NCLEX-PN (National Council Licensure Examination for Practical/Vocational Nurses)
The NCLEX-PN is the licensure examination for practical and vocational nurses in the United States, a computerized adaptive test covering coordinated care, safety and infection control, health promotion, psychosocial integrity, basic care and comfort, pharmacological therapies, risk reduction and physiological adaptation. A passing result is required before a state board of nursing licenses you as an LPN or LVN. SummitCert's portal helps you prepare with clinical practice questions and rationales, flashcards and timed mock exams.
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Your full practice pool — 350 questions total, written to mirror the real exam blueprint, with full answer explanations for every question.
Including Coordinated Care, Safety and Infection Prevention and Control, Health Promotion and Maintenance, and more.
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Covering every key term, concept, and framework you're expected to know.
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Topics you'll drill
8 core topics pulled straight from the real question bank.
- Coordinated Care
- Safety and Infection Prevention and Control
- Health Promotion and Maintenance
- Psychosocial Integrity
- Basic Care and Comfort
- Pharmacological Therapies
- Reduction of Risk Potential
- Physiological Adaptation
NCLEX-PN Practical Nurse Exam exam requirements & cost
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The NCLEX-PN is the licensure examination for practical and vocational nurses in the United States. It is developed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) and delivered at Pearson VUE test centers. Every candidate answers a minimum of 85 items; the maximum is 150 items within a five-hour limit that includes breaks, and 15 of the items on every exam are unscored pretest items (NCLEX-PN Test Plan effective April 2026). It is a computerized adaptive test that mixes stand-alone items with clinical judgment case studies, and it stops once the computer is 95% certain the candidate is above or below the passing standard. The exam does not use a percentage: it is pass/fail against the NCSBN passing standard for the NCLEX-PN (-0.18 logits, effective through 31 March 2029), decided once the computer is 95% certain of the result. The NCLEX registration fee is US$200 today and US$350 for registrations from 1 February 2027 (NCLEX.com fee notice). The certifying body publishes no exact weights for the areas it tests, so none are shown here. You apply for licensure with a state nursing regulatory body, which declares you eligible and lets you register with Pearson VUE for an Authorization to Test; eligibility rules, including completion of an approved practical/vocational nursing program, are set by each regulator. This portal prepares you for the exam content; it does not replace your nursing program or your state board application.
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