NCSBN Learning Extension’s
NCLEX RN & PN Review
8-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 8-week course. The time is divided equally among the 8
weeks, anticipating that you will be able to study about 2 hours a day for 5 days each week.
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Week 1
Subscription Lessons /Assignments
Day
Day 1
Day 2
Approximate Time
(in hours)
Review Introduction
½
Take Diagnostic Pretest & review results
2
Lesson 1
Total
Time
(in hours)
2½
Read content
Complete Interactive Quiz
1–2
1–2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Take Post-test & review rationales
Day 3
Lesson 2
Read content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Take Post-test & review rationales
Day 4
Lesson 3
Begin reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz(zes)
Day 5
Lesson 3
Complete reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz(zes)
Take Post-test & review rationales
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Week 2
Day 6
Lesson 4
Begin reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Day 7
Lesson 4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Complete reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Take Post-test & review rationales
Day 8
Lesson 5
Begin reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Day 9
Lesson 5
Complete reading content
Take Post-test & review rationales
Day 10
Lesson 6-A
Read content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Week 3
Day 11
Lesson 6-B
Begin reading content
2
2
Day 12
Lesson 6-B
Continue reading content
2
2
Day 13
Lesson 6-B
Continue reading content
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Day 14
Lesson 6-B
Continue reading content
Day 15
Lesson 6-B
Complete reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Week 4
Day 16
Lesson 6-C
Begin reading content
Day 17
Lesson 6-C
Complete reading content
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Day 18
Lesson 6
Take Post-test & review rationales
1
Begin answering questions in Practice
Question Banks & review rationales
1
2
2
2
2
Day 19
Lesson 7
Begin reading content
Day 20
Lesson 7
Complete reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz
2
Week 5
Day 21
Day 22
Lesson 7
Lesson 8-A
Take Post-test & review rationales
1
Answer some Practice Questions and
review rationales
1
Begin reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz(zes)
Day 23
Lesson 8-A
Complete reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz(zes)
Day 24
Lesson 8-B
Begin reading content
Day 25
Lesson 8-B
Complete reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
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Week 6
Day 26
Lesson 8-C
Begin reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Day 27
Lesson 8-C
Complete reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Day 28
Lesson 8-D
Begin reading content
Day 29
Lesson 8-D
Complete reading content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Day 30
Lesson 8-E
Read content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Answer questions in Practice Question
Banks & review rationales
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1 - 1½
2 – 2½
½-1
Week 7
Day 31
Lesson 8-F
Read content
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Day 32
Lesson 8-G
Read content
Complete Interactive Quiz
Day 33
Day 34
Day 35
Lesson 8-H
& 8-I
Read content
Lesson 8-J &
8-K
Read content
Lesson 8-L
Read content
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Complete Interactive Quizzes
Answer questions in Practice Question
Banks & review rationales
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1 - 1½
2 – 2½
½-1
Week 8
Day 36
Lesson 8
Day 37
Take Post-test & review rationales
2 – 2½
2 – 2½
Answer questions in Practice Question Banks &
review rationales
2 – 2½
2 – 2½
Day 38
Answer questions in Practice Question Banks &
review rationales
2 – 2½
2 – 2½
Day 39
Answer questions in Practice Question Banks &
review rationales
2 – 2½
2 – 2½
Day 40
Review specific content or retake Pretest
Variable
Variable
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