NCLEX-RN®
Everything for the NCLEX-RN®, in one place.
A video review course, full-length practice exams in the Next Generation formats, a diagnostic and study plan, and free printable cheat sheets.
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The NCLEX-RN is the licensure exam for entry-level registered 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-RN Test Plan (PDF); NCLEX.com, Computerized Adaptive Testing. Checked against NCSBN as of October 29, 2026.
The NCLEX-RN® course
Comprehensive Review and Strategy for the NCLEX-RN® Exam
- Short video lessons across the 2026 NCLEX-RN test plan
- Section quizzes to check what stuck
- Six full-length practice exams in the Next Generation formats
- Smart Drill: practice that gets harder or easier as you answer
- A diagnostic and a day-by-day study plan
Lessons are checked by AI against current guidelines, with spot-checks by a registered nurse.
See what’s in the course →What you get
Six full-length practice exams
Timed exams in the Next Generation formats: bowtie, matrix, drop-down, highlight, trend, drag-and-drop and select-all, with a rationale for every answer. Synced with the app.
Open your practice exams →Start with a diagnostic
About 40 questions in about 45 minutes. Your results set your lesson order and what Smart Drill works on first. It doesn’t predict whether you’ll pass.
Take the diagnostic →A day-by-day study plan
Set your NCLEX date and get a plan to it, day by day.
Make your plan →50 free cheat sheets
Printable two-page sheets built from the course lessons. Checked by AI against current guidelines, with spot-checks by a registered nurse.
Browse the cheat sheets →Question of the day
Daily NCLEX practice with a rationale for every answer.
Get the daily question →Free practice questions
Try NCLEX-style questions in the Next Generation formats, free, with the rationale for every answer.
Try free questions →
About the exam
NCLEX-RN 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.
NCLEX question types
Bow-tie, matrix, select all that apply, drop-down, highlight and trend items, and how each is scored.
Reading your Candidate Performance Report
What the report shows after a failed attempt, and where to start studying again.
Study guides
How the NCLEX is scored
Pass or fail, adaptive testing, partial credit and how results arrive, from NCSBN.
NCLEX study plan (free PDF)
Printable 4, 8 and 12-week plans built on the 2026 test plan.
Built around your results
Smart Drill gets harder or easier as you answer
Questions get harder or easier based on your answers, so practice stays at the edge of what you know.
Free cheat sheets
Printable two-page sheets built from the course lessons, one per topic.
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. The course teaches to the published 2026 NCLEX-RN Test Plan with original practice items; it contains no real exam questions and does not guarantee a result.