The Nursing Nclex is a state test that decides if you’re ready to be a nurse. This test is a struggle for any future nurse. Nursing graduates have to complete this state test to get their certification as a RN. The registered nurse Nclex changes every couple years which means that the students have to change their study habits and test questions. The pass rate for this test is 63.4 percent.

Unfortunately, the bad news was released that the new Nclex was coming in April of 2023. This affects the people who are currently studying and have been trying to pass the Nclex the most. They will have to study more formats of the test questions. The new Next gen nclex consists of multiple response, extended drag and drop, more case studies, highlighting correct answers; like vocab. For the people who know the old Nclex, taking this can be a struggle. The benefit of this new test is they are finally giving half credit which can go a long way.

The best advice for upcoming nursing students and previous ones is to study. There are different study tasks and techniques for everyone. Some websites that can help are Quizzlet, Nursingworld.com, The Nursing book you receive in class, Test questions in book or online. Amazon has Nursing books and study guides that are known to help people very much.

The states intentions with this next gen nclex is to make the test slightly easier and beneficial but it really is challenging. Best of luck to future nurses, get to studying.