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Built to the 2026 NCLEX-RN test plan

Pass the NCLEX with a bank that explains itself.

7,927 nurse-written questions across every NGN item type, each with a rationale that explains the reasoning, not just the answer. Study on the web, finish on your phone. Your session moves with you.

Written to the registered nurse scope, so delegation items put you in the RN’s chair.

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85 questions for the RN and the PN. Free, no card. See a sample rationale
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A client is found unresponsive. The monitor shows chaotic waveforms with no identifiable P waves, QRS complexes or T waves, and no pulse is palpable. Complete the diagram by choosing the client's condition, two actions the nurse should take, and two parameters the nurse should monitor.
Each column has its own options. Drag one into a box in that column, or back to its list to remove it.
Actions to take
Actions to take
Actions to take
Potential conditions
Potential condition
Parameters to monitor
Parameters to monitor
Parameters to monitor
Actions to take
Give atropine 1 mg by intravenous push
Begin chest compressions immediately
Prepare for synchronized cardioversion
Administer adenosine by rapid intravenous push
Prepare for immediate defibrillation
Potential conditions
Pulseless electrical activity
Atrial fibrillation
Ventricular fibrillation
Third degree atrioventricular block
Parameters to monitor
Body temperature recorded before the arrest
Serum potassium drawn at admission
Rhythm displayed on the cardiac monitor
Urine output over the previous shift
Return of a palpable pulse
Answer it, then check it.
Live item from the NCLEX-RN bank, not a picture. Answer it, check it, read the rationale.
7,927
Nurse-written questions in the NCLEX-RN general bank
11
Item formats in the bank, every NGN type among them
85–150
Adaptive items in a Predictor sitting, five hours
3
Phone, tablet and computer on one account, nothing to install
Free, no card

The NCLEX Free Readiness Exam

A full sitting, free: the same 85 questions for every candidate, NCLEX-RN or NCLEX-PN, built to the current NCSBN test plan in its own proportions, in every NGN item type the exam uses. It is set at the standard of the exam itself, because a readiness check that flatters you is worthless.

  1. 1Choose RN or PN and sit the exam in the test-center interface.
  2. 2Confirm your email with a six digit code. Your result is emailed to you as well.
  3. 3Get your readiness band straight away, with the section breakdown and a discount code.
Mapped to the NCLEX
Test planThe current NCSBN plan, in its proportions
Length and clock85 questions, the NCLEX minimum; five hours
FormatsEvery NGN item type the exam uses
Clinical judgmentUnfolding case studies on the NCSBN model
InterfaceTest-center layout, secure mode, no going back
ResultReadiness band by section, emailed

Written and reviewed by nurse educators to the NCSBN test plan and its Clinical Judgment Measurement Model. Lumen Nursing is not affiliated with or endorsed by NCSBN.

Question bank

7,927 questions that teach you something when you get them wrong.

Most banks give you a paragraph on the right answer and silence on the other three. Every item here is written by a nurse educator, reviewed by a second one, and carries a rationale for the key and for each distractor.

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7,927
written and reviewed questions
11
item formats, unfolding case studies among them
4
rationales per question, key and every distractor
7,642
NCLEX-PN questions in a separate bank
Ten sections, all of them deep
Adult Health
Medical surgical across every body system, the largest single area
1,676 questions
Pharmacology
Doses, classes, interactions and the nursing considerations that follow them
1,108 questions
Fundamentals
Safety, infection control, mobility, comfort and the basics that carry marks
1,001 questions
Critical Care
Shock, ventilation, arrhythmias and the deteriorating client
904 questions
Prioritization
Who to see first and what to do first, and the ABC and safety rules behind it
717 questions
Pediatrics
Growth, development and the pediatric presentations that differ from adults
553 questions
Maternal and Newborn
Antepartum, labor, postpartum and neonatal transition
546 questions
Leadership and Management
Delegation, assignment, supervision, scope of practice and conflict
517 questions
Mental Health
Therapeutic communication, crisis, substance use and psychopharmacology
466 questions
Nutrition
Diets, lab values and oral hydration, asked the way the exam asks them
439 questions

Every format the NGN can throw at you

Filter by section, subtopic, item type, or the ones you have missed before. On a computer or tablet the drag items really drag, exactly as they do at the test center.

