Kaplan naplex review free download

The North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) is a challenge that you must face on your journey to becoming a pharmacist. And, like most any licensing examination, the NAPLEX can be a little scary—especially if you aren’t a good test-taker.

Here’s the good news: You can overcome the scare factor with careful preparation. But, which study guide offers the best NAPLEX review? Are the more expensive study guides really worth it, or will a free/inexpensive option suffice?

To help you select the best NAPLEX review guide for you, I have the scoop on 23 NAPLEX study resources. The study guide information is derived from websites and user reviews. I’ve rated the study guides on a scale of 1 to 5, one being the lowest, and listed them in order.

RxPrep Course Book 2016 Edition: A Comprehensive Review for the NAPLEX & Clinical Content for CPJE

Rating: 4.5

Price: $168
(this is the price if you purchase directly from RxPrep; may be available cheaper or used on other websites)

Summary: The RxPrep Course Book was developed as an in-depth companion to the RxPrep Online Review Course. The text matches to the updated NAPLEX competency statements and is complete for all topics tested. The book can be purchased separately or as part of the online package.

Features:

• Updated essential background sections (Exam Overview, Sterile and Non-Sterile Compounding, Drug Interactions, Patient Charts, Assessment & Healthcare Provider Communication, Drug Mechanisms, Classes & Structures)
• The calculations section has been expanded, with case-based (exam style) formats, with answers explained step-by-step
• Includes exam-style practice cases for many of the major topics

Pros:

• Covers most therapeutic areas and topics such as cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, etc.
• A good overview; not too much detail
• Charts and practice questions are helpful
• More affordable than the complete RxPrep Online package

Cons:

• Multiple authors and inconsistent writing style
• Expensive (for a textbook)

Kaplan NAPLEX 2016 Strategies, Practice, and Review with 2 Practice Tests: Online + Book

Rating: 4.5

Price: $45.05
(pre-order price)

Summary: This step-by-step guide provides Kaplan’s test-taking strategies, as well as review and guidance.

Features:

• Two full-length practice tests—one in the book, one online
• 200+ comprehensive tables summarizing must-know drugs at a glance
• 27 end-of-chapter practice question sets, including 35+ calculation problems
• Detailed answer explanations
• Test-taking and study strategies

Pros:

• Affordable
• Offers online component and test-taking strategies
• Helpful answer explanations

Cons:

• Not as well-written as RxPrep book (according to reviews)

Comprehensive Pharmacy Review for NAPLEX (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins))

Rating: 4

Price: $43.99 (eTextbook);
$19.93-$64.42 (used or new paperback)

Summary: This book provides a knowledge base necessary for pharmacy students, instructors, foreign graduates, and professionals to excel in their practices—and be fully equipped to tackle the NAPLEX competency test.

Features:

• Updated to conform with USP 797 regulations
• Expanded coverage of practice areas including pain management, hepatic disorders, migraines, women’s health, prescription dermatologic agents, geriatrics and pediatrics
• More than 60 print and online chapters presented in outline form
• Practice questions
• Guidelines and tips for taking the NAPLEX, along with the NAPLEX blueprint

Pros:

• Highly rated on Amazon
• Useful tool during pharmacy practice
• Concise and clearly written
• Inexpensive

Cons:

• Some chapters only available on website

McGraw-Hill’s NAPLEX Review Guide

Rating:  4

Price: $37.95-$80
(used or new paperback)

Summary: NAPLEX study material and two practice exams in one student-reviewed package.

Features:

• Coverage that is organized around the NABP competencies and designed to sharpen problem-solving skills, put must-know information at your fingertips and improve exam-taking ability
• More than 1,400 case application questions, each with a detailed explanation of both correct and incorrect answer choices
• Takeaway Points at the end of every chapter that summarize key concepts
• CD-ROM with two complete practice tests, each with 185 questions

Pros:

• Offers takeaway points section to summarize chapter
• Practice questions with answer explanations included
• Inexpensive
• Highly rated on Amazon

Cons:

• CD-ROM seems outdated
• Not sufficient as standalone NAPLEX prep resource

NAPLEX Easy

Rating: 4

Price: $249/six months; $189/three months; $149/two months; $99/month; $59/two weeks (also available on Amazon)

Summary: NAPLEXEasy includes 1,000 questions and powerful personalized prep features.

