question for people who took kaplan and nclex-rn

[meltnpointofwax]

hey guys. i am taking the NCLEX-RN in feb. i went to the kaplan review. i did some of the trainers and now i'm working on the Qbank. my question for you is: is the nclex more like the trainer questions or the Qbank questions. i feel like the Qbank is a lot easier than the trainers were.

also, what else did you guys study besides kaplan? i used saunders questions all throughout school but i feel like those might be too easy.

thanks guys!

[RN_SummerSeas, MSN, APRN, NP]

i see more and more people discussing taking these review courses after graduation as if it were a normal part of becoming a nurse. all, just so you know, the vast, vast majority of nursing students do not shell out hundreds of bucks for review courses, and the pass rates for nclex is >90% just about everywhere (it's easy to find online by state and by school).

if your faculty wasn't lax, made you work hard, didn't let things slide by, didn't have a passing minimum grade of d-, and cared whether you were ever there or not, you probably went to a school with a good nclex pass rate . you graduated? they think you're ready to be a nurse. don't waste the money unless you were a very marginal student (average only a point or two above the minimum passing grade).

every post i have read on here is negative! it does not hurt for people to take a review class. the nclex is not easy, not all schools give tests that are nclex style.

[MiahMSN, MSN, RN]

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[MiahMSN, MSN, RN]

EVERY post I have read on here is NEGATIVE! It does NOT hurt for people to take a review class. The NCLEX is NOT easy, not ALL schools give tests that are NCLEX style.

Thank you! I've come across several of these green font posts and the tone is always so negative! It's not what you say, but how you say it! I'm sure the intent is good (at least I hope) but the delivery is all bad! smh