Insights and articles
Articles, updates and deep dives into healthcare education, exam preparation and study skills.
- Is the NCLEX Really That Hard? A Realistic Look at the NCLEX Difficulty: Yes, but predictably so. The NCLEX is adaptive, scored in logits rather than percentages, and runs 85 to 150 questions. Here is what actually makes it hard.
- Pearson VUE Trick for NCLEX: Does It Work?: The Pearson VUE Trick is an unofficial way to predict your NCLEX result. See how it works, what each pop-up means, and how to confirm your result.
- How NCLEX Computer Adaptive Testing Works: The 3 Stopping Rules: How the NCLEX algorithm picks each question, what a logit measures, and the only three rules that can end your exam. Plus what stopping at 85 really means.
- NCLEX Shut Off at 85 Questions: Did I Pass?: An NCLEX that stops at 85 questions can be a pass or a fail. The number alone does not tell you. Here is what it means.
- PEBC Exam Changes: The New Route for International Pharmacists: From January 2027, international pharmacists skip the Evaluating Exam and go straight to the Qualifying Exam. Here is the new route.
- 20 Active Learning Activities for Nursing Students: Games and VR: Twenty low-prep nursing class activities: games, SBAR role-play, VR simulation, skills stations and wellness exercises. Includes a simulation grading rubric.
- How to Answer NCLEX Prioritization Questions: 4 Frameworks: The four filters that decide which patient you see first on the NCLEX: ABCs, Maslow, ADPIE and acute over chronic. With five worked examples and rationales.