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NCLEX Review 3500

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This is the exact same software that the college of nursing at Arkansas State University has in our AV Lab. As Juniors, every two or three weeks we have to complete 50 questions on a certain topic and turn it in. As Seniors, we will have to complete and turn in something like 100 or 150 questions per week. As I am going to nursing school, parenting, AND working, I have *no* time to sit in the AV Lab for hours during the day. This was the perfect solution, as I can use it in my own home, on my own computer. I highly recommend it!!

For our senior class, we have to turn in 10 of these tests with 75 questions and passing it with an 80% or more. Although, it's very time consuming, everytime I take it, I am learning more. So, I think this will benefit me for the real NCLEX exam. I recommend it to anyone in nursing school or have graduated and planning to take the boards. It has a lot of the new innovated questions. (Pictures, diagrams, and select the best that applies.)

The program is easy to use, but there is one MAJOR problem. My computer is a Pentium 4 running Windows XP. I don't know if that has a bearing on it, but in every set of 10 questions or so there would be one question where the last part of the question was behind the first answer with no way to see it. Sometimes you could guess what the question was by the answers, but not always. About every third time I'd finish one set of questions, the program would have a fatal error and shut down. I tried to contact the manufacturer but never received a response. Also...now and then their answer would just be WRONG. I'd look it up in the med/surg book, or meds book, and it would be plainly, unambiguously wrong. I've unistalled it and am using Saunders instead, which is less easy to run, but not plagued by programming errors.

This is a great way to prep efficiently for NCLEX. The rationales are concise and the broad range of questions makes for a thorough review. The results can be printed, enabling you to track your progress. Comes with a pre-test as well, for additional self-assessment. Alternative questions also included.

I don't know what the problem the user had with his computer but I had no problem running the software on Windows XP. This is a great study aid for the NCLEX that mimic the actual test with more than 3500 questions in 3 study modes : Pretest, Review & Test. It also has a detailed progress report that shows your strengths & weaknesses. I love this CD!

The CD has more than enough questions to prepare a student for the Nclex. the tests can be taken in different ways, with the answers and rationales explained immediately, or with the answers hidden until the exam is over. The CD is divided into categories so that a student may target weak areas. Money well spent.

This program has a lot of bugs in it. It has the tendency to crash your system. In addition, some of the answers are not correct. There are much better programs out there- save your money.