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NCLEX-RN practice questions and rationales

Practice the questions.
Learn the why.

NurseStudy Prep includes 1,800 nursing practice questions, including 1,300 Medical-Surgical Nursing questions. Every question includes an RN-written rationale to help you understand the answer—not just memorize a letter.

Start with 2 days free. A payment method is required. Your selected plan begins automatically after 2 days unless you cancel before the trial ends.

  • 1,800practice questions
  • 1,300Medical-Surgical questions
  • 10included courses
  • 2 daysfree before your plan starts

Who creates NurseStudy Prep

Created by a nurse educator.
Written for nursing students.

I’m Anna Curran, RN, BSN, PHN. I created NurseStudy Prep to give nursing students focused practice with clear explanations of the clinical reasoning behind each answer. The lessons and rationales use the same plain language I use when teaching nursing concepts.

RN BSN PHN

What is included

Study by client need.
Then go deeper in med-surg.

Both plans include the complete library: all 1,800 questions, the eight NCLEX client-needs category courses, Medical-Surgical Nursing, and every bonus resource available during your active subscription.

Client needs · 90 questions

Management of Care

Practice prioritization, delegation, care coordination, and client advocacy.

Client needs · 70 questions

Safety and Infection Prevention and Control

Review safe care, infection prevention, emergencies, and precautions.

Client needs · 50 questions

Health Promotion and Maintenance

Practice questions on growth, development, prevention, and teaching.

Client needs · 40 questions

Psychosocial Integrity

Work through therapeutic communication, mental health, coping, and support.

Client needs · 40 questions

Basic Care and Comfort

Review mobility, nutrition, elimination, hygiene, and daily care needs.

Client needs · 80 questions

Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies

Practice medication safety, administration, monitoring, and teaching.

Client needs · 60 questions

Reduction of Risk Potential

Focus on changes in condition, diagnostics, procedures, and complications.

Client needs · 70 questions

Physiological Adaptation

Practice acute and complex care questions across body systems.

Medical-Surgical Nursing

1,300 med-surg questions

Build depth across common conditions, assessments, interventions, complications, and nursing priorities.

1,300 Medical-Surgical questions

The largest course in the library

1,300 med-surg questions, organized by body system.

Build depth in the system that needs the most review instead of shuffling through the entire library. Practice common conditions, assessments, interventions, complications, and nursing priorities.

  • Cardiovascular
  • Respiratory
  • Neurological
  • Gastrointestinal
  • Renal and Urinary
  • Endocrine
  • Hematologic
  • Perioperative Care
  • Fluid and Electrolytes
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Immune
  • Integumentary
  • Sensory

Now live

Sit a full-length exam.
Then see which category let you down.

The Exam Simulator is one timed, 85-question comprehensive review built to the 2026 NCLEX-RN test plan. It is not a shuffle of random questions. Every one of the eight client-needs categories is represented in proportion to the current test plan, so your category results actually mean something.

Format

85 questions, 170 minutes

One question at a time, with a whole-exam timer. Question order and answer order are both randomized, so a retake is never the same exam twice.

Blueprint

Weighted to the 2026 test plan

Fixed category proportions rather than a random draw. Management of Care and Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies carry the most weight, exactly as they do on the real blueprint.

Feedback

A score in all eight categories

Your results break down by client-need category, so remediation has a direction. Every question carries a full rationale explaining why the correct answer is correct and why each other option is wrong.

Practice

Pause and come back

The exam saves your place if you have to stop. A passing mark is set at 75 percent, and you can retake it as often as you want while your access is active.

Where it fits in your study plan

Use it as a checkpoint, not a first step.

Work the client-needs courses and the med-surg body systems first, then sit the comprehensive review to find out what is still soft. The category breakdown tells you which course to go back to. Sit it again a week later and compare. This is a study tool for finding gaps, not a prediction of how you will do on the licensure exam.

Open the Exam Simulator

Simple access

Start free for 2 days.
Choose the time you need.

Both options include the same complete question library. A payment method is required to begin the trial. If you do not cancel before the trial ends, the plan you choose starts automatically.

Monthly

$29per month

For steady practice when you want month-to-month access.

  • 2-day free trial
  • All 1,800 practice questions
  • All available bonus flashcards and study guides
  • All 1,300 Medical-Surgical questions
  • All eight client-needs courses
  • Medical-Surgical Nursing
  • RN-written rationales
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Then $29 per month unless you cancel. No refunds.

Trial and billing details: Your payment method is collected when you start the trial. Cancel before the end of the 2-day trial to avoid the first charge. After that, your plan renews at the stated interval unless you cancel. Payments are nonrefundable.

Before you start

A few straight answers.

Start with 2 days.
See how you study with it.

Get full access to 1,800 practice questions and RN-written rationales. A payment method is required; cancel before the trial ends if you do not want your selected plan to begin.

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