how to use saunders ? Please help me

[AmyD_RN]

I just got the saunders review cd from the library and was wondering, is 10 quesitons all it will give you at a time. I love that feature!!!! and what kinda score should I be getting to feel confident in taking the nclex????

AmyD

[mountaineer_05]

I just registered to this wonderful site and i'd like to to extend my greetings to all the beautiful people of the nursing world.

I've been reading the threads for the past week now and I've learned so much! Thank you to the generous advises of our moderators...

I have a question to ask, hopefully you could reply back soon. I was thinking of taking the online kaplan review course for nclex. I hope we got members here who can enlighten me as to its advantages as oppose to having a live session at their center. I live 2 hours away from Kaplan's Center , thats primarily why I opted to take the online course instead.

Thank you in advance for your replies.

[ninejams]

I just registered to this wonderful site and i'd like to to extend my greetings to all the beautiful people of the nursing world.

I've been reading the threads for the past week now and I've learned so much! Thank you to the generous advises of our moderators...

I have a question to ask, hopefully you could reply back soon. I was thinking of taking the online kaplan review course for nclex. I hope we got members here who can enlighten me as to its advantages as oppose to having a live session at their center. I live 2 hours away from Kaplan's Center , thats primarily why I opted to take the online course instead.

Thank you in advance for your replies.

Hi! Kaplan is best for test taking strategies and rationales.. lots of good tips on how to memorize info etc. BUT, you will be studying on your own until you get to the live classes. I still don't understand why we had to use two books (the basics and course guide) when their contents are pretty similar and very summarized, just arranged in different ways. I hated how small the fonts were.. Then there were the review tapes that made me sleepy.. >_

I felt like I have wasted lots of time in their center when I could've just reviewed a Saunders book and looked at unfamiliar information in my textbooks. See, when I went to the kaplan library, I was limited to the materials that they have and I was unfamiliar with. I should've just stayed home and used my own materials since I know them by heart. But that would work better if I was disciplined enough to follow my own schedule... So I guess studying at their center was best for me at the time.

Anyway, the tests we had at the center were excellent.. and I believe you will not find these tests anywhere else. If you go into the live class (which is good option for you), your teacher is trained to take the nclex several times and pass them.. so he/she should be the best person to tell you which rationales (from mosby/saunders etc) work on the nclex itself, as well as answer questions about what topics you don't understand. Having a group/class to share info with, helps too.

Advantages: They are really an excellent source for nclex tips. I mean it. :) If you are going to take your exam soon, you will be familiar with the materials you are going to take because of the test-taking strategies. It always pushes you forward.

Kaplan strategies work. ;-)