Pathophysiology reasoning
Module · Pathophysiology reasoning
A timed practice exam of 40 NCLEX-RN-style questions that ask you to reason from how disease changes the body to what the nurse does next: perfusion, shock, heart, lung, kidney, hormone, brain, blood and immune problems, with one case study, select-all-that-apply items 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 | 18 |
| Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies | 11 |
| Management of Care | 4 |
| Safety and Infection Control | 3 |
| Basic Care and Comfort | 2 |
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 1 |
| Reduction of Risk Potential | 1 |
| Topic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Blood, clotting and the liver | 5 |
| The lungs and oxygen | 5 |
| The brain: stroke and pressure in the skull | 3 |
| The immune system: allergy, autoimmunity and weak defense | 3 |
| How to reason from mechanism to action | 3 |
| The heart: heart failure and heart attack | 3 |
| Blood pressure and perfusion | 3 |
| Fluid, electrolytes and acid-base reasoning | 3 |
| Hormones: diabetes, thyroid and adrenal | 3 |
| Shock: four ways blood flow fails | 3 |
| The kidney: filtering, injury and failure | 3 |
| Inflammation, fever, edema and sepsis | 3 |
How the exam works
- One question per screen. Once you move on, you cannot go back to an earlier question.
- You have 55 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.