NCLEX Articles & Guides

The Next Generation NCLEX scores items by how they ask you to answer, not by item type. Here are the three partial credit methods and what a wrong pick costs.

The NCLEX ends under one of three published rules. Here are the test-day tips those rules support, the ones they do not, and the pace you have to hold.

NCSBN lets you retake the NCLEX 45 test-free days after your last attempt, up to 8 times a year. Your state board can add remediation, deadlines and lost permits.

The NCLEX is 85 to 150 questions for both the RN and the PN, but only 70 to 135 of them are scored. Here is what your exam is made of, item by item.

The NCLEX runs 85 to 150 items with a five-hour cap, but the average 2025 exam was 103 items in 2 hours 14 minutes. The real numbers behind the limits.

The NCLEX registration fee is $200 and rises to $350 on Feb. 1, 2027. Your state board of nursing bills a separate application fee on top, from $75 to $750.

The 2026 NCLEX-PN test plan converted into question counts: Coordinated Care is about 11 of the 52 content items on an 85-item exam, Physiological Adaptation 5.

NCSBN's 2025 data: 86.7% of first-time, U.S.-educated candidates passed the NCLEX-RN and 86.6% passed the NCLEX-PN. Full rates by candidate type and state.

There is no NCLEX passing score. The standard is an ability level: 0.00 logits on the NCLEX-RN and -0.18 on the NCLEX-PN, both fixed through March 2029.

Three ways to find out if you passed the NCLEX: Quick Results at two business days for $7.95, your board's official notice within six weeks, and the trick.

An NCLEX study guide built from the official 2026 test plan: the eight content areas, what each one covers, and how many real questions each is worth.

A current 2026 guide to the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN exam, including format, fees, scoring, retake rules, registration steps, and a practical study plan.