Features:

• Practice tests
• Adaptive preparation
• Personalized dashboard
• Study plan
• Skill report
• Personalized reporting

Pros:

• Developed by McGraw Hill Education
• Customizable features
• Portable and compatible with most devices
• Free trial available
• Helps you develop a study plan
• Affordable

Cons:

• Fewer questions than some other resources

RxExam NAPLEX Review

Rating: 4

Price: Pricing varies depending on product/combination of products selected

Summary: RxExam offers a range of products, including books, practice and audio CDs, practice tests, review posters and flash cards. Combo packs are also available, and students can select individual materials to build a customized combo pack.

Features:

• CD and downloadable options available
• Combo packs provide discounted pricing

Pros:

• Wide range of price points and product combinations
• Different delivery methods of content appeal to all types of learners
• CD and downloadable resources available
• Ability to create your own combo pack to take advantage of pricing discounts
• Free U.S. shipping
• Downloadable products compatible on most devices
• Free upgrades for a year
• Can work at your own pace
• Portable

Cons:

• Some combo packs include 2014-2015 study guides
• Downloaded products expire one year from purchase date

RxPrep NAPLEX Online 2016

Rating: 4

Price: $788 for a six-month subscription; $988 for a 12-month subscription

Summary: Online lectures provide review material at your own pace. More than 70 hours of instruction are included and you can access each as often as you need to. A test bank is included.

Features:

• 6 or 12 month subscription to the course library (77 topics) via your personal dashboard
• 2016 RxPrep Course Book: A comprehensive study guide and in-depth companion to the video lectures
• Access to the 3,500+ question Test Bank
• Additional anytime access via mobile app on your iOS or Android device

Pros:

• Covers most therapeutic areas and topics such as cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, etc.
• A good overview; not too much detail
• Is portable and can be used on most any device
• Access to lectures and online practice questions

Cons:

• Expensive
• Online reviewers say that complete package isn’t necessary; just buy the book
• Only six- and 12-month options available

Kaplan NAPLEX Live Online Review

Rating: 3.5

Price: $799

Summary: Live Online NAPLEX Anywhere Review gives you live prep in five evenings in Kaplan’s interactive online classroom.

Features:

• Live instruction from Kaplan’s pharmacy faculty
• Course content that targets the NAPLEX blueprint in 23 hours
• Page References to Kaplan’s NAPLEX Review Book—550 pages of high-yield content and two full practice exams included with the course
• Access to online classroom from anywhere
• Recordings of live sessions are available within 24 hours and can be viewed as often as you like for 10 days
• All questions are answered by live faculty

Pros:

• No expensive travel
• Condensed review
• Access to live faculty
• Can access from anywhere
• Review book and practice tests included

Cons:

• May not be suitable for people who can’t accommodate 4.5-hour/day schedule
• Cannot work at your own pace
• Recordings only available for 10 days

High-Yield MedReviews NAPLEX Live Review Courses

Rating: 3.5

Price: $99-$349,
depending on time of registration, product selected and number of times registered

Summary: NAPLEX review course of essential information that you are likely to see on the NAPLEX and in clinical practice. 

Features:

• 100 percent money back guarantee you will pass the NAPLEX
• 2-day access to the onsite comprehensive NAPLEX review course   
• Access to supplemental online lectures after the live course
• 10-months access to 1,800 NAPLEX practice test questions
• Your own copy of review course notebook
• Donation given to your sponsoring institutions or organizations–most groups receive $500-$2,000

Pros:

• Live review course
• Affordable (compared to other live review courses)
• Online and book component
• Question bank access

Cons:

• Must be available for live review course
• Travel may be required
• Questionable money-back guarantee policy (you must complete all practice test questions and flashcards to qualify)

High-Yield MedReviews Online NAPLEX Review Course

Rating: 3

Price: $99-$349, depending on time of registration, product selected and number of times registered

Summary: NAPLEX review course of essential information that you are likely to see on the NAPLEX and in clinical practice. 

Features:

• Access to online lectures
• 10-months access to 1,800 NAPLEX practice test questions
• Your own copy of review course notebook

Pros:

• Online review course
• Online and book component
• Question bank access
• Flexibility to go at your own pace

Cons:

• Each lecture only available for a 24-hour period of time

Board Vitals NAPLEX Question Bank and Practice Test

Rating: 3

Price: $59/month, $99 for three months or $149 for six months (free trial available)

Summary: BoardVitals offers more than 1,100 review questions and explanations for the NAPLEX Exam. Questions are written to be challenging and cover material specific to the NAPLEX. The resource covers multiple formats, including calculations, fill in the blank and general multiple choice.

