Study guides for EMS, fire, flight, nursing, and NHA exams
Plain-language guides to how certification exams work: item counts, time limits, scoring, retake rules, and eligibility, checked against the NREMT, TCFP, IBSC, NCSBN, and NHA. Each guide lists its sources and the date it was last reviewed.
EMS
How the NREMT exam works
Item counts, time limits, and how computer-adaptive testing decides when the NREMT exam ends, for EMR, EMT, AEMT, and Paramedic candidates.
Read guide →NREMT retake policy: attempts, waiting periods, and remediation
Failed the NREMT? How many attempts you get, the 15-day wait, remedial credits after three failures, and how to use the time before your retest.
Read guide →EMT, AEMT, and paramedic: how the levels differ
What EMTs, AEMTs, and paramedics can do under the national scope of practice, the prerequisites for each, and how each NREMT exam is built.
Read guide →Fire
TCFP firefighter certification exam guide
Four sections, 70% on each, one retest within 180 days. How the Texas Basic Structure Fire Suppression exam works and how to get ready for it.
Read guide →Firefighter I vs Firefighter II: what changes on the TCFP exam
Firefighter II isn't a harder Firefighter I. It adds new duties like command transfer, Class B and gas fires, extrication, and prevention work.
Read guide →HazMat Awareness vs Operations: what each level covers on the TCFP exam
Awareness recognizes the problem and calls for help. Operations takes defensive action to protect people nearby. What TCFP tests at each level.
Read guide →Flight & Critical Care
IBSC FP-C exam guide: format, scoring, and how to prepare
How the IBSC FP-C exam works: 135 questions, 2.5 hours, the passing score, the nine content domains, retakes, and a study plan you can start this week.
Read guide →FP-C eligibility requirements: who can sit the IBSC exam
What IBSC requires to sit the FP-C (a current, unrestricted paramedic license) and what it only recommends, such as three years of transport experience.
Read guide →FP-C recertification: renewing by CE or by retest
How IBSC FP-C renewal works: the four-year cycle, 100 CE hours with a 16-hour review course, what doesn't count, deadlines, and when retesting makes sense.
Read guide →Nursing
How the NCLEX-RN exam works
Item counts, the five-hour limit, the three stopping rules, NGN case studies and the 2026 test plan, checked against NCSBN's own pages.
Read guide →How the NCLEX-RN passing standard works
Why the NCLEX-RN has no percentage score, what 0.00 logits means, how pass or fail gets decided and how partial credit counts.
Read guide →NCLEX-RN retake policy and the 45-day rule
The 45-day wait, the eight-a-year limit, state board rules, retake fees and how to study from your Candidate Performance Report.
Read guide →Allied Health
NHA certification exam guide: format, scoring, and eligibility
CCMA and CPT question counts, time limits, the 390 passing score, eligibility pathways, retakes, and renewal, checked against NHA's 2026 handbook.
Read guide →NHA exam results: when they post and what happens next
Preliminary vs. final NHA score reports, the 48-hour window, pilot scoring delays, and what to do next whether you passed or not.
Read guide →Medical assistant certifications compared: CCMA, CMA, RMA, and NCMA
Eligibility, exam length, passing scores, retakes, and renewal for the CCMA, CMA (AAMA), RMA, and NCMA, checked against each certifying body's pages.
Read guide →Drone
How the FAA Part 107 test works: 60 questions, 120 minutes, 70 percent
Format, passing score, the five knowledge areas and their September 2025 weights, eligibility, scheduling through IACRA and PSI, and what happens after you pass.
Read guide →Part 107 versus the recreational rule: which one you need
The line between a recreational flight under 49 U.S.C. 44809 and a Part 107 operation, what the TRUST test covers, and how the two rule sets differ on altitude, airspace, registration, night, and flying over people.
Read guide →Remote ID explained: standard, broadcast module, FRIA
The three ways to meet 14 CFR Part 89, what each requires before and during flight, the 16 September 2023 compliance date, how Remote ID connects to flying over people, and registration marking.
Read guide →Study skills
Build a study routine you can repeat around shift work
Short sessions, one clear job each time, and spaced practice questions. A study routine that still works on 24-hour shifts and nights.
Read guide →What to do after a missed practice question
Find out why you missed it, learn the reasoning from the rationale, and retry the topic after a gap so the fix holds up on exam day.
Read guide →Use flashcards without making more work
Fewer, better cards. Build them from your misses, answer before you flip, review only what's due, and keep each card until you recall it on separate days.
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