The NCLEX-PN 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-PN Prep, Seventeenth Edition (new for 2025) helps you leverage your nursing knowledge and face the exam with confidence. 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-PN 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-PN, including Matrix, Multiple Response (e.g., Select all that Apply), Cloze, Drag-and-Drop, Highlight, Bowtie, Trend, and 4-Option Multiple Choice
• 9 critical thinking pathways to break down what NCLEX-PN questions are asking
• 6 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 NCLEX-PN online quizzes—representing all 8 NCLEX client needs categories, plus a "question of the day"—FREE!

Expert Guidance

• 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

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