c.rich92

Hello! It definitely sounds like you are on the right track. Although I did not do kaplan, I believe that it is more than enough that you will need to take the NCLEX. My friend used kaplan and she passed in 75. U world was pretty much my sole source and it provided more than enough info for me to pass. In my opinion, having taken the test very recently, the way to pass is through practice questions (not so much through reviewing content). When i took the NCLEX, there were very few things that I did not know. If you are willing to spend $60 on Uworld (which honestly is pretty cheap) then I would HIGHLY recommend doing so. If you keep scoring higher and higher on kaplan questions, then this means you are improving and that the questions are becoming easier for you. U world questions were slightly more difficult than NCLEX, which is another reason I think it was so helpful.

Hello Everyone! I just passed the NCLEX yesterday and wanted to share with everyone how i studied for the exam and passed in 75 questions! The NCLEX is a terrifying test to every new graduate. I put off studying for almost three weeks after I graduated (which was April 22nd) and then got my authorization to test on May 12th. I signed up to take it on June 7th. On May 18th, I paid $58 for "u world" for a month's subscription. This was all I spent on nclex study materials. I didn't pay for kaplan or hurst because I wanted to save money (these are $300+). UWorld comes with over 1800 practice questions, so I divided these up and did about 100 per day. I often did "tutor mode." My scores were between 43-56% in the beginning, but closer to my test date, I started getting high 60%-mid 70% on the practice tests. U world was by far the BEST thing to use to study for the NCLEX. The rationales are AMAZING! They were very detailed and I learned so much from them. They also have a high percentage of "alternate format" questions. Anytime I didn't get a question correct or didn't fully understand it, I would write down the rationale on a word document in my own words so I would remember the content. These questions were very similar to the actual questions on the NCLEX and the interface was almost identical. It felt like I was just doing another U world practice test when I took my nclex exam! I also used NCSBN for the 3 week course because my school paid for it. I did all 1300 practice questions from here, but I felt that these were not very similar to the actual NCLEX. The rationales weren't that great, but I just did them so i could get extra practice questions in. I didn't look at anything from their content review, only the practice question banks. I used the purple SAUNDERS comprehensive review NCLEX book to do a quick content review and probably spent a total of 2 hours looking through this book and mostly reading about medications. I felt that their practice questions were too easy, so I didn't do any practice questions from here. I went to barnes and noble and looked at their KAPLAN NCLEX premier 2016 book and did about 200 practice questions from here. I felt that these questions were alright, but many of them were too easy and looking back, not very similar to the NCLEX. I just did them for extra practice. Also at barnes and noble, i looked at a book called "Lippincott's NCLEX-RN alternate format questions, 5th edition." I did about 50 practice questions from here just to get extra "alternate format" practice questions in. I didn't buy this book, but I did like the questions and I thought they were pretty challenging. In the days leading up to the test, I studied about 3-4 hours a day and did 200 practice questions each day. The day before the test, I did 150 practice questions, read over my U world notes in that word document I made, and relaxed the rest of the day. The day of my exam, I didn't do a single practice question. I went in to the testing center, signed in, went in the testing room, put in ear plugs, and pretended like i was at home doing a uworld practice test. I prayed a lot before and during my test as well, so this helped to calm my nerves! I spent a little over an hour on the exam and had close to 20 select all that apply, one math question, and a lot of prioritization questions. I didn't have any "put this in order" or "hotspot" or "listening" questions. It shut off at 75 and I had a good feeling about it. I was pretty sure that I had passed, and sure enough, the next day I saw that I passed. It was not as bad as I thought it would be at all! My advice would be to use Uworld and be consistent in your studying (try not to take any days off). There's no need to spend a ton of money on review courses or study for 12 hours a day (I only did about 3 or 4 hours). Total, I did between 3500-4000 practice questions before my exam. I studied consistently for 21 days. After taking the exam, I'm glad I didn't pay for kaplan or hurst because the content review would not have been helpful for this type of exam. Doing practice questions is the BEST way to go. The Uworld rationales alone are enough to prepare anyone for this test (I felt WAY over prepared when I took the NCLEX). There were very few things on the actual NCLEX that I didn't recognize or was unfamiliar with.