NCLEX Refresher Course

Lesson 1 • Evidence-Based Test-Taking Strategies

Teaches elimination techniques, priority frameworks, and time management for exam day. Reduces test anxiety through structured decision-making habits.

Lesson 2 • Next Generation NCLEX Item Types

Introduces all NGN item formats including case studies and clinical judgment items. Prepares candidates to recognise and respond to new question structures.

Lesson 3 • Clinical Judgment Measurement Model

Explains the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model and its six cognitive skills. Connects the model to how NGN items are scored.

Lesson 1 • Infection Control and Standard Precautions

Covers transmission-based precautions, PPE selection, and hand hygiene protocols. Prepares candidates for infection control questions across all clinical settings.

Lesson 2 • Management of Care Principles

Addresses delegation, supervision, and scope of practice for RNs and LPNs. Directly maps to the highest-weighted NCLEX content area.

Lesson 3 • Emergency Response and Disaster Preparedness

Teaches triage principles, emergency codes, and mass casualty response roles. Builds readiness for high-acuity safety scenarios on the exam.

Lesson 1 • Nutrition and Lifestyle Modification

Reviews therapeutic diets, nutritional deficiencies, and behaviour change counselling. Supports NCLEX items linking nutrition to disease management.

Lesson 2 • Health Screening and Preventive Care

Covers recommended screenings, immunisation schedules, and risk factor assessment. Connects preventive care knowledge to health promotion NCLEX questions.

Lesson 3 • Developmental Milestones Across the Lifespan

Reviews physical, cognitive, and psychosocial milestones from infancy through older adulthood. Provides the developmental baseline needed for paediatric and geriatric NCLEX items.

Lesson 1 • Major Psychiatric Disorders

Reviews schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and personality disorders. Connects symptom recognition to nursing interventions on the exam.

Lesson 2 • Therapeutic Communication Techniques

Covers active listening, open-ended questioning, and non-therapeutic responses to avoid. Builds the communication foundation required for psychiatric NCLEX scenarios.

Lesson 3 • Substance Use and Withdrawal Management

Covers alcohol, opioid, and benzodiazepine withdrawal timelines and nursing priorities. Links substance use disorders to pharmacological and safety NCLEX items.

Lesson 4 • Grief, Loss, and End-of-Life Care

Reviews Kübler-Ross stages, palliative care principles, and cultural death practices. Supports NCLEX items on therapeutic responses to dying patients and families.

Lesson 1 • Pain Assessment and Management

Covers pain scales, non-pharmacological interventions, and opioid safety monitoring. Connects pain management to both basic care and pharmacological NCLEX content.

Lesson 2 • Mobility, Rest, and Skin Integrity

Addresses positioning, pressure injury prevention, and sleep promotion interventions. Builds knowledge for wound care and immobility complication NCLEX questions.

Lesson 3 • Elimination and Bowel and Bladder Care

Reviews urinary catheter care, constipation management, and ostomy care principles. Prepares candidates for elimination-focused NCLEX priority questions.

Lesson 1 • Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medications

Covers antihypertensives, antidysrhythmics, diuretics, and bronchodilators with nursing implications. Connects drug classes to cardiac and respiratory NCLEX clinical scenarios.

Lesson 2 • High-Alert Medications

Focuses on anticoagulants, insulin, opioids, and electrolyte solutions requiring special precautions. Directly addresses the most frequently tested medication safety NCLEX content.

Lesson 3 • Psychotropic and Neurological Medications

Reviews antipsychotics, antidepressants, mood stabilisers, and anticonvulsants with adverse effects. Supports psychiatric and neurological NCLEX medication questions.

Lesson 4 • Medication Calculation and Safe Administration

Practises dosage calculations, IV drip rates, and weight-based dosing for paediatric and adult patients. Reinforces the six rights of medication administration.

Lesson 1 • Vital Signs and Haemodynamic Monitoring

Teaches interpretation of abnormal vital signs, pulse oximetry, and basic haemodynamic parameters. Reinforces early recognition of deteriorating patient status.

Lesson 2 • Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance

Covers dehydration, overhydration, electrolyte imbalances, and acid-base disorders with interventions. Directly supports the most complex physiological NCLEX clinical scenarios.

Lesson 3 • Diagnostic Procedures and Nursing Responsibilities

Covers pre- and post-procedure care for lumbar puncture, bronchoscopy, cardiac catheterisation, and biopsies. Prepares candidates for procedural safety NCLEX questions.

Lesson 4 • Perioperative Nursing Care

Reviews preoperative assessment, intraoperative safety, and postoperative complication monitoring. Connects surgical nursing to risk-reduction NCLEX priority questions.

Lesson 1 • Neurological and Musculoskeletal Disorders

Reviews stroke, increased intracranial pressure, seizures, and fracture care with nursing priorities. Builds neurological assessment skills for high-acuity NCLEX scenarios.

Lesson 2 • Endocrine and Renal Disorders

Covers diabetic emergencies, thyroid crises, acute kidney injury, and chronic kidney disease management. Connects endocrine and renal pathophysiology to NCLEX pharmacology and diet questions.

Lesson 3 • Oncology and Immune Disorders

Reviews chemotherapy side effects, neutropenic precautions, HIV management, and anaphylaxis response. Prepares candidates for oncology and immune system NCLEX priority questions.

Lesson 4 • Cardiovascular Disorders

Reviews heart failure, myocardial infarction, dysrhythmias, and peripheral vascular disease with nursing priorities. Connects cardiac pathophysiology to NCLEX priority and pharmacology questions.