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I'm testing in few days i'm scared. i'm taking kaplan trainers and i don't wanna expect to much from my scores. I always feel unprepared. My anxiety is through the roof!:zzzzz
Guys, what were your scores in kaplan question trainers before the exam?did you pass/fail?
Thanks!
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Q123-50+..Q4-61 Q5-60 Q6-63 Q7-58 ... my Qbank was just 50-60's.. at first i thot kaplan was really really useless bcoz it was only for a week.and only strategies.but it really helped.the strategies..ang learned how to answer question.. but i did not get to use if as much as i wanted to on the actual test bcoz some were objective type..the questions were easy but the answer is very hard to find..but i passed the nclex on my first try..163 questions.i thot i failed.. bcoz i was not really doing good on kaplan.diagnostic got "40%" can you bliv that.40%! lol.. and others got like 50's.i did not tell anyone of my score.and the readiness.i got 57.. same w/ some of my klsm8s in kaplan. but even those who got higher scores than me failed.. maybe bcoz they took it after 1 month of studying and was not prepared.well, as for me.i waited 3 months b4 i took my exam last may3.. all i can say is.take ur time..dont rush.. be ready for it. and read saunders.. make a study time schedule.. what i did was. monday- endocrine.. tuesday- G.I wed- pedi.. etc. like that.and i answered the back part of each chapter. finished the kaplan book. saunders.and Q&A questions in kaplan q bank..question trainer and CD of saunders composed of 5000+ Questions but only got to answered 3000 of it..I'm sharing this bcoz this site really helped me a lot.. b4 my exam.. know your infection control..what to wear w/ hepa B pt.. man.that a very easy question if you get to think of it.but the answer was hard to find. meds. w/c pt. to see first.. rooming in.etc.. wish you all luck :)
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Look in your kaplan book pg 619 on the qtrainers users guide. It states that the level of question difficulty changes as you progress through the tests. Test 1&2 are knowledge based, tests 3&4 include application and analysis on top of knowledge base, and so fourth. So don't feel bad!