Tips on passing the NCLEX? Study plan for 6 weeks out?

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Specializes in Emergency Room.

Hi All,

Getting ready to move to another state with 3 kids and my husband is away due to military obligations. So needless to say....I have a lot on my plate. I scheduled and rescheduled my NCLEX due to a death in the family and trying to pack up for our move. I want to be prepared to pass. Any suggestions? Is the Kaplan class worth the 500.00? I have access to the questions, yet should I take the class?

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Specializes in Acute Rehab, Neuro/Trauma, Dialysis.

There are a lot of options that can be used to get ready for the NCLEX, some are like Kaplan and cost quite a bit, others are cheaper like the NCSBN. Look around this sections in All Nurses. There are tons of reviews. Good Luck! :up:

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I recommend the ATI virtual tutor. It is $275 and you get your own personal tutor. Everything is online and it is a structured lesson plan. It I worth every single penny. The lesson plan is also structured to the time you are able to put in it. It also teaches you how to break down a question and answer it. The success rate is also above 95%. I used it and took the NCLEX June 24 and passed with 75 questions.

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Hi f18wife I recommend taking Kaplan. I had to pay for Kaplan as part of our nursing school fees each semester, but we had a 4 day review the week after I graduated. I took the NCLEX about 3 weeks after the review and now I am a Registered Nurse. To prepare I did all the question trainers and about 89% of the Q-bank (75-100 questions a day)and read all the rationales whether i got the question right or wrong which to me was the key. The rationales give you a little bit of content review but also helps you to understand how they want you to answer the question. I also did sample tests 1 and 2. I felt that the NCLEX was actually a little easier than kaplan, so it worked for me. I felt very comfortable going in which was also another huge key. Going in comfortable and confident is super important, you can do it!

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Hi f18wife I recommend taking Kaplan. I had to pay for Kaplan as part of our nursing school fees each semester, but we had a 4 day review the week after I graduated. I took the NCLEX about 3 weeks after the review and now I am a Registered Nurse. To prepare I did all the question trainers and about 89% of the Q-bank (75-100 questions a day)and read all the rationales whether i got the question right or wrong which to me was the key. The rationales give you a little bit of content review but also helps you to understand how they want you to answer the question. I also did sample tests 1 and 2. I felt that the NCLEX was actually a little easier than kaplan, so it worked for me. I felt very comfortable going in which was also another huge key. Going in comfortable and confident is super important, you can do it!

How did the satas compare to the kaplan sample test 4? Harder or easier?

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I didn't do sample test 4, but I read on other posts that it was super hard. I had about 10-12 sata, but I must have done well since I passed. The sata were from what I remember more straight forward than the kaplan, the important thing to remember is safety and learning how to answer the questions. It's more of a strategy test not like nursing school tests. You got this! Just do the review, the qbank questions read all rationales and there is a 35pg study guide that has really good info to help remember Imptortant disorders and facts.

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The 35pg study guide is on this website.

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Specializes in ICU/CCU.

kaplan SATA is a monster. lol dont feel bad if u get low 20 haha. i heard Saunders SATA were good to practice.

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