NCLEX Study Plan

UWorld –
 2127 questions
 8 subjects
o Adult health (710)
o Child health (227)
o Critical care (66)
o Fundamentals (324)
o Leadership and Management (260)
o Maternal & Newborn health (147)
o Mental health (114)
o Pharmacology (279)
 2 self-assessments (both 75 questions, timed)
o Test 1
o Test 2

Saunders Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN Examination

 20 Units (with 72 chapters)
1. NCLEX-RN Exam Preparation (4 chapters)
2. Professional Standards in Nursing (3 chapters)
3. Nursing Sciences (7 chapters)
4. Fundamentals of Care (6 chapters)
5. Growth and Development Across the Life Span (3 chapters)
6. Maternity Nursing (9 chapters)
7. Pediatric Nursing (13 chapters)
8. Integumentary Disorders of the Adult Client (2 chapters)
9. Hematological and Oncological Disorders of the Adult Client (2 chapters)
10. Endocrine Disorders of the Adult Client (2 chapters)
11. Gastrointestinal Disorders of the Adult Client (2 chapters)
12. Respiratory Disorders of the Adult Client (2 chapters)
13. Cardiovascular Disorders of the Adult Client (2 chapters)
14. Renal and Urinary Disorders of the Adult Client (2 chapters)
15. Eye and Ear Disorders of the Adult Client (2 chapters)
16. Neurological Disorders of the Adult Client (2 chapters)
17. Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Adult Client (2 chapters)
18. Immune Disorders of the Adult Client (2 chapters)
19. Mental Health Disorders of the Adult Client (2 chapters)
20. Comprehensive Test
 Broken Into Parts
1. NCLEX Prep (Unit 1)
2. Fundamentals (Units 2, 3, 4, 5)
3. Maternity (Unit 6)
4. Pediatrics (Unit 7)
5. Adult (Units 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
6. Mental Health (Unit 19)
 7. Comprehensive Test
 Pre-test
 75 questions
 Creates study calendar
 Questions
 Post-test
 75 questions to evaluate progress

Things to go over: (Make flashcards)

- Cranial nerves
- Electrolytes imbalances
- Normal lab values
- ABGs (how to interpret)
- RAAS (+where meds work)
- Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
- Erikson Psychosocial Development
- Developmental Milestones
- Immunization Schedule
- Pharm – word suffix!
- Antidotes for medications
- Arrythmias (EKG)
- Types of shock (s/s and tx)
- Insulins
- Types of precautions
- Fluids – types and what they are used for
- Herbal supplements
 Time Schedule (6 hours per day total)
Review 1 hour Review 1 hour
Break ½ hour Break ½ hour
Questions 1 hour Questions 1 hour
Break ½ hour Break ½ hour

Look over “NCLEX Study Guide” Use “Weekly Tips” for each corresponding
section
NCLEX-Study-Guide
.pdf Weekly Tips from
ATI.docx

Look over “”2016 RN Test Plan Candidate” Read “16 strategies for passing the NCLEX”

2016_RN_Test_Plan_ 16_Strategies_for_P
candidate.pdf assing_the_NCLEX.pdf
Goal = 2200 questions Uworld/4 weeks (28 days) = 550/week (78/day)
2133 questions total
S=Saunders
U=UWorld
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday TOTAL
Answered
August 22 23 24 25

Bought UWorld S – Pre-test (75

Created study questions)
plan S – Ch. 1, 2, 3, 4
0

26 27 28 29 30 31 September 1

S – Ch. 5, U – 10 Fund U = 15 Neuro U = 25 U = 10 Crit. Care 10 lead/manage 205

U – 50 15 Pharm GI/Nutrition 20 Lead/Manage
Fundamentals 15 Mental Hlth 5 Vision/Aud
10 Leadership 10 Pharm
10 Mat/NB
2 3 4 5 6 7 8

U = 10 cardio; 10 5 adult 10 pharm; 10 130

mat/nb; 20 (immune); 20 urinary/renal; 10
fundamentals; pharm; 15 cards mental health;
20 mat/nb

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

10 reproductive; 15 GI; 10 25 leadership; 20 mental hlth; 350

25 adt cardio; 15 heme/onc; 25 20 pharm; 10 adt 20 peds; 20
pharm; 15 fundamentals; ID; 20 peds; 25 fundamentals;
ldrshp; 20 peds 15 mat/nb fundamentals 15 cardio; 15
endocrine; 10
crit care

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

20 ldrshp; 20 15 pharm; 20 GI; 20 40 pharm; 20 15 respiratory; 20 peds; 25 410

fund; 10 adt 10 crit care; 15 fundamentals; maternal/nb; 20 15 urinary/renal; leadership; 10
integumentary; mental hth; 20 peds; 15 resp; musculoskeletal; 20 fundamental; reproductive; 25
20 peds; 15 leadership; fundamentals;

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

15 cardio; 20 20 pharm; 20 20 leadership; 20 pharm; 20 20 pharm; 20 20 leadership;

pharm; 15 leadership; 10 10 critical care; peds; 20 cardio; peds; 10 10 heme/onc; 15
mat/nb; 20 peds; 15 neuro; 20 adt resp; 15 15 GI; 15 neuro; endocrine; 20 respiratory; 20
leadership; 15 endocrine; 15 mental hth; 15 20 fundamental; leadership; 15 peds; 10 mental
fundamentals; mat/nb; 10 musculoskel; mental hth; hth;
10 ID; 15mat/nb;

30 October 1 2 3 4 5 6

20 pharm; 15 20 peds; 20 20
crit care; 17 pharm; 20 fundamentals; NCLEX
mental hlth; 20 mat/nb; 20
fundamentals; cardio; 20 neuro; 11AM
20 leadership; 7
visual/aud; 12
reproductive;

1800 left as of 9/10/2018

3 weeks left (21 days)
1800 questions / 21 days = 85 questions/day; 600/week
9/10 - 22 days left – 1700 questions left
9/12 – 20 days left – 1541 questions left
1112 left 9/21 – 10 days left = 111 questions per day!