NCLEX-RN Core Review

  • 30 lessons
  • 8 modules
  • 7h of reading
  • intermediate
NCLEX-RN Core Review

A structured review of the NCLEX-RN test plan, module by module, following the exam's own eight Client Needs subcategories in the order they're weighted -- from Management of Care (the largest single category) through Physiological Adaptation. Each module pairs the test-plan framework with the clinical content that actually trips candidates up: prioritization and delegation, isolation precautions, high-alert medications, lab value interpretation, and acid-base analysis. Every fact is sourced against current references, with honest notes wherever the evidence didn't support a specific number. Included with a Study Plan subscription.

Management of Care (15–21% of the RN Exam)

  • What "Management of Care" Covers on the Exam
  • Prioritization: How to Decide What Comes First
  • Delegation vs. Assignment — the Difference That Actually Matters
  • Putting It Together: A Prioritization Practice Walkthrough

Safety and Infection Prevention and Control (10–16% of the RN Exam)

  • Standard Precautions: The Foundation for Every Patient
  • Droplet vs. Airborne vs. Contact: Knowing Which Precaution Applies
  • The "3 Feet vs. 6 Feet" Question, Answered Honestly
  • N95s, AIIRs, and When Airborne Precautions Kick In

Health Promotion and Maintenance (6–12% of the RN Exam)

  • Newborn Assessment: The APGAR Score
  • Health Promotion Basics: The Screening and Prevention Mindset
  • Maternal Considerations Across Pregnancy

Psychosocial Integrity (6–12% of the RN Exam)

  • Therapeutic Communication: The Skills the Exam Rewards
  • Antipsychotic Safety and Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
  • Serotonin Syndrome and How to Tell It Apart From NMS
  • Crisis, Coping, and Safety Assessment

Basic Care and Comfort (6–12% of the RN Exam)

  • Comfort, Mobility, and Activities of Daily Living
  • Pain Assessment Principles
  • Nutrition and Elimination Basics

Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies (13–19% of the RN Exam)

  • Anticoagulants: Heparin and Warfarin
  • Digoxin: The Narrow-Window Drug
  • Opioids and Sedatives: Reversal Agents and Their Limits
  • High-Alert Antibiotics: Vancomycin and Aminoglycosides
  • Cardiac and Anti-Inflammatory Medication Safety

Reduction of Risk Potential (9–15% of the RN Exam)

  • Reading a Basic Metabolic Panel, With Units
  • Coagulation and Drug-Level Labs
  • Electrolyte Imbalances and Their ECG Signatures
  • A Framework for Catching Complications Early

Physiological Adaptation (11–17% of the RN Exam)

  • Acid-Base Balance: The Four-Step Read
  • ABG Values and Practice Reads
  • Multisystem Complications and When to Escalate

Your Instructor

NCLEX Buddy

Original lesson content from the NCLEX Buddy team, built module by module around the current NCLEX-RN test plan and cross-checked against clinical references -- never republished from any third-party lecture series.