NCLEX Review 4000: Study Software for NCLEX-RN: Individual Version [Audiobook] [Englisch] [CD-ROM]

Pros:
Lots of practice questions with rationales.
Computerized test, similar to the NCLEX.
Runs fine on Windows XP Pro.

Cons:
You cannot stop your test, bookmark your place, and resume at a later time.
One reviewer complained of the software asking the same questions over. To prevent this from happening you just have to decide which of the thirty seven sections of the test you want to work on and complete that test section from start from finish. However, some of the sections are very long and others are very short. It took me almost a day just to do the 630 question pharmacology section and read through the rationales of the ones I missed. In order to save my place I had to leave my computer on with the software open. Once you close the program you have to start all over again.

The rationales are helpful. I learn more out of reading them than I do taking the test. Any extra practice is helpful. Personally I'm reading the Saunders NCLEX Review book, doing this NCLEX 4000, and also doing the ATI NCLEX VATI. Below I've included the different sections found on the NCLEX 4000 and how many practice questions each have.

NCLEX 4000 Nursing Topics:
Fundamentals of Nursing (653 questions total)
Basic Physical Care (230 questions)
Basic Phychosocial Needs (60 questions)
Medication and IV Admin. (170 questions)
Basic Physical Assessment (119 questions)
Nursing Process (74 questions)

Pediatric Nursing (637 total)
Infant (149 questions)
Toddler (136 questions)
Preschooler (151 questions)
School-Age (126 questions)
Adolescent (75 questions)

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Foundations of Psychiatric Nursing (110 questions)
Anxiety Disorders (77 questions)
Mood, Adjustment and Dementia Disorders (146 questions)
Psychotic Disorders (121 questions)
Substance Abuse, Eating Disorders, Impulse Control Disorders (109 questions)

Maternal-Neonatal Nursing
Antepartum Period (212 questions)
Intrapartum Period (144 questions)
Postpartum Period (137 questions)
The Neonate (134 questions)

Medical-Surgical Nursing (1608 total)
Cardiovascular Disorders (223 questions)
Oncologic Disorders (146 questions)
Gastrointestinal Disorders (184 questions)
Integumentary Disorders (90 questions)
Immune and Hematologic Disorders (114 questions)
Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (206 questions)
Musculoskeletal Disorders (124 questions)
Neurosensory Disorders (203 questions)
Respiratory Disorders (203 questions)
Genitourinary Disorders (115 questions)

NCLEX 4000 Clients Needs Categories:
Safe, Effective Care Environment (920 total questions)
Management of Care (556 questions)
Safety and Infection Control 364

Health Promotion and Maintenance (524 total)

Phychosocial Integrity (479 total)

Physiological Intergity (2165 total)
Basic Care and Comfort (321 questions)
Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies (630 questions)
Reduction of Risk Potential (610 questions)
Physiological Adaptation (604 questions)

I would also like to leave my comments on the ATI for those interested. The ATI is OK, but ATI really needs to work on giving better rationales on their assessments, indexing their books better (aka "modules"), and also combining all of their modules onto one large searchable file for the VATI website. NCLEX 4000 provides clear and informative rationales, ATI doesn't. If I had to do it all over again, I'd lean towards the Saunders NCLEX-RN Review book + Kaplan NCLEX-RN review + NCLEX 4000 CD Rom instead of using ATI and VATI.

This CD was all I used and nothing more. I had all I needed and did about 100 questions a day for a month. Passed the first time and did not study the night before my RN boards. Get this CD.

This NCLEX review is highly recommended in my program. The staff members encourage use of it throughout the program to develop critcal thinking skills. I have not used it extensively yet but I did try it out. To begin with it's loaded with useful content, rationales are provided for each question. Very easy to install and use, I can access it instantly on my pc desktop without the disk. Definitely worth it!