D&D INTENSIVE NCLEX
NCLEX REVIEW: 30 to 4545-day Study Plan
The recommended time required to complete this review course at a slow and thorough pace is approximately 2 to 3 months;
however, you determine how much or how little time you spend on the review.
For individuals who can
can study about 4 to 6 hours a day for 5 days each week.
Spread out several short study sessions throughout the day.
Print checklist and highlight every topic, video or exam completed.
PRETEST
Goal: 60% and above for PN’s
70% and above for RN’s
Day 1
Diagnostic Pretest
Review Answers and
Rationales
Self-Assessment
Day 2
Pretest: Safe and Effective
Care Environment
Review Answers and
Rationales
Day 3
READ
Assigned Readings
(VLE or Book)
WATCH
Video Lecture Series (VLS)
Preparing for and Taking
the NCLEX
MINE DEEP Test-Taking
Algorithm
Prioritization with Maslow
Safe and Effective Care
Environment
NCLEX Concepts in Minutes:
Test-Taking Tools
Critical Thinking and TestTaking Strategies
PRACTICE
Online Exams (VLE)
Goal: 68% and above for PN’s
78% and above for RN’s
Safe and Effective Care
Environment
Quiz: Infectious Control
Quiz: Oncologic Problems
Post Test: Safe and Effective
Care Environment
Review Answers and Rationales
PRETEST
Goal: 60% and above for PN’s
70% and above for RN’s
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Pretest: Gas Exchange
Problems
Review Answers and
Rationales
Pretest: Transport Medium
Problems
Review Answers and
Rationales
Pretest: Pump Problems
Review Answers and
Rationales
READ
Assigned Readings
(VLE or Book)
WATCH
Video Lecture Series (VLS)
Goal: 68% and above for PN’s
78% and above for RN’s
Fluid and Gas: Gas Exchange
Problems
Fluid and Gas: Gas Exchange
Fluid and Gas: Transport
Medium Problems
Fluid and Gas: Transport
Medium
Fluid and Gas: Pump
Problems
Fluid and Gas: Pump
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Post Test: Fluid and Gas
Review Answers and Rationales
Post Test: Gastrointestinal
and Hepatobiliary Problems
Review Answers and
Rationales
Pretest: Genitourinary,
Fluid, Electrolytes, and
Acid-Base
Review Answers and
Rationales
Elimination: Gastrointestinal
and Hepatobiliary
Elimination: Gastrointestinal
and Hepatobiliary
Elimination: Genitourinary,
Fluid, Electrolytes, and
Acid-Base
Elimination: Genitourinary,
Fluid, Electrolytes, and AcidBase
Day 10
Day 11
Day 12
PRACTICE
Online Exams (VLE)
Post Test: Elimination
Review Answers and Rationales
Pretest: Metabolism
Review Answers and
Rationales
Metabolism
Metabolism
Post Test: Metabolism
Review Answers and Rationales
PRETEST
Goal: 60% and above for PN’s
70% and above for RN’s
Day 13
13
Pretest: PerceptionSensation-Motion
Review Answers and
Rationales
READ
Assigned Readings
(VLE or Book)
Pretest: Psychosocial
Integrity
Review Answers and
Rationales
Pretest: Maternal and
Newborn Nursing
Review Answers and
Rationales
Pretest: Pediatric Nursing
Review Answers and
Rationales
Day 22
22
Post Test: Perception-SensationMotion
Review Answers and Rationales
Psychosocial Integrity
Post Test: Psychosocial
Integrity
Review Answers and Rationales
Maternal-Newborn Nursing
Post Test: Maternal-Newborn
Nursing
Review Answers and Rationales
Pediatric Nursing
Post Test: Pediatric Nursing
Review Answers and Rationales
Pharmacological and Parenteral
Therapies
Post Test: Pharmacological and
Parenteral Therapies
Review Answers and Rationales
Pediatric Nursing
Day 20
Day 21
21
Perception-Sensation-Motion
Maternal and Newborn
Nursing
Day 18
18
Day 19
19
Goal: 68% and above for PN’s
78% and above for RN’s
Psychosocial Integrity
Day 16
Day 17
17
PRACTICE
Online Exams (VLE)
Perception-Sensation-Motion
Day 14
Day 15
WATCH
Video Lecture Series (VLS)
Pharmacological and
Parenteral Therapies
CONTACT D&D for your Assessment
PRETEST
Goal: 60% and above for PN’s
70% and above for RN’s
READ
Assigned Readings
(VLE or Book)
WATCH
Video Lecture Series (VLS)
PRACTICE
Online Exams (VLE)
Goal: 68% and above for PN’s
78% and above for RN’s
Day 23
23
Comprehensive Exam 1
Review Answers and Rationales
Comprehensive Exam 2
Review Answers and Rationales
Comprehensive Exam 3
Review Answers and Rationales
Comprehensive Exam 4
Review Answers and Rationales
Comprehensive Exam 5
Review Answers and Rationales
Day 24
24
Day 25
25
Day 26
26
Day 27
27
CONTACT D&D for your ReRe-assessment
PRETEST
Goal: 60% and above for PN’s
70% and above for RN’s
READ
Assigned Readings
(VLE or Book)
WATCH
Video Lecture Series (VLS)
Day 28
28
PRACTICE
Online Exams (VLE)
Goal: 68% and above for PN’s
78% and above for RN’s
Comprehensive Exam 6
Review Answers and Rationales
Comprehensive Exam 7
Review Answers and Rationales
Comprehensive Exam 8
Review Answers and Rationales
Comprehensive Exam 9
Review Answers and Rationales
Comprehensive Exam 10
Review Answers and Rationales
Day 29
29
Day 30
Day 31
31
Day 32
32
CONTACT D&D for your ReRe-assessment
PRETEST
Goal: 60% and above for PN’s
70% and above for RN’s
READ
Assigned Readings
(VLE or Book)
WATCH
Video Lecture Series (VLS)
PRACTICE
Online Exams
Exams (VLE)
Goal: 68% and above for PN’s
78% and above for RN’s
Day 33
33
Comprehensive Exam 11
Review Answers and Rationales
Comprehensive Exam 12
Review Answers and Rationales
Comprehensive Exam 13
Review Answers and Rationales
Comprehensive Exam 14
Review Answers and Rationales
Comprehensive Exam 15
Review Answers and Rationales
Day 34
34
Day 35
35
Day 36
Day 37
37
CONTACT D&D for your ReRe-assessment
PRETEST
Goal: 60% and above for PN’s
70% and above for RN’s
READ
Assigned Readings
(VLE or Book)
Book)
WATCH
Video Lecture Series (VLS)
Day 38
38
PRACTICE
Online Exams (VLE)
Goal: 68% and above for PN’s
78% and above for RN’s
Final Diagnostic Exam for the
NCLEX
Review Answers and Rationales
CONTACT D&D for FINAL EVALUATION