taking the nclex exam

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Hello to everyone, I'm taking the nclex-Rn exam in two months time. My question is are there any good book that can help me prepare. There are so many books out there which stated it can help you pass this exam. Please can anyone help by saying from experience which book had you better prepared?:confused:

bandas

72 Posts

Specializes in Pulmonary.

I used Saunders to help review content. I did many, many Saunders questions. However, I think that my Kaplan course was so much more helpful in terms of the style of questions presented. They were written much more like the actual exam questions than the Saunder's questions were. I think that Lippencott is also kinda similar to Saunder's. Kaplan also has a money-back guarantee and I believe that they have both online and actual physical classes.

HM2VikingRN, RN

4,700 Posts

Hello to everyone, I'm taking the nclex-Rn exam in two months time. My question is are there any good book that can help me prepare. There are so many books out there which stated it can help you pass this exam. Please can anyone help by saying from experience which book had you better prepared?:confused:

Saunders plus Suzanne4s plan. I used Saunders only and passed with 75 questions.

angelin

5 Posts

Thank you for your reply. Problem! which saunders book is it?:icon_roll

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Silverdragon102, BSN

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC. Has 35 years experience.

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As you are taking RN then the 4th edition Saunders comprehensive is the one I would recommend

Surgical_RN08

177 Posts

Specializes in Medical, Surgical.

saunders (content)........kaplan(questions)

sem_rs

51 Posts

are the 3rd and 4th editions of saunders completely different?

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Silverdragon102, BSN

1 Article; 39,477 Posts

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC. Has 35 years experience.

despite the 4th ed has colour it also has questions on the new style (select all that apply SATA)

Dawn, RN

56 Posts

saunders (content)........kaplan(questions)

i totally agree. the rationales on saunders are unbeatable and an excellent tool for review but the questions are too easy. kaplan makes you think through the questions, but the rationales don't give enough information like saunders does.

i used both, took nclex yesterday and finished with 75 questions. still waiting to see if i passed!

good luck!

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