not apply, I took the best guess....There were some questions that I was unsure of and after using the tree I was still not sure, thats when i just guessed. But honestly, most of the questions I did not use the tree. I felt like I may run out of time using the tree for every question...As for the med questions.....if I did not know it I guessed....If you are fdoing Kaplan you will do fine!

The tree did not help with all questions. I did use it when I was stuck, and could not get to the right answer if I was able to use it. I think the only reason why Kaplan helped is because the level of questions were so difficult, I would go back to my med surg books and read the areas I was not getting correct on the exams.....I was freaking myself out. I think that is the whole point of Kaplan..lol Because it is a higher level of questions, you go to take your exam thinking the questions are that hard..I hope that made sense..lol

I only did the comprenhensive exams in the back, but I went through and read things I did not understand. I did all of the Q bank and question trainers.....and I think thats what helped, because Kaplan was harder. I felt Saunders was a little easier then the NCLEX, but great for content review..KWIM....If you can focus on Kaplan, and do all q trainers and q bank, since they are harder, you will be good to go!

I have been reading here for sometime...I just took my NCLEX on Monday, I passed with 75 questions. HOnestly, I did not think it was that bad. I think it is more of a mental thing more then anything. It asked basic nursing skills IMO. I was a B-C student in nursing school. I took Kaplan, and I can tell you Kaplan is way harder then NCLEX. I got 6 SATA, 1 Med cal and several pharm....most I never heard of. I used q bank and got mid to higher 50's....... and I also used Saunders...I only did 100 questions a day for a solid 2 weeks..... Good luck to all those who are taking the exam!!