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NCLEX-PN® practice exams
5 timed practice exams of 85 questions each, timed at 5 hours and scored by topic, in the RN PocketPal app.
Practice exams are in the RN PocketPal app and are included with the membership.
The NCLEX-PN is the licensure exam for entry-level practical and vocational nurses, developed by NCSBN. It is a computerized adaptive test of 85 to 150 items with a five-hour limit, built on the 2026 test plan’s eight Client Needs areas. A minimum-length exam includes three six-item case studies that measure clinical judgment, and every exam has 15 unscored pretest items.
Sources: NCSBN, 2026 NCLEX-PN Test Plan (PDF); NCLEX.com, Computerized Adaptive Testing. Checked against NCSBN as of October 29, 2026.
- Practice exams
- 5
- Questions per exam
- 85
- Time limit
- 5 hours
- Question types
- Multiple choice, Select all that apply, Calculation (type the answer), Ordered response, Multiple response, Drag and drop, Drop-down, Highlight, Matrix, Bowtie, Trend
Weighted like the published test plan
Each practice exam follows the topic weighting of the published test plan.
- Coordinated Care21%
- Safety and Infection Prevention and Control13%
- Health Promotion and Maintenance9%
- Psychosocial Integrity12%
- Basic Care and Comfort10%
- Pharmacological Therapies13%
- Reduction of Risk Potential12%
- Physiological Adaptation10%
About the exam
NCLEX-PN test plan
The eight Client Needs areas and their percentage ranges, exam length and time limit.
How the NCLEX decides pass or fail
How adaptive testing picks each question, and the three rules that end the exam. The same for NCLEX-PN.
NCLEX question types
Bow-tie, matrix, select all that apply, drop-down, highlight and trend items, and how each is scored. The same for NCLEX-PN.
Reading your Candidate Performance Report
What the report shows after a failed attempt, and where to start studying again. The same for NCLEX-PN.
How it works
Step 1
Take a timed practice exam in the RN PocketPal app.
Step 2
See your score for each topic.
Step 3
Review the rationale for every question.
Questions
Are these real NCLEX-PN exam questions?
No. They are original practice questions written for RN PocketPal, not questions from the real exam.
Will this tell me whether I’ll pass?
No. You get a score for each topic on practice questions. It doesn’t predict an exam result.
Where do I take them?
In the RN PocketPal app on iPhone and Android. Practice exams are included with the membership.
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NCLEX®, NCLEX-RN® and NCLEX-PN® are registered trademarks of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN®). RN PocketPal is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by NCSBN. These are original practice items written to the published NCLEX-PN Test Plan, and are not real exam questions — the NCLEX item bank is confidential and no practice product has access to it. This is review practice only; it is not the examination and it does not license you. Only your state board of nursing issues a licence, and only NCSBN administers the NCLEX.