NCLEX-RN stands for National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurse. Entry into the practice of nursing in the United States and its territories is regulated by the licensing authorities within each jurisdiction. The NCLEX RN examination is different than a traditional “pencil-and-paper” examination. The NCLEX examination uses Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) to administer the items.

There are three sections to the NCLEX RN examination:

• A tutorial at the beginning which helps the candidates to understand the various types of question patterns which might appear for the exam.
• The exam which is a Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) with a minimum number of 75 and a maximum number of 265 questions and 6 hour time duration.
• A customer service survey that concludes the examination session.

After the tutorial, the examination is presented to the candidate. The candidate will continue to answer questions until a result is reached or the total time for the exam is exceeded (6 hours for the NCLEX-RN exam). The survey at the end of the examination is optional, but it is encouraged that candidates complete this for a feedback on their examination experience.

The NCLEX examination is a multiple choice exam which uses an interactive system called Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) to gauge the candidate’s level of competence.

RN candidates will answer a minimum of 75 questions. Once the candidate has answered the minimum number of questions, the computer will attempt to access the level of competence. If the candidate is clearly above the passing standard at this time, he/she would pass; likewise, if the candidate is clearly below the standard he/she would fail. If the candidate is too close to the standard to allow a definitive result to be determined, he/she would continue to answer questions until a final assessment can be made. RN candidates may take a maximum of 265 questions.

The candidate will have 6 hours to complete the exam. This includes the time set aside for the introductory computer tutorial and for two 10-minute breaks.

It’s a common myth. If a candidate gets the minimum number of questions that doesn’t mean they have passed the exam. It means that only 75 questions were required to determine whether candidate is above or below the passing standard.

Items are administered following the principles of computer adaptive testing (CAT). Candidates are NOT randomly selected to receive a designated number of examination items. As a candidate takes the examination, questions are selected based on the candidate's response to previous questions. Testing stops when it can be determined with 95% confidence that a candidate's performance is either above or below the passing standard, regardless of the number of items answered or the amount of testing time elapsed.

When time runs out, the computer reviews the candidate's answers to the last 60 questions and calculates competency to determine the pass or fail result. This does not mean you must answer the last 60 questions correctly to pass. It means you must achieve a competency level above the passing standard in order to be successful at passing.

Approximately one month after taking the examination, the candidate will receive written results by mail, but online results can be availed within three working days through Pearson Vue.

The countries and non-member board territory that currently administer the NCLEX Examinations are Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico and Taiwan.

Yes. The test specifications and passing standards are the same for all NCLEX examinations. The international test centers are required to meet the same security and test administration requirements as domestic test centers.

Each member board jurisdiction (state) uses the NCLEX examination. There is no difference across jurisdictions—the same passing standard applies to all candidates from all jurisdictions.

The NCLEX examination is administered by Pearson VUE, at over 200 Pearson Professional Centers located in the U.S., and in 18 international locations. Pearson VUE has been NCSBN’s test vendor since October 2002.

FIOL has indigenously designed and developed online preparatory program for NCLEX. Nclex RN Preparatory Program would benefit Registered Nurses from all over the world. The whole program comprises of 3 sections tutorials, practice test and mock tests. The content is presented in a simple and understandable language. Both practice test and mock test contain, multiple choice, select all that apply, fill in the blanks, questions with pictures and other alternative type questions. This product caters the needs of the nurses from various levels by providing tutorials as well as tests and makes this a unique product.

The tutorial program is developed after extensive research work done by various health care professionals. The content in the tutorial are NCLEX RN oriented as well as relevant. It is been reviewed by renowned editors and trainers from the industry. Tutorial consists of 5 main categories Medical Surgical Nursing, Child Health Nursing, Mental Health Nursing, Maternal and Newborn Nursing and Nursing Science and Fundamental Skills.

An international nurse/ foreign nurse would face an initial difficulty to study for the NCLEX RN exam due to the differences in the practice of nursing and the various syllabuses used while taking up their degree or diploma. This program would be a bridging program for those nurses who would like to pursue their career in US.

Nclex RN Preparatory Program would benefit an entry level or an experienced foreign nurse from any part of the world to understand or revise the basics because all the topics are explained in a simple and understandable language. An audio inscription with each topic provides the benefit of classroom teaching. Each topic under the tutorials is explained with animations, graphics and images which help the candidate to understand and memorize this instantly.

A demonstration of one of the subtopics is been shown in the FIOL website http://www.fiol.in. Go to the PROGRAMS in the menu bar and click NCLEX. You will be able to view the demonstration if you click on the DEMO in the right hand side menu.

The practice test comprises of less number of high difficulty level questions and helps the candidate to build a base before moving towards a NCLEX RN like question pattern.

The practice test gives an opportunity to take up any number of attempts. Each attempt gives a different 50 questions from the previous attempt. This also comprises questions from all the sections which help the candidate to practice the questions from all the sections in each attempt.

The grading system and feedback system guides the candidate how to proceed after each test. Sometimes candidates would be asked to take up more practice test or sometimes the candidates would be allowed to take up mock tests. However, candidates can evaluate themselves with the help of the reporting system which keep tracks of all the marks scored in each and every attempt and test and thus decide to take up more practice test or start mock test.

Mock test is designed based on 2010 NCLEX RN test plan published by NCSBN. The number of questions selected from each category is strictly based on this plan and candidate would get a chance of taking up a mock NCLEX RN exam. This boosts the candidate’s confidence as well as reduces the anxiety while taking up the RN exam. The number of high difficulty level questions is more in mock tests.

The total number of questions in each Mock Test is 120 questions and only 3 attempts are allowed each time. It only allows moving to the next mock test if the candidate scores above the passing standard. Since only 3 attempts are allowed candidates should be well prepared before taking up the mock test. Grading, feedback and reporting structure guides the candidate to take up more practice tests or continue with the mock tests .

Readiness test determines or helps to determine if the candidate is ready to take up the NCLEX RN exam. The candidate could either expect a pass result or fail result. The candidate passes the exam if they are above the passing standard. Candidate is expected to take up readiness test when they are confident of taking up the NCLEX exam.

Candidate could contact the mentor by email and clarify the subject related doubts or queries.

The entire online program is valid for a period of 3 months, commencing from the day a candidate completes the entire enrollment process.

The candidate can review the topics any number of times within the stipulated time limit.

The candidate pays a sum of $250 to avail this program.

This program provides 100% guidance to get trained & prepare the candidate to appear for the examination.

If the candidate wishes to discontinue with the online program at any point of time during the training, the sum of $ 250 will not be refunded to the candidate.