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My school also required us to take Hurst review and I loved it. I was also freaking out so used Kaplan as back up, anyways long story short. I would not waste my money b/c after taking NCLEX I am sure no one can prepare u but yourself for exam. You need to know your content and then you can practice kaplan free questions online, they have old qbank that ppl use. I did inclass review,they constantly do questions for 8 hours for 3 days and last day you do take this test and they go over it. Kaplan teach you technique on how to break question apart and how to prioritize and think of ABC and Maslow. If you just need to take class to practice questions then go ahead. Everyone will have their opinion but I think you will be fine specially you are just graduating.

The main thing about NCLEX is knowing your content, if you score good on content then you will be easily able to eliminate your answers. Most of the classess offer qbank which are good for practice purpose but if you are week in content no one can help you then yourself. Sorry to hear about the exam, don't be discouraged. You can do it, my suggestion is to start with saunders and do test yourself after each session to see where your weak area is, brush up on those and you will be set for NCLEX. Good luck and wish you all the best!

Nclex is testing you for basic knowledge about everything you learned in school. How safe you are while treating your patient. I know it must be difficult for you to know where to start, but my suggestion is start with saunders comprehensive book. Take questions after each section and see how you score, if you get above 70% then you have good knowledge about the subject, if not then review the section. But since you had huge gap this will be the best way to review content, once content review is done you can start doing questions. Hope it helps

I can't really remember about category but I was freaking out about it before exam. While taking Nclex I felt they were really easy, they could vary from technique to disease process. Good luck!!

One more thing if this is second time then do pay attention to the topics that you scored low on. I wasn't doing that good with my exam so i got all the questions, so if you know your content you can still pass your exam. Good luck

Knowing and understanding your content is important. You can do it in 2 way. 1. You should read saunders for your content b/c it will talk about whole disease process and it will help you remember stuff. 2. By doing questions and reading all rationale, it will help you remember that certain topic. I don't like Kaplan book and video b/c its really dry material. But if your scores are b/w 50-60 you should be ok.

0402 I was trying to do in class but I didn't find any and all this online sites appeared. So I thought it probably is offered online. Yea most of the positions that i looked at they want you to have ACLS.

Thanks nursegirl for your reply. Do you know which online course is best to take? They have so many company that offers ACLS course.

If I do get ACLS, will my job pay for it? I am a new graduate and I know that most of the places do want there nurses to have ACLS within year of getting hire. I wanted to complete the course and add to my resume, so I can get faster response by recruiters, what do you think? Thank you

First I want to thank god for blessing me with happiness. I took my exam on March 13 and saw my name appear on BON today. I took so many reviews b/c there were gaps between my graduation and test taking. I wasn't confident and went through big personal loss and felt like I didn't know anything, so ended up taking kaplan as my last resource. And I didn't know if I would be able to take one more loss in my life. 1. I did take hurst review in June 2011 that was the last review that was offered to graduating class for 2011 ( Dec 2011). I loved hurst live review, it felt like they taught me whole nursing school in 3 days. They taught me stuff in away that i remember and understood. I could critically think why certain Vital signs change in certain disease. As far as there qbank is concerned it also test you on content. So good way to test yourself. 2. I took Kaplan because I wanted to be sure that I pass the exam the first time. My husband was not ready to pay for it but luckily didn't have to pay full price. I registered for Live class and they had to cancel it b/c they didn't have enough students so they gave me 50% refund back. I also searched for online code which gave me $50 off initially. So overall my class was $232. Things about Kaplan: hated the book its so dry that I never used it. B/c i don't believe in memorizing w/o understanding the material. Qbank and qtrainer great resource to practice questions but compare to NCLEX it was nothing. I wasn't doing so hot on my exam since i had to do more than 75 questions. So I got all type of questions which included content type questions as well and trust me they were rough. Even easiest dieases seemed like what are you asking for? But you all know that you can find them online for free 3. ATI hated it because my school required me to take it and if you don't get level 2 you fail the class. The reason why I hated it was because the answers will only go with there own textbook and not with what you learned in class from the textbooks required by school. I personally loved Hurst content review, so if you think you hardly learned stuff in school its best for you to go with Hurst. If you feel like you don;t know how to answer priority type questions do lacharity & kaplan. Don't waste your money like I did. As far as NCLEX is concern it is very random, depending on how well you do with test they throw you questions. Oh that 35 page resource ppl use for study is good but you can make your own while doing questions. I learned more by writing stuff that I didn't know. Yes the infection and other mneumonic are very helpful but make your own notes because everyone has their own strength & weakness. One last tip for NCLEX, know your content inside out. If you are studying disease know why certain VS takes place, know what meds are contraindicated and why? Know what diet to provide? Test yourself it will make your life easier while taking the test. Good luck to everyone. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask.

Thank you everyone. Checked ohio BON and officially an RN!!! Sooooooo Happy. Here are few things that I would like to share. 1. I did take hurst review that was required by my school 6 months before I graduated( Dec 2012). I loved hurst live review, it felt like they taught me whole nursing school in 3 days. They taught me stuff in away that i remember and understood. I could critically think why BP will go high or pulse will go down. 2. I took Kaplan because I wanted to be sure that I pass exam the first time. My husband was not ready to pay for it but luckily didn't have to pay full price. I registered for in class and they had to cancel it b/c they didn't have enough student so they gave me 50% refund back. I also searched for online code which gave me $50 off initially. So overall my class was $232. Things about Kaplan: hated the book its so dry that I never used it. B/c i don't believe in memorizing w/o understanding the material. Qbank and qtrainer great resource to practice questions but personally compare to NCLEX it was nothing. I wasn't doing so hot on my exam I guess b/c i had to do more than 75 questions. So I got all type of questions which means just content type questions as well and trust me they were rough. Even easiest dieases seemed like what are you asking? I personally loved saunders content review, so if you think you hardly learned stuff in school its best for you to go with Hurst. If you feel like you don;t know how to answer priority type questions do lacharity. Don't waste your money. As far as NCLEX is concern it is very random, depending on how well you do with test they throw you questions. Good luck to everyone. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask.

I know how you feel, will let you know by tonight. Ohio BON ususally post license the next day, so can't wait to see my name.

Exhibit are when they provide you with tabs and underneath each tab they could have patient infor such as VS, MED, assessment and so on. Good luck for your exams.

Nclex was really hard for me, I mean I felt like I didn't know anything at all. I took more then 100 questions and got all type of questions 3 calculation question, 4 exhibit, 1 Ekg, 4 drag and drop, ~ 10 SATA, lot of infection, priority, delegation and 1 picture. I used hurst review as my content review and also took Kaplan. But while I was taking exam I felt like my exam was way different then Kaplan. Can't really tell if Kaplan was easy or hard. But after taking the exam I do recommend that you focus on your content. B/c if you know your content inside out, it will make your life lot easier and less confusion while eliminating wrong answer. Ask your self do you really know the content, do you know what signs and symptoms happen with disease, what kind of drugs are contraindicated, what type of foods can person eat. I got this pop up "Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Please contact your Member Board for further assistance. Another registration cannot be made at this time." But I still feel like I failed it, lets see if its true.

AJ. The defference btw on demand is that it provides you with video lecture on content, you will also have access to qbank questions and qtrainer questions as well. While qbank will just have questions and no content video. If you are running low on money you can just buy qbank and find qtrainers for free online. Good luck for your second try.