A nurse hangs IV fluid bags on a pole beside a patient in a hospital bed, cardiac monitor on the wall behind

Nursing

NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN practice in the Next Generation format, with clinical judgment items and rationales built from NCSBN's test plan.

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The NCLEX-RN blueprint, with our questions for each part

The real exam: 85 to 150 questions, 300 minutes

Management of Care7618% of the exam, 76 questions ready Safety and Infection Prevention and Control7713% of the exam, 77 questions ready Health Promotion and Maintenance609% of the exam, 60 questions ready Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies14716% of the exam, 147 questions ready Reduction of Risk Potential11612% of the exam, 116 questions ready Physiological Adaptation16814% of the exam, 168 questions ready

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Each segment is one domain of the real exam, drawn to its weight. The number is how many of our questions are ready for it today: 844 in all.

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NCLEX-RN
The real exam: 85 to 150 questions, 300 minutes
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The real exam: 85 to 150 questions, 300 minutes
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A nurse checks a patient's blood pressure with a cuff at the bedside in a hospital room

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A real NCLEX-RN question with its rationale, the same way every question in the bank is written.

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A patient recently transferred from the correctional system to a medical unit is described by staff as charming and personable, entertaining several nurses with stories, but he becomes verbally abusive and throws an object when a nurse denies his request for an off-unit pass. He shows no evidence of remorse afterward. This presentation is most consistent with:

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