Tutorial tracks
Read in order, or jump to what you need. Each track takes about 10–15 minutes.
1. How to study for the NCLEX
What the CAT format means for you (85–150 items, no going back, every item must be answered), where the points live across the eight Client Needs areas, and why active recall plus spaced repetition beat re-reading — with a link into Study mode.
2. NGN item-type walkthroughs
Bow-tie, trend, cloze, and select-all-that-apply — each with an original worked example (labeled as teaching examples, never real NCLEX items), a step-by-step approach, and the traps students fall into most.
3. Test-taking strategies
Prioritization frameworks (ABCs, Maslow, ADPIE), RN/LPN/UAP delegation rules, SATA tactics, pacing a 5-hour CAT, and what to do when you're stuck between two answers.
Guided study plans
Nick coaches these plans with you. Each week maps to the eight Client Needs areas, with daily targets, practice volumes, review days, and milestone self-assessments. If Study mode shows a weak topic, Nick re-weights the week around it — the plans explain how that loop works.
4-week plan — the sprint
For students testing within a month. Heavy weeks, daily practice blocks, review days every seventh day, and timed milestone exams at weeks 2 and 4.
8-week plan — the build
For students who want depth. Two weeks per content family, an NGN bootcamp week, a full review week, and a 150-item capstone before a final taper.
Put it into practice. Tutorials teach; practice makes it stick. Run your daily Study mode session, drill ten-card rounds in Quick flashcards, and sit timed blocks in Take an exam. When anything confuses you, the Ask Nick button (bottom of the page) opens Nick, the SI Nursing assistant — paste him your question or your plan check-in.
A note on sources
Exam facts on these pages come from the NCSBN 2026 NCLEX-RN Test Plan (effective April 1, 2026) and NCSBN's published materials on the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model and NGN scoring. Confirm which edition covers your test date at ncsbn.org/nclex. Study-method claims cite the research by name. Everything else — the plans, the routines, the strategic advice — is our synthesis, labeled "Our read:". We never reproduce real NCLEX items or long copyrighted passages.