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The NCLEX-PN is the licensure exam for practical and vocational nurses (LPN/LVN), developed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) and delivered by Pearson VUE as a computerized adaptive test: 85 to 150 items in five hours, judged against a passing standard of -0.18 logits. PassProfessor’s NCLEX-PN program gives you 1,992 original practice questions built inside every range of the 2026 PN test plan — heaviest where the PN exam is heaviest, in Coordinated Care — with an explanation on every question and full practice exams generated fresh at the plan’s weights. The full program is $49, and a free sample exam comes with it.
What’s included
A PN bank, not an RN bank with easier questions swapped in. The PN exam is a different exam, for a different scope of practice. Its heaviest single area is Coordinated Care at 18–24% of items — working with the health care team, contributing to the plan of care, assigning tasks to assistive personnel and other LPN/VNs, prioritizing, reporting, and advocating — and its Pharmacological Therapies range (10–16%) sits below the RN exam’s pharmacology weight. Our PN bank holds 1,992 questions, and 417 of them — 20.9% — test Coordinated Care. Every one of the eight Client Needs areas sits inside its official 2026 range. The full mapping table is below.
An explanation on every question. Every one of the 1,992 questions explains why the correct answer is right and why the tempting alternatives are wrong, in plain language. The explanation is the lesson; the question is how you find out you need it.
The item types the PN exam actually uses. The bank includes select-all-that-apply (SATA) items, Next Generation NCLEX case-study items that follow a client through the six clinical judgment steps, and the priority and delegation questions that define practical nursing practice — what the LPN/VN does directly, what gets reported to the RN or provider, and what can be assigned to assistive personnel. Those scope distinctions are not decoration on this exam; they are the exam.
Practice exams at the real exam’s weights. Each full practice exam is generated fresh for that attempt, weighted to the 2026 PN test plan, with questions you have not seen coming first, so you never sit the same exam twice. One honest difference: our practice exams do not adapt like the real CAT. The real exam raises or lowers item difficulty after every answer and can end anywhere from 85 to 150 items; ours hold a fixed length at the plan’s weights so your weak areas get measured, not dodged. Practice the content and the pacing here; the adaptivity is the test center’s part.
Weak-area feedback by Client Needs area. Your results break down by the same eight areas NCSBN uses — Coordinated Care, Safety and Infection Prevention and Control, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Psychosocial Integrity, Basic Care and Comfort, Pharmacological Therapies, Reduction of Risk Potential, and Physiological Adaptation — so a weak area shows up in your practice data before it shows up in a Candidate Performance Report.
Questions that stay honest. Every item in the program is monitored from real student responses once the program opens. Questions students find suspiciously easy or suspiciously hard are pulled for review, and anything found wrong is fixed or retired.
The real exam at a glance
Current as of October 2026, per NCSBN’s 2026 NCLEX-PN Test Plan (effective April 1, 2026) and the 2026 NCLEX Candidate Bulletin. Full detail — eligibility, registration, the Authorization to Test, retakes, test day — is in our NCLEX-PN exam guide.
| NCLEX-PN | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) |
| Delivered by | Pearson VUE, at test centers |
| Who it licenses | Practical / vocational nurses (LPN/LVN) — U.S. licensure only |
| Format | Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) |
| Items you will see | 85 to 150 |
| Time limit | 5 hours, including the tutorial and all breaks |
| Passing standard | -0.18 logits (pass/fail; there is no percentage score) |
| Exam fee | $200 for U.S. licensure — rising to $350 for registrations completed on or after February 1, 2027 |
| Eligibility | Set by your nursing regulatory body (your state board of nursing) |
- What a minimum-length exam contains. Of the first 85 items, 52 come from the eight Client Needs content areas, 18 are case-study items (three case studies of six items each, measuring clinical judgment), and 15 are unscored pretest items you cannot identify. Treat every item as scored.
- Coordinated Care is the PN exam’s center of gravity. At 18–24%, it outweighs every other PN area — the opposite emphasis from a pharmacology-led study plan. Budget your study time the way the test plan budgets its items.
- The exam adapts, and length tells you nothing. The computer re-estimates your ability after every answer. It stops when it is 95% certain you are clearly above or clearly below the passing standard, at 150 items, or under the run-out-of-time rule. Candidates pass and fail at 85 items and at 150.
- There is no at-home NCLEX in 2026. You test at a Pearson VUE test center, with the identification and security checks the Candidate Bulletin describes.
- Passing the exam is one part of licensure. Your nursing regulatory body (NRB) decides whether you are eligible to test, receives your result, and issues the license. Official results come only from your NRB, within six weeks.
How the practice maps to the real exam
Every question in the PN bank is tagged to an area of the 2026 NCLEX-PN Test Plan — the same blueprint the real exam is built from. Counts below are the bank itself, counted question by question. The bank’s share in every area falls inside the official range.
| Official 2026 PN Client Needs area (official range) | Practice questions | Share of bank |
|---|---|---|
| Coordinated Care (18–24%) | 417 | 20.9% |
| Safety and Infection Prevention and Control (10–16%) | 257 | 12.9% |
| Pharmacological Therapies (10–16%) | 260 | 13.1% |
| Reduction of Risk Potential (9–15%) | 241 | 12.1% |
| Psychosocial Integrity (9–15%) | 239 | 12.0% |
| Physiological Adaptation (7–13%) | 201 | 10.1% |
| Basic Care and Comfort (7–13%) | 199 | 10.0% |
| Health Promotion and Maintenance (6–12%) | 178 | 8.9% |
| Total | 1,992 | 100% |
How to use it
- Start with the free sample — a fixed set of PN questions across the Client Needs areas, with full explanations — enough to see how the program teaches and where you stand.