Features:

• Every question is categorized and includes an answer and explanation
• BoardVitals offers adaptive learning
• More than 600 high-yield questions from ChaseNaplex
• 400 additional questions with detailed explanations to cover additional topics in depth

Pros:

• Free trial available
• Can work at your own pace
• 100 percent pass guarantee
• Portable; can be used on phone, tablet or online
• Ability to flag questions to return to them at a later time
• Tiered subscription plan

Cons:

• Not as many questions as other resources
• A little pricey if you pay by the month

Pharmsuccess.com Pharmacy Practice Tests – NAPLEX Practice Pack

Rating: 3

Price: $79.99 plus shipping for CD, $59.99 for 30-day online access

Summary: Package includes NAPLEX Practice Test, PharmSuccess Top Drugs and Pharmacy Calculations.

Features:

• The timed NAPLEX Practice Test provides an estimated scaled percentile score upon completion of the test

• Top Drugs includes more than 150 drugs with brand name, generic name, principal class/mechanism and major indications in table format

• Pharmacy Calculations includes 120 computer-based questions with five answer options

Pros:

• Can work at your own pace
• Online version available
• Affordable
• Timed practice test
• Live exam simulation

Cons:

• CD option seems dated
• Online access limited to 30-days

Exam Master Advantage Pharmacy (NAPLEX) Board Prep

Rating: 3

Price:

• Online option:$350/12 months; $293/six months; $203/three months; $116/month; $69/two weeks
• Individual test option: $49.99
• Free sample exam

Summary: Exam Master’s Practice Exam gives users the experience of taking the actual NAPLEX. The Practice Exam contains 185 questions, including patient profiles, just like the NAPLEX blueprint. Topics are presented and tested in the questions based on the percentages provided in the NABP NAPLEX blueprint.

Features:

• 185 questions with explanations
• Based on NCCPA exam blueprint
• Includes Test, Study, and Learning modes
• Summary and detailed score reports

Pros:

• Professionally edited
• Enhanced online version that includes additional questions available
• Free sample exam available
• Personalized score report
• Questions include explanations
• Ability to generate flash cards
• Range of purchase/pricing options

Cons:

• Enhanced online option is pricey
• May not be the most up-to-date resource available

The APhA Complete Review for Pharmacy (Gourley, APha Complete Review for Pharmacy)

Rating: 3

Price: $50.55 (Kindle); $21.28-$53.21 (used or new paperback)

Summary: This book offers a summary of NAPLEX content in abbreviated bullet format.

Features:

• All 42 chapters and 900+ review questions have been reviewed and revised by the authors and editorial team to provide up-to-date information and concepts
• The tables that list medications now indicate the top 100 drugs in boldface to alert the reader to medicines in frequent use
• A summary of a chapter’s concepts, Key Points, has been moved from the back of the chapter to the very front, and it is followed by a new feature, the Study Guide Checklist, intended to help readers assess their readiness for the NAPLEX
• The Complete Review contains more than 900 practice exam questions and answers, plus explanations that reinforce key learning points
• Advice from Peter A. Chyka on studying for and taking the NAPLEX and MPJE

Pros:

• Professionally edited
• Offers key points section to summarize chapter
• Practice questions included
• Inexpensive

Cons:

• Online reviews are lackluster
• Not as easy to read as other materials

120 Calculations Review for NAPLEX

Rating:  2

Price: Free

Summary: A collection of calculation problems from 2006

Features:

• Downloadable review of 120 calculations
• Problems from 2006

Pros:

• Easy to access and download
• Can work at your own pace

Cons:

• Old
• Not sufficient as standalone NAPLEX prep resource

McGraw-Hill’s 2016/2017 Top 300 Pharmacy Drug Cards

Rating:  2

Price: $48 (Kindle); $49.35-$54.99 (paperback)

Summary: Cards include information about the top 300 drugs in flash card format.

Features: Each card includesgeneric and common name, class, dosage forms, approved dose and indications, off-label use, contraindications, adverse reactions, drug interactions, monitoring parameters, medication safety issues and black box warnings, clinical pearls that help guide patient care and focus on patient safety.This edition includes 11 new cards, key adult and pediatric immunization vaccines and MP3 audio download with detailed discussion of each drug.

