When did you start using NCLEX review books??

ChrisMarie09 · Sep 12, 2012

Now. My friend and I went to get the Saunders book the weekend after we got our acceptances in April. I use it to do I guess a "quick and dirty" review of content and its great to practice the NCLEX style questions as much as possible.

Also do your books have online sites that have free resources for you to use. I registered for all of those and a lot of their review questions are NCLEX style.

Ginnym1981 · Sep 12, 2012

I started my second term but I SHOULD have started during my first.

Saunders (mentioned above) is a great book. It's broken up into sections and you also get a CD with more questions. But really, I'm a firm believer in having multiple books because I don't really know which one is the best for the actual NCLEX test and I feel like this will open me up to differently worded questions.

Another tip, don't circle the answers IN your book. Use a sheet of notebook paper so you can go back and take the tests again later down the road. Maybe I'm the only dumb-y that didn't think of this right off the bat but I wanted to mention it. :)

FDW630 · Sep 12, 2012

Another tip, don't circle the answers IN your book. Use a sheet of notebook paper so you can go back and take the tests again later down the road. Maybe I'm the only dumb-y that didn't think of this right off the bat but I wanted to mention it. :)

No, you aren't. Thanks for that tip. Lol!

ER(notso)n00b, ASN, RN · Sep 12, 2012

I started doing them before my first exam and I still do at least 100 a week. I have the Saunder's book/CD and I also do the practice questions on Evolve.

shay&lynn, ASN, RN · Sep 13, 2012

I am in my 2nd semester right now, I started practicing NCLEX questions in my first semster...all of my exams are NCLEX style.

The more practice, the better.

TerryGvl · Sep 13, 2012

I bought one early on with every intention of using it throughout school. I never actually used mine until I graduated, though. Our school recommended both the Saunders book and Davis's Q&A. I bought Davis's and found it very helpful. Between the book and the CD, it had around 5,000 questions. I used it in conjunction with the ATI review book and passed the NCLEX on the first attempt.

abiklags · Sep 13, 2012

I started in the first semester. ATI was mandatory for all semesters, whether needing a certain amount of hours or proctered assessments. didn't start looking at NCLEX books till the week before graduation during the ATI live review. I also used Kaplan qbank for 3 weeks prior to NCLEX. I passed on the first shot.

Except for practice exams on the computer for ATI, I didn't do any nclex style questions. So don't listen to me cuz I obvious did it wrong compared to the rest of the posters :eek:

mom2ccg · Sep 13, 2012

I started using my NCLEX book during my first med/surg class and I have used it for Peds, OB and now my second Med/surg class. It has been amazing. It is the Saunders and I can't say enough about it. I don't think you could ever practice that style of question too much. Good luck with school.

heroldbe · Sep 13, 2012

Thanks everyone! I'll look into the saunders since it seems to be a favorite :)

Crazed · Sep 13, 2012

A year before I started clinical.

Seriously.

Not kidding.

SilverSleuth · Sep 14, 2012

Before school Started :specs: I am using it actively in my Block on to help me with test and also to prepare for HESI exit, and of course the big NCLEX in the end!

I hear Saunder is good, and I heard the Kaplan book is good. I have both plus 3 others. I really like Kaplan because it lays out what to expect for the test and keeps you become a better NCLEX test taker. I hear is Saunders is great, but I haven't gotten into it that much yet (just skimmed)