- Drill Coordinated Care early and often. It is up to roughly a quarter of the real exam: delegation and assignment decisions, prioritization, referrals, discharge and transfer participation, confidentiality, advocacy, and recognizing the limits of the LPN/VN role. Most candidates under-drill it because it does not look like “clinical” content. The test plan disagrees.
- Drill by Client Needs area. Work your weakest areas — pharmacology calculations and safety, risk reduction, psychosocial care — until the misses stop repeating, and use the case-study sets to practice the six clinical judgment steps in order: recognize cues, analyze cues, prioritize hypotheses, generate solutions, take action, evaluate outcomes.
- Sit full generated exams against the clock. Five hours for 85 to 150 adaptive items is a pacing skill of its own. Practice sustaining it, including the two scheduled breaks the real exam offers, at about two hours and again at about three and a half hours.
- Apply through your nursing regulatory body and register with Pearson VUE when your practice performance is consistently strong across all eight areas — then test inside the validity dates on your Authorization to Test (ATT), which cannot be extended.
Pricing
$49 — the full NCLEX-PN program. The standard PassProfessor refund policy applies: 14 days, provided you have attempted less than 20% of the program (see the site Terms for the full policy). Enroll on this page and you get immediate access to all 1,992 questions and unlimited generated practice exams.
Enrollment is open — get the full NCLEX-PN program for $49, with immediate access to all 1,992 questions:
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are on the NCLEX-PN? Between 85 and 150 items, in up to five hours including the tutorial and breaks. Per NCSBN’s 2026 NCLEX-PN Test Plan, a minimum-length exam holds 52 Client Needs items, 18 case-study items in three sets of six, and 15 unscored pretest items. Because the exam is adaptive, your exact length depends on your answers, and length alone never indicates a pass or a fail.
What score do I need to pass the NCLEX-PN? You must perform at or above the passing standard of -0.18 logits. Per NCSBN, the NCLEX is pass/fail and has no percentage score: the computer estimates your ability against that standard as you answer. The PN standard differs from the NCLEX-RN standard of 0.00 logits because the two exams measure different scopes of practice on separate scales.
What is the heaviest content area on the NCLEX-PN? Coordinated Care, at 18–24% of items under the 2026 NCLEX-PN Test Plan — the largest single share on the PN exam. It covers collaboration with the health care team, contributing to the plan of care, assigning tasks, prioritizing care, referrals and discharge participation, client rights and advocacy, confidentiality, and practicing within the LPN/VN’s legal scope.
How much does the NCLEX-PN cost? The registration fee for U.S. licensure is $200, paid when you register with Pearson VUE. Per the NCLEX Fees & Payment page, that fee rises to $350 for registrations completed on or after February 1, 2027 — the registration date, not the exam date, decides which fee you pay. Your nursing regulatory body’s own licensure fees are separate.
Who decides whether I can take the NCLEX-PN? Your nursing regulatory body — in most states, the board of nursing where you seek licensure. Per the 2026 NCLEX Candidate Bulletin, you apply for licensure with that body, meet its eligibility requirements, register with Pearson VUE, and receive an Authorization to Test (ATT) once the body declares you eligible. PN candidates are graduates of practical or vocational nursing programs.
Can I take the NCLEX-PN at home? No. In 2026 the NCLEX-PN is taken at a Pearson VUE test center; there is no at-home version of the exam. Per the 2026 Candidate Bulletin, the exam is delivered only as a computerized adaptive test at test centers, and you should plan on the check-in, identification, and security procedures the bulletin describes.
What happens if I do not pass the NCLEX-PN? Per NCSBN policy in the 2026 Candidate Bulletin, you may test up to eight times a year, with at least 45 test-free days between examinations, unless your nursing regulatory body sets stricter limits. You will receive a Candidate Performance Report showing your relative strengths and weaknesses by test-plan area — the starting point for a targeted retake plan.
How will I get my NCLEX-PN results? Official results come only from your nursing regulatory body, within six weeks of your exam; neither Pearson VUE nor NCSBN releases results by phone. If your board participates, an unofficial Quick Results service is available through your Pearson account about two business days after testing for $7.95 — unofficial means it does not authorize you to practice.
When can I enroll in the NCLEX-PN program? Now — enrollment is open. Enroll on this page for $49 and you get immediate access to all 1,992 questions, plus the free sample to start with.
Are these the actual NCLEX questions? No. Every PassProfessor question is written by us, from scratch, to NCSBN’s published 2026 NCLEX-PN Test Plan. We never use real exam questions, recalled questions, or another provider’s bank — and disclosing actual exam content would violate the candidate rules you agree to when you test.
How is the NCLEX-PN different from the NCLEX-RN? The PN exam licenses practical and vocational nurses; the RN exam licenses registered nurses, and the two measure different scopes of practice on separate scales with different passing standards (-0.18 logits for PN, 0.00 for RN). Their blueprints differ too: Coordinated Care carries 18–24% on the PN plan, and PN pharmacology is titled Pharmacological Therapies at 10–16%. If you are preparing for the RN exam instead, see our NCLEX-RN program.
Does this program replace my nursing program or grant a license? No. This program is exam preparation only. It provides no nursing education credit, and only your nursing regulatory body can grant a license — after you meet its eligibility requirements and pass the NCLEX-PN.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation provider. This program is exam preparation only: it is not a nursing education program, provides no education credit, and is not affiliated with NCSBN, Pearson VUE, or any nursing regulatory body or board of nursing. All practice questions are original, written to the published test plan; they are not actual exam questions.