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Preparing student for NCLEX success

Elsevier offers a complete, end-to-end solution with the authoritative and consistent content and digital solutions required to help students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to excel on the NCLEX and in practice.

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NCLEX item types

The NCLEX exam includes a case study-based format and new question types, including:

  • Bowtie item type

  • Drag-and-drop item types (cloze and rationale)

  • Drop down item types (cloze, rationale, and table)

  • Fill in the blank calculation item type

  • Highlight item types (text and table)

  • Multiple choice item types (multiple choice and matrix)

  • Multiple response item types (matrix multiple response, select all that apply, select N, grouping)

  • Ordered response item type