NCLEX, ACLS, PALS, BLS. Practice in 5-minute blocks.
Bundled bank of practice questions + AI-generated questions when you've exhausted the bundle, spaced repetition for misses, daily challenge streak, topic mastery dashboard. Educational study tool — not an exam pass-prediction.
Studying for the NCLEX (or your next cert) means stacking another subscription onto Kaplan, UWorld, ATI, or whatever your school pushed. Most of those run $30-60/month and are designed for students with hours to spend in study sessions. The shift-working nurse studying for CMSRN doesn’t have hours; she has 12 minutes on a smoke break.
Practice & Cert was designed by the nursing-education advisor on the clinical team. Bundled question bank for offline practice; the AI fills in unlimited practice when you’ve exhausted the bundle. Spaced repetition for the ones you miss. Daily challenge for streak-building. Topic mastery so you know what to drill next.
What RN PocketPal does
- Resuscitation banks, written to the 2025 Guidelines. ACLS, PALS and BLS, authored against the 2025 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC — including the reversals that catch experienced nurses out, such as IV access before IO. Every item carries a full rationale and was reviewed twice before release.
- Licensure and specialty exams. NCLEX-RN · NCLEX-PN · CNA · CMSRN · CCRN · CEN · RNC-OB · CPN · PMHNP · FNP · CRNA. More arrive in updates.
- Bundled bank + AI fill. Hand-authored question bank works offline; once you’ve exhausted a topic, the AI generates new questions on demand.
- Spaced repetition. Missed questions surface again at calibrated intervals (1d, 3d, 7d, 14d) so they actually stick.
- Daily challenge + streak. One short timed session per day. Builds the habit; pays Care Coins for the 7-day streak.
- Topic mastery dashboard. See where you’re strong (cardiac, pharmacology) and where you’re weak (endocrine, ethics). Auto-quizzes weak topics.
- AI “why I missed this” coach. For each miss, the AI explains the rationale + the cognitive trap. The clinical team reviewed the prompt so the explanations are bedside-grounded.
- Timed exam mode. Simulate the actual exam timing for full-length practice runs.
Who it’s for
Pre-NCLEX students at every program level, RNs studying for specialty certifications (CMSRN, CCRN, CEN, RNC-OB, CPN), APRNs prepping for the FNP / PMHNP boards, and CRNA students. Educational study tool — not an exam pass-prediction.
Web study loop
Daily practice check-in
Browser-safe habit tracker for quick study blocks. Full question sessions stay in the native app until the reviewed bank is exported for web.
Today
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Today’s prompt
Review one missed question and write the rule you forgot.
Frequently asked questions
- Are the ACLS, PALS and BLS questions current?
- They are written against the 2025 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC, including the changes that reversed earlier guidance — IV access before IO, the withdrawal of the two-finger infant technique, and the infant choking sequence of 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts. Practising these banks is study, not certification: only an AHA-authorised training centre can certify you.
- Will this guarantee I pass?
- No. No app can. Practice & Cert is an educational study aid; pass rates depend on your foundation, study hours, and the specific exam blueprint changes year to year.
- Is the question bank reviewed by nurses?
- The bundled bank is hand-authored and reviewed by the clinical team's nursing-education advisor. AI-generated questions are reviewed in batches as they're flagged by user feedback; we re-roll any that pattern-fail.
- How does it compare to Kaplan / UWorld / ATI?
- Different shape. Those are designed for long study sessions with structured curriculum. Practice & Cert is designed for working nurses doing 5-15 minute drills between shifts. The two complement; for a pre-NCLEX program student, you probably want one of the big ones for the curriculum and Practice & Cert for the spaced repetition between sessions.
- Does it work offline?
- The bundled bank + spaced repetition work offline. AI question generation + the "why I missed this" coach need connectivity.
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