NEW GENERATION (NGN) NCLEX RN EXAM
2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK 500
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES
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,The graduate nurse ANS: B
understands the purpose The purpose of the NCLEX-RN® Exam is to determine
of the NCLEX-RN® exam whether a candidate is competent to perform safe,
when stating which of the effective, entry-level nursing care. It does not prepare
following? nurses but rather measures their performance on a
a. test. Candidates who are unsuccessful receive
"The exam provides information about their weak areas on the test, but this
feedback to the candidate is not the purpose of it. Employers want to know if the
regarding areas of person has passed because there is no specific score
weakness in nursing given other than pass or fail
practice."
b.
"The exam determines the
candidate's ability or
inability to meet minimum
standards for safe
practice."
c.
"The exam gives
employers an opportunity
to hire graduates who
have scored highest
among first-time licensure
candidates."
d.
"The exam prepares new
graduates as efficient,
effective staff nurses."
.
,Which statement by the ANS: C
nursing professor is The content of the NCLEX® Exam is based on a test
accurate about the plan that is determined by the National Council. The
NCLEX-RN® exam? The test plan reflects entry-level nursing practice as
purpose of the NCLEX- identified by research and the job analysis study of
RN® test plan is to ensure newly licensed registered nurses. Each candidate will
that all receive different levels of questions in a computer
a. adaptive format. The focus of the exam is not on
"test takers answer items clinical specialties. The test has a minimum of 75
of comparable difficulty." questions and a maximum of 265 questions, so a test
b. taker can answer any number of questions between
"test takers answer these two numbers until they either reaches a passing
approximately the same standard or fails.
number of items."
c.
"test items are job related."
d.
"clinical specialties will be
equally represented."
, In trends class, a student ANS: C
tells the instructor, "I don't The last detailed test plan (2013) from the National
think I can possibly pass Council designated from 6% to 12% of the total
the NCLEX-RN®. I hated questions to be from the area of psychosocial
psych nursing, but now integrity. The student may not be able to retake
I've heard that a huge nursing courses or a review course. Stating that
amount of the NCLEX® is content area has the same amount of questions would
psych related." What is the be inaccurate. Each of the categories of client needs
best response from the has a different percentage, so questions are based on
instructor? that percentage from the detailed test plan, not on
a. equal numbers from each area. Students often hear
"Perhaps you should incorrect information and rumors about NCLEX.
consider retaking the
psychiatric nursing
course."
b.
"There are equal numbers
of questions related to
each aspect of client
needs."
c.
"Psychosocial integrity is
the basis for 6% to 12% of
the examination."
d.
"You will need to take a
review course in which
they teach psychiatric
nursing principles."
2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK 500
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES
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,The graduate nurse ANS: B
understands the purpose The purpose of the NCLEX-RN® Exam is to determine
of the NCLEX-RN® exam whether a candidate is competent to perform safe,
when stating which of the effective, entry-level nursing care. It does not prepare
following? nurses but rather measures their performance on a
a. test. Candidates who are unsuccessful receive
"The exam provides information about their weak areas on the test, but this
feedback to the candidate is not the purpose of it. Employers want to know if the
regarding areas of person has passed because there is no specific score
weakness in nursing given other than pass or fail
practice."
b.
"The exam determines the
candidate's ability or
inability to meet minimum
standards for safe
practice."
c.
"The exam gives
employers an opportunity
to hire graduates who
have scored highest
among first-time licensure
candidates."
d.
"The exam prepares new
graduates as efficient,
effective staff nurses."
.
,Which statement by the ANS: C
nursing professor is The content of the NCLEX® Exam is based on a test
accurate about the plan that is determined by the National Council. The
NCLEX-RN® exam? The test plan reflects entry-level nursing practice as
purpose of the NCLEX- identified by research and the job analysis study of
RN® test plan is to ensure newly licensed registered nurses. Each candidate will
that all receive different levels of questions in a computer
a. adaptive format. The focus of the exam is not on
"test takers answer items clinical specialties. The test has a minimum of 75
of comparable difficulty." questions and a maximum of 265 questions, so a test
b. taker can answer any number of questions between
"test takers answer these two numbers until they either reaches a passing
approximately the same standard or fails.
number of items."
c.
"test items are job related."
d.
"clinical specialties will be
equally represented."
, In trends class, a student ANS: C
tells the instructor, "I don't The last detailed test plan (2013) from the National
think I can possibly pass Council designated from 6% to 12% of the total
the NCLEX-RN®. I hated questions to be from the area of psychosocial
psych nursing, but now integrity. The student may not be able to retake
I've heard that a huge nursing courses or a review course. Stating that
amount of the NCLEX® is content area has the same amount of questions would
psych related." What is the be inaccurate. Each of the categories of client needs
best response from the has a different percentage, so questions are based on
instructor? that percentage from the detailed test plan, not on
a. equal numbers from each area. Students often hear
"Perhaps you should incorrect information and rumors about NCLEX.
consider retaking the
psychiatric nursing
course."
b.
"There are equal numbers
of questions related to
each aspect of client
needs."
c.
"Psychosocial integrity is
the basis for 6% to 12% of
the examination."
d.
"You will need to take a
review course in which
they teach psychiatric
nursing principles."
