Critical care
Department · Critical care
A timed practice exam of 50 NCLEX-RN-style questions for critical care nursing: shock and sepsis, ventilation and ARDS, cardiac and neurologic emergencies, hemodynamic monitoring, diabetic emergencies, potassium and acid-base problems, with two case studies and full rationales. It is a study aid, not a prediction of any exam result. NCLEX and NCLEX-RN are registered trademarks of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), which is not affiliated with HoneNURSE. For education only. Not clinical advice.
What it covers
How many questions come from each client need and topic. Questions and answers are shown only in your report, after you finish.
| Client need | Questions |
|---|---|
| Physiological Adaptation | 21 |
| Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies | 11 |
| Reduction of Risk Potential | 8 |
| Safety and Infection Control | 6 |
| Management of Care | 2 |
| Basic Care and Comfort | 1 |
| Psychosocial Integrity | 1 |
| Topic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Shock and sepsis | 5 |
| Intensive care routines, delirium, family and end of life | 3 |
| Triage and the primary survey | 3 |
| Anaphylaxis, poisoning, overdose and environmental emergencies | 3 |
| Cardiac emergencies | 3 |
| Heart failure and pulmonary edema | 3 |
| Hemodynamic monitoring, lines and rhythm care | 3 |
| Neurologic emergencies | 3 |
| Potassium | 3 |
| Pulmonary embolism, ARDS, respiratory failure and chest tubes | 3 |
| Trauma, bleeding and burns | 3 |
| Diabetic, electrolyte and acid-base emergencies | 3 |
| Heart rhythms, pacemakers and cardiac arrest | 3 |
| Mechanical ventilation and ARDS | 3 |
| Reading arterial blood gases step by step | 3 |
| Respiratory emergencies and airways | 3 |
How the exam works
- One question per screen. Once you move on, you cannot go back to an earlier question.
- You have 65 minutes. The timer starts when the exam opens and keeps running, even if you leave the page. When time runs out, the exam is submitted with the answers you have saved.
- Your answer is saved after every question, so you can resume where you stopped if your connection drops.
- The exam opens in full screen. Leaving full screen is recorded and the timer keeps running.
- If focus leaves the exam, for example to another tab or window, you see a warning and it is recorded. Warnings do not end this exam.
- Copying, pasting, printing and right-click are turned off during the exam.
The exam needs a laptop or desktop computer with a window at least 1024 pixels wide.
Your report
When you finish, the report shows your score, the time you used, a breakdown by client need and topic, and every question with your answer, the correct answer and the rationale.
The readiness band is a study aid based on this exam only. It does not predict your real result.