Understanding NCLEX-PN® Changes for 2017

If you’re a PN student planning to take the NCLEX-PN this year, there’s a test plan change from The National Council of State Boards of Nursing that you should know about. Client-needs category questions have changed, and this table tells you which types of questions appear most on the 2017 exam versus the 2014 exam.
 

Client Needs	Percentage 2014	Percentage 2017
Coordinated Care	16–22%	18–24%
Safety & Infection Control	10–16%	10–16%
Health Promotion & Maintenance	7–13%	6–12%
Psychosocial Integrity	8–14%	9–15%
Basic Care & Comfort	7–13%	7–13%
Pharmacological Therapies	11–17%	10–16%
Reduction of Risk Potential	10–16%	9–15%
Physiological Adaptation	7–13%	7–13%

 

In preparation for these NCLEX-PN changes, Kaplan Nursing will be revising the NCLEX-PN review course in the following ways:

• Updating all Kaplan study materials
• Adding resources for even more practice and review
  • Challenge questions for the review course sessions
  • Three Question Trainers of various lengths and level of difficulty, organized from easy to difficult and from shorter to longer
    • Question Trainer 1: 50-item test added in the initial release
    • Question Trainer 2: 85-item test added in the initial release
    • Question Trainer 3: 205-item test added as follow-up later this spring

• Adding prescriptive information to the final review course session
  • Review course faculty will assist you with planning your continued preparation after you complete the review class
• Increasing engagement with the addition of 300+ newly recorded content videos

 
For more information on how Kaplan can help you master the new version of the NCLEX-PN, visit www.kaptest.com/nursing.

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