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
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.
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
Then $29 per month unless you cancel. No refunds.
3-month access
Three months
$80every 3 months
For a longer stretch of focused preparation.
- 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
Then $80 every 3 months 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.
Both plans include all 1,800 practice questions, including 1,300 Medical-Surgical Nursing questions, the eight NCLEX client-needs category courses, Medical-Surgical Nursing, RN-written rationales, and every bonus flashcard or study guide available during your active subscription. Bonus resources may be added over time and are not promised on a fixed schedule.
Choose a plan and enter a payment method to begin. You can use NurseStudy Prep for 2 days at no charge. If you do not cancel before the trial ends, your selected plan starts automatically.
Yes. Cancel before the 2-day trial ends to avoid the first charge. After your plan begins, cancel before the next renewal to prevent another renewal charge.
Payments are nonrefundable. Please use the 2-day trial to decide whether NurseStudy Prep is right for you before your selected plan begins.
The rationales explain why the best answer fits the question and why the other options are not the best choice for that situation. They are written by RNs for nursing students who want to understand the reasoning.
No. NurseStudy Prep is a practice and review resource. Your exam result depends on many things, including your preparation, clinical judgment, and test-day performance.
No. These are original practice questions. NurseStudy Prep is not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
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