Those who passed and used Kaplan Qbank!

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Hello, days are getting closer to taking boards, just in little over 2 weeks!

I have a sincere question for those who passed and used qbank. My workplace offered free Kaplan course, so I am going and I received free qbanks today. I have done diagnostics (60%) and did some qbank tests (50questiosn).

I notice that the qbank questions are a lot harder, more ambiguous, vague, complicated, hidden traps, etc than the ones I find on Saunders 5th ed CD. So how hard is Kaplan compared to NCLEX, or is qbank difficulty/style/way kind of similar to the actual NCLEX?

Thank you for your answers in advance! I wish to hear that Kaplan questions are harder lol!

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If you get a 60% on the readiness test and the Questionaire Test 7 (careful that one 265 questions), then you are 92% likely to pass from what Ive been told. This is with minimal breaks. No real test suspension, only walk to the bathroom and stretch.

Kaplan is harder than Sanders. Sanders focuses mostly on content, while Kaplan tests your test taking ability more.

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I agree with BorgQueen. When I was studying for the NCLEX, I waited until I scored 70% on my questions before taking the exam...at least close to 70 on some reviews, lol. I used that bar across the board because I reviewed other resources at different intervals. I spent 2 weeks with Kaplan, 1 week Saunders/Lippincott, 3 weeks NCSBN, 1 week exam cram, and 1 week LaCharity. I used NCSBN near the end to prepare for the actual boards because the review is by the makers of the NCLEX. Each review, for me gave me more options for content, however, the goal was to score close to or at the 70% level for readiness.

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@borg i had a feeling that was the case. Saunders questions were many times pretty straight forward and like you said, content-based; helped me learn new things but they were not as challenging as Kap. I also felt that Kap answer choices were lot harder to be sure which is the right one, when in Saunders you pretty much get the feeling and assurance that one you choose would be correct.

I will def take the questionnaire 7 (256???? ughhh) and glad to hear I got pretty good chance of passing! Thank you.

@LadyFree congratulations for passing! I would actually like to get close to 70% myself as I am lingering in low 60s right now.

Hey so did LaCharity PDA help you? I get different opinions but most people say they are necessity b/c there's tons of PDA questions on boards.

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LaCharity helped me immensely!!! I will say 60% of my questions were PDA type questions. I did not regret getting that book!

The closer you get to 70% the more prepared you will be handle to the NCLEX's adaptive question format in order to choose the best answer.

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oh wow, that definitely is worth reading over before taking boards then. I plan to get ebook maybe 3-4 days before the test and read it like a reader on steroids haha. thanks for your thought

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