Multiple choiceMultiple responseBow tieMatrix gridDrop down clozeDrag and dropOrdered responseHighlightTrendFill in the blankSix-question case study
What one question gives you

Four rationales, not one

The key, and why
What makes the correct answer correct, in the words a nurse educator would use at the bedside.
Each distractor
Why the other options are wrong, so a near miss teaches you the distinction rather than the letter.
The teaching point
The rule underneath the item, stated once, so it transfers to the next question on the topic.
Safety note
Where an answer would cause harm, said plainly, because that is what the exam is testing.
NCLEX Predictor

Find out where you stand before the board does.

A sealed adaptive sitting run to exam rules, from a reserved pool you have never practiced on. Sit it once, and stop guessing whether you are ready.

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Book a sitting
Choose a date. The pool is reserved, so nothing in it has appeared in your practice.
02
Sit it under exam rules
85–150 adaptive items, five hours, two breaks, no going back.
03
Read the verdict
A readiness band by section, and the order to study in. No invented score.
The sitting
Length85–150 questions, adaptive
Time limit5 hours with 2 breaks
NGN case studies3 sets of 6, 18 items
Item poolReserved, never seen in practice
What the result tells you
Likely to pass
Your sections sit inside the test plan ranges. Keep the routine and book the exam.
Borderline
One or two sections are dragging. The plan names them and what to drill.
Not yet
Broad gaps. You get an order of work rather than a verdict on you.
No score is promised and none is implied. The NCLEX is pass or fail, and so is the honest version of this.
Phone, tablet and computer

One account. Phone, tablet and computer.

Most banks sell you a website and treat the phone as a bonus. Lumen Nursing is built for the browser on all three, with nothing to install: the same 7,927 items, the same nurse-written rationales and the same readiness math on your computer, your tablet and your phone. Your place in a session, your notebook, your flashcard queue and your Predictor booking live on the account, so picking your phone up mid-bus-ride lands you on the exact item you left.

Answers and timing save per item, not per session, so nothing is lost mid-question.
Notebook annotations and flashcard intervals are account-level and identical everywhere.
A Predictor sitting can be booked on one surface and sat on another.
CASE STUDY04:12
Computer
CASE STUDY04:12
Tablet
CASE STUDY04:12
Phone
Plans

One price, the whole bank. No tiers that hide the good items.

Every plan opens the entire bank and every NGN item format. What changes with length is how many Predictor sittings you get and how long the account stays open.

30 days
$39$9.10 a week
Renews monthly · cancel anytime
For a final push before a booked exam date.
Full bank, every item
Every NGN item type
Two Predictor sittings
Phone, tablet and computer
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60 days
$69$8.05 a week
One-time payment · does not renew
A full pass through the bank, then a second look at weak sections.
Everything in 30 days
Three Predictor sittings
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90 daysMost popular
$89$6.92 a week
One-time payment · does not renew
Covers a normal study run from first pass to exam day.
Everything in 60 days
Unlimited Predictor sittings*
Spaced repetition flashcards
Notebook with export
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180 days
$129$5.02 a week
One-time payment · does not renew
If you are retaking, or starting early alongside classes.
Everything in 90 days
Section remediation plans
Priority item review
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Questions

What students ask before they buy

Is the content built for the 2026 test plan?

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Yes. Every item carries a client needs category and a clinical judgment step, and the bank is held inside the percentage ranges published in the NCLEX test plan effective April 2026, including the renamed Safety and infection prevention and control category.

Can I really move between my phone and my laptop mid-session?

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What happens if a question or rationale is wrong?

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Do you predict whether I will pass?

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Start with the free readiness exam.

Eighty-five questions, no card, your readiness band by email. If it tells you something you did not know, the bank is here.

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