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Study Schedule

NCLEX-RN® study plan generator

Pick a plan length and your exam date. You'll get a week-by-week schedule with daily question targets across the Client Needs categories and one rest day every week — checkboxes save on this device.

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Watch the video course for this resource

Choose the 4, 8, or 12-week plan, then learn the daily rhythm that makes any of them work. Each lesson ends with a 3-question check, and a final 5-question exam at the end.

  1. L1

    Choosing the right plan

    How to pick between 4, 8, and 12 weeks based on recency of school and hours you can commit.

    3-question quiz after
  2. L2

    The 4-week crash plan

    High-intensity daily volume, category rotation, and simulation in the final week.

    3-question quiz after
  3. L3

    The 8-week balanced plan

    Category-by-category coverage with mixed drills and two full-length simulations at the end.

    3-question quiz after
  4. L4

    Daily rhythm — the pattern that works

    Warm-up, drilling, rationale review, and personal cheat-sheet updates — every day.

    3-question quiz after
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Plan length
Daily target: 50 questions on study days · Sundays are rest days · 0/48 sessions done (0%)

Your 8-week plan

Week 1 · Week 1

Management of Care + Safety and Infection Control
  • Sunday: Rest day — no questions, no contentRecovery protects retention

Week 2 · Week 2

Health Promotion and Maintenance + Basic Care and Comfort
  • Sunday: Rest day — no questions, no contentRecovery protects retention

Week 3 · Week 3

Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies — part 1
  • Sunday: Rest day — no questions, no contentRecovery protects retention

Week 4 · Week 4

Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies — part 2
  • Sunday: Rest day — no questions, no contentRecovery protects retention

Week 5 · Week 5

Reduction of Risk Potential (labs and procedures)
  • Sunday: Rest day — no questions, no contentRecovery protects retention

Week 6 · Week 6

Physiological Adaptation (systems and emergencies)
  • Sunday: Rest day — no questions, no contentRecovery protects retention

Week 7 · Week 7

Psychosocial Integrity + mixed NGN drilling
  • Sunday: Rest day — no questions, no contentRecovery protects retention

Week 8 · Week 8

Timed readiness exams and weakest-category repair
  • Sunday: Rest day — no questions, no contentRecovery protects retention

How the plan is built

  • 4 weeks: crash intensity — 75 questions per study day, categories bundled two at a time
  • 8 weeks: balanced — 50 questions per study day, roughly one category per week
  • 12 weeks: deep prep — 30 questions per study day, one narrow topic per week
  • Every plan ends with timed readiness exams and repair of your two weakest categories
  • One full rest day each week — retention drops sharply without it

Daily rhythm, any plan

15 minutes of warm-up review → your question block, timed → 30 minutes of rationale review → 10 minutes updating your personal cheat sheet with concepts you missed.

Tip: Set the exam date and the plan back-dates each week for you. If you fall behind, don't add days — reduce the daily target and keep the rest day.

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