NCSBN Learning Extension’s
NCLEX RN & PN Review
5-Week Plan
NCSBN’s online NCLEX review course allows you to study at your own pace, giving you unlimited
24-hour access to student nursing content, exam practice questions, and many other NCLEX
preparation resources. The recommended time required to complete the review course at a slow
and thorough pace is approximately 85 hours; however, you determine how much or how little
time you want to spend on the review. The following schedule is for those individuals who want a
more prescriptive plan for how to use our 5-week course. The time is divided equally among the 5
weeks, anticipating that you will be able to study about 3 ½ hours a day for 5 days each week.
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Week 1
Subscription Lessons /Assignments
Day
Day 1
Day 2
Review Introduction
½
Take Diagnostic Pretest & review results
2
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Approximate Time Total
(in hours)
Time
(in hours)
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Read content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Take Post-test & review rationales
Read content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Take Post-test & review rationales
Read content
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Take Post-test & review rationales
Read content
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Take Post-test & review rationales
Read content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Take Post-test & review rationales
2½
1–2
2–4
1–2
4
4
3–4
3–4
3–4
3–4
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Week 2
Day 6
Lesson 6-A
Read content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Day 7
Lesson 6-B
Begin reading content
Day 8
Lesson 6-B
Complete reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Read content
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Take Post-test & review rationales
Begin answering questions in Practice
Question Banks & review rationales
Day 9
Day 10
Lesson 6-C
Lesson 6
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
2½
3½
Week 3
Day 11
Day 12
Day 13
Day 14
Day 15
Lesson 7
Begin reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Complete reading content
Take Post-test & review rationales
Lesson 7
Lesson 8-A
Lesson 8-B
Read content
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Read content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Read content
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Lesson 8-C
3–4
3–4
3–4
3–4
3½
3½
3½
3½
3½
3½
3½
3½
3½
3½
3½
3½
3½
3½
Week 4
Day 16
Day 17
Day 18
Day 19
Day 20
Lesson 8-D
Read content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Read content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Lesson 8-E
Lesson 8-F
Lesson 8G
& 8H
Lesson 8-I &
8-J
Read content
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Read content
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Read content
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Answer questions in Practice Question
Banks & review rationales
2
3½
1½
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Week 5
Day 21
Day 22
Lesson 8-K
& 8-L
Read content
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Lesson 8
Take Post-test & review rationales
Practice
Questions
Answer questions in Practice Question
Banks & review rationales
3½
3½
1
2–2½
3½
Day 23
Answer questions in Practice Question Banks & review
rationales
3½
3½
Day 24
Answer questions in Practice Question Banks & review
rationales
3½
3½
Day 25
Review specific content or retake Pretest
Variable
Variable
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