Guides
Written for candidates the standard prep industry ignores: nurses retaking after a failure, and nurses trained outside the United States. Every figure is sourced and dated.
For repeat candidates
You failed the NCLEX. What the data says about your second attempt
Repeat NCLEX-RN candidates pass at 52.7% against 86.7% for first-timers. Here is why the gap exists, and what to change before you book again.
8 min read
For repeat candidates
Why capable nurses fail the NCLEX twice
Four failure patterns behind repeat NCLEX attempts: pace, select-all over-selection, misreading stems, and practice conventions. How to tell which is yours.
9 min read
The data
NCLEX pass rates: what the official NCSBN numbers actually say
The headline 86% NCLEX pass rate applies to one group only. The real rates by candidate type and country of education, from NCSBN data.
7 min read
For internationally educated nurses
The US practice conventions that fail internationally educated nurses
Delegation, nurse-initiated action and priority order differ between health systems. These are the conventions that mark experienced nurses wrong on the NCLEX.
10 min read
Exam mechanics
How select-all questions are actually scored on the NCLEX
Next Generation select-all items use plus-minus scoring: each correct option earns a point, each wrong one loses a point. Here is what that does to your score.
6 min read
For repeat candidates
A 45-day NCLEX retake plan that fixes the cause, not the symptom
Most retake plans are just more questions. This one starts with your Candidate Performance Report, isolates the failure pattern, and rebuilds pace last.
8 min read