Nclex-RN Prep, Twenty-Sixth Edition

The NCLEX-RN exam is not just about what you know—it’s about how you think. With expert critical thinking strategies and targeted practice, Kaplan’s NCLEX-RN Prep (new for 2025) helps you apply your nursing knowledge to make safe and competent judgments about client care. This streamlined book is packed with test-like Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) practice questions, along with step-by-step guidance on how to think your way through to the correct answer for every question type you’ll see on the exam.

We're so confident that Kaplan’s NCLEX-RN Prep will guide you to exam success that we guarantee it: After studying with our book, you'll pass the test—or your money back.

Proven Strategies. Realistic Practice.

• Step-by-step guidance for tackling every question type on the NCLEX-RN, including Matrix, Multiple Response (e.g., Select all that Apply), Cloze, Drag-and-Drop, Highlight, Bowtie, Trend, and 4-Option Multiple Choice
• 10 critical thinking pathways to break down what NCLEX-RN questions are asking
• 8 end-of-chapter practice sets to help you put critical thinking principles into action
• Full-length practice test to gauge your progress
• Detailed rationales for all answer choices, correct and incorrect
• Instructions to access Kaplan’s full-length NCLEX-RN computerized test—representing all 8 NCLEX client needs categories—FREE!

• Capsule content review, organized along the exam's "Client Needs" framework
• Up-to-date appendixes of must-know nursing terminology and medical abbreviations for quick reference
• We invented test prep—Kaplan (www.kaptest.com) has been helping students for 80 years, and our proven strategies have helped legions of students achieve their dreams