Scores on pre-NCLEX review tests..for those who have passed.

Boston-RN, RN · Jul 15, 2006

Hey there....my scores were in the mid 70's to low 80's on Saunders, Kaplan, ATI etc. But I do have to say it's less about the scores and more about getting exposed to as many rational's as possible.....do as many questions as you can fit in. I did roughly 100-200/day for 2.5 weeks after graduation.....

Brooke13-RN · Jul 16, 2006

Hi,

I just passed the Nclex this past week. It sounds like you are on the right track getting 70-80% on the practice tests. My biggest advice is to keep doing the questions and keeping them in that range.

Before the test I did about 5000-6000 questions, getting scores ranging 50-60% to start. After a while I was able to get my practice scores up to around 75%. I took a review course and my instructor told us to keep the questions up until we got at least a 70% on 2000 questions consistently.

I took my questions from all different sources. Mosby, Saunders, Lippencott, and Kaplan. The Kaplan Nclex review book is pretty helpful because it shows how you can breakdown the nclex questions. I also splurged and got the Mosby CAT test online and found that to be a good indicator as to where I was. A confidence booster at least. I started out getting 82% of passing and got up to 99% chance before my test. What I had started to do was to re-read info from my notes and from the review books which got to be overwhelming. I found that by doing questions reading the rationals for the ones I missed, and even the ones that I got right was the best for me. It gave me the info I needed in little shots. Made it easier for me to remember.

I hope this helps. I think you are on the right track. Keep up those questions and I'm sure you'll do fine. Good Luck