Free questions with full explanations, and how to practise so it transfers to the exam.
Spot the decisive cue by identifying the current decision, comparing the relevant findings and asking which fact makes one action more appropriate now. The cue must come from the case, not an assumption you add.
Exam guideStandard Precautions apply to all patient care. Contact, Droplet and Airborne Precautions add measures for particular routes of transmission; they do not replace Standard Precautions.
Exam guideBefore delegating, an RN should check the task, the patient’s condition, the delegatee’s competence, the instructions and the required supervision. Jurisdiction rules and the employer’s policies also apply.
Exam guideNCLEX 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 guideReview a missed NCLEX question by naming the rule, the decisive fact and why your chosen answer failed. After a gap, test the rule in a fresh situation rather than only replaying the same item.
Exam guideOrganize an SBAR handover into the current situation, relevant background, your assessment and the recommendation or request. Each part should help the receiver understand the concern and the next action.
Exam guideRead an unfolding NCLEX case as changing patient information. For each item, identify the current task, use the relevant evidence and update your reasoning when new information appears.
Exam guideUse unit cancellation by arranging conversion factors so unwanted units cancel and the unit you need remains. Calculate with the full values, then round only as the question instructs.
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.
PracticeFree SQE1 mocks exist in the loose sense. A free full-length, two-session, mixed-subject mock is much rarer, and the gap between the two is where most preparation goes wrong.
ResourceFour kinds of SQE1 material exist, they do two different jobs, and almost everybody buys too much of one and not enough of the other.
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.
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.