This 3-minute video from NCSBN explains the "why" and "what" behind the changes in the Next Generation NCLEX exam.
Watch VideoOpen access NextGen NCLEX e-Book for faculty with NCSBN updates.
Download eBookMonthly webinars throughout the Spring, created for faculty, administrators, and students. Kaplan experts discuss a wide range of teaching techniques and tools for NGN Success.
Browse Webinars & RecordingsNextGen NCLEX Item Writing Videos, Workshops & Webinars
Preparing for NGN Video Series: How to Write Extended Hot Spot Items
Preparing for NGN Video Series: How to Write Drag & Drop Items
Preparing for NGN Video Series: How to Write Extended Multiple Response Questions
Preparing for NGN Video Series: How to Write Cloze Items
Preparing for NGN Video Series: How to