Pros:

• Inexpensive
• Portable
• Can work at your own pace

Cons:

• Promises “detailed” MP3 discussions, but only contains MP3 questions and answers
• Not sufficient as standalone NAPLEX prep resource

2015/2016 Top 100 Nonprescription Drug Cards

Rating: 2

Price: $37.50 (Kindle); $35-45 (paperback)

Summary: Learn essential information about the 100 most popular over-the-counter medications and herbal supplements commonly sold in U.S. pharmacies.

Features: Each full-color card includes an illustration, clinical pearls, and tables and text detailing dosage forms, common self-care indications and dosing, drug characteristics, safety issues, interactions, adverse reactions, triage criteria, self-care monitoring parameters, and key patient counseling points.

Pros:

• Inexpensive
• Portable
• Can work at your own pace

Cons:

• Not sufficient as standalone NAPLEX prep resource

Pharmacy Charts – NAPLEX, CPJE

Rating:  1

Price: $154.51

Summary: The 2016 Edition Pharmacy Charts organizes vital drug information from various sources, including the FDA-approved package inserts, into charts.

Features:

• 245 page, color-coded book
• Includes the pocket OTC Charts
• 7-day money back guarantee

Pros:

• Well-organized charts
• Good study resource if you don’t have notes

Cons:

• All information can be found in notes from pharmacotherapeutics
• Not sufficient as standalone NAPLEX prep resource
• Only a 7-day money-back guarantee
• Expensive

NAPLEX Flashcard Study System: NAPLEX Test Practice Questions & Exam Review for the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (Cards)

Rating:  1

Price: $35.14 (also available via website)

Summary: Flash cards cover each section of the NAPLEX.

Features:

• Flash cards cover each exam section
• Provides small, easily-digestible bits of information

Pros:

• Inexpensive
• Portable
• Can work at your own pace
• One-year money-back guarantee

Cons:

• Promises “in-depth” review, which is doubtful with flash cards
• Not sufficient as standalone NAPLEX prep resource
• Repetitive

NAPLEX Secrets Study Guide: NAPLEX Test Review for the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination

Rating: 1

Price: $97.86 (Kindle); $85.79-$97.86 (paperback)

Summary: This book provides a comprehensive guide to the NAPLEX, practice test questions and detailed explanations of each answer.

Features:

• A thorough review of the NAPLEX

• A breakdown of assuring safe and effective pharmacotherapy
• A review of assuring safe and accurate preparation
• An analysis of promoting health care information
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

Pros:

• Inexpensive
• Can work at your own pace

Cons:

• Not sufficient as standalone NAPLEX prep resource
• Lacks sufficient detail
• Too focused on test-taking tips
• Could benefit from more practice questions

Pharmacy NAPLEX: Specialty Review and Self-Assessment (StatPearls Review Series)

Rating: 1

Price: $9.95 (Kindle)

Summary: This text contains multiple-choice questions with explanations that are linked to additional online references.

Features:

• 2,000 questions with explanations

Pros:

• Inexpensive
• Can work at your own pace
• Portable

Cons:

• Not sufficient as standalone NAPLEX prep resource
• Few people purchase this and no reviews available

NAPLEX Certification Review (Certification for Pharmacists Book 1)

Rating: 1

Price: $39.95 (Kindle)

Summary: This resource contains 2,000 multiple choice questions.

Features:

• Provides key information to pass the board and certification exam
• All questions have explanations with keywords linked to additional online references
• Correct answer is on the next page after the question with explanations and links to further research the key point(s) covered in each question.

Pros:

• Inexpensive
• Can work at your own pace
• Portable

Cons:

• Not sufficient as standalone NAPLEX prep resource

ProntoPass Solutions

Rating: 1

Price: $2,350 for live program; online resources range from $6-$89; materials from $100-$399

Summary: Uses memory techniques including visual learning, auditory learning, repetition and self-testing.  

Features:

• Live training available
• Online resources available
• Posters and flashcards available

Pros:

• Several methods of learning available (live, online, audio)
• Discount packages available

Cons:

• Extremely gimmicky, infomercial-style website
• Live training requires travel to Ohio and long time commitment
• Little information on actual benefits of product available online
• Live training promo mentions sitting at someone’s kitchen table – sketchy

So there you have it. But, it’s not just what I think that matters. What is most important is finding the resources (or combination of resources) that work best for you and fit in with your preparation plan, lifestyle and educational needs. Happy studying!