Study guides most like the actual NCLEX?

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Hi guys, hopefully some full fledged nurses peruse this forum along with us students! I have been doing some NCLEX preparation, as I graduate this coming May. I have used the Kaplan book, Saunders Q&A, the LaCharity book, and the NCLEX 3500/4000.

To me, the questions from these various sources seem completely different. I did well with Kaplan and LaCharity and with the parts of Saunders that I've done but now I'm doing the NCLEX 3500 and 4000 and with a lot of the questions, I'm like "HUH?" because they seem kind of vague.

So, my question is, does anyone have any insight on which types of questions are MOST like those on the actual NCLEX?

Thanks in advance!

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Hello:

As I have learned thru Kaplan, NCLEX is application and analysis questions. Its knowing how to answer the questions. so I would focus on that. I also know that Kaplan is very similar to NCLEX, so If you know how to answer their questions and score 65% or above on their exams, that EQUALS a 95% passing rate on NCLEX!

This is an NCLEX studyguide posted on allnurses.com......its really great and wonderful for preparing:

https://allnurses.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8697&d=1310274877

Good Luck

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Thanks, that study guide will be great!

I realize I need to know how to answer the questions but here is an example: There were several questions in LaCharity about floating. It might say:

A nurse who has worked in the operating room is floated to the med-surg floor. You should assign her to:

A: A 93 year old with pneuomnia

B: A 35 year old with abdominal pain and nausea/vomiting

C: A 50 year old who is post op from an appendectomy

D: A 67 year old with chronic bronchitis

The answer would be the post op patient because the nurse would be familiar with the surgery.

But in NCLEX 4000, the questions read more like:

A nurse has floated to your floor. You should assign her to:

A: labor and delivery

B: mother/baby unit

C: the infant nursery

D: postpartum care.

It doesn't tell me what kind of experience she has or any info on the complexity of the patients so I have no idea where I should assign her.

That is the actual question and I don't feel like I have enough info to answer that. So basically, I want to know if the NCLEX will give me the info I need to make an informed decision.

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i will PM you

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