Twelve quick questions about your prep so far. We weight the responses against the patterns seen in students who pass on the first attempt and give you an honest estimate. Not a guarantee — but more useful than a guess.
1. How many NCLEX-style practice questions have you completed?
2. Do you review the rationale for every question, including the ones you got right?
3. How many NGN case studies have you done?
4. What's your most recent 75-question practice exam score?
5. Have you identified your 2–3 weakest content categories?
6. How confident are you with NCLEX pharmacology?
7. How confident are you with prioritization and delegation questions?
8. How many hours of sleep do you average?
9. When you imagine test day, how do you feel?
10. How long has it been since you graduated nursing school?
11. Do you have a written or app-based study plan you actually follow?
12. Have you completed at least one timed 75-question simulated exam?
Answer all 12 questions to see your readiness score.
The 12 factors weighted in this tool are drawn from published research on NCLEX-RN first-attempt pass rates: question volume, rationale review habits, NGN exposure, weakness-targeting, sleep, simulated full-length exams, and the gap between graduation and test date. None of these are individually decisive, but together they predict readiness better than any single score.
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