How the papers are built: question counts, timings, open and closed book, and what the marking actually rewards.
NCLEX items with more than one scoring key can use partial credit. The scoring method depends on the item, so a partly correct response does not always earn points in the same way.
Exam guideThe NCLEX-RN has 85 to 150 items and allows up to five hours. Your exam length depends on the adaptive testing rules; the number of questions is not a result.
Exam guideNo. Stopping at 85 questions can happen with a pass or a fail. The question count alone does not reveal your NCLEX result.
Exam guideThe 2026 NCLEX-RN tests entry-level nursing decisions across eight Client Needs areas, with clinical judgment woven through the exam. Its test plan applies from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029.
Exam guideThe Body of Knowledge tells you what is examinable. It does not tell you how much each area is worth, which is the question everyone actually wants answered.
PracticeMost people fail the calculations and the judgement questions, not the recall. Here is what the real ones look like, and ten you can sit right now.
Exam guideAbout 5 hours 6 minutes of assessment per paper, split into two sessions, with FLK1 and FLK2 sat on separate days. Here is the full timetable and what it means per question.
Exam guideThe number is easy. What it means for your marking, your pacing and how thinly the subjects are spread is the part worth reading.
Exam guideYes, and the reasons are specific rather than vague. Here is what makes SQE1 hard, who finds it hardest, and what the pass rate does and does not tell you.
Exam guideTwo papers, 360 questions, thirteen subjects and about 102 seconds each. Here is exactly how the SQE1 exam is built, and what that means for the way you prepare.
Exam guideThree attempts, inside a fixed window. Almost everyone worries about the wrong one of those two numbers.
Exam guideThere is no published percentage to revise towards, and that changes how you should think about your target score.
Exam guideRoughly half to six in ten candidates pass SQE1, and the number changes every sitting. Here is why it moves, how the marking actually works, and what the headline figure hides.
PracticeSQE1 is single best answer of five, and two of the five are usually defensible. Here are ten free questions with the full reasoning, and the skill that separates the best answer from the second best.
Exam guideThe wait is long, the result is thinner than you expect, and nobody tells you the exact hour. Here is the pattern, why it exists, and what happens next either way.
Exam guideThirteen subjects, two papers, 360 questions. Here is what the assessment specification puts on each paper and how deep each subject goes.
Exam guideThe seven SQE1 FLK2 modules, what the assessment specification puts inside each one, and how FLK2 differs from FLK1.
Exam guideOne national exam replaced a patchwork of routes. Here is what the SQE is, what it is made of, and what else you need alongside it before you can be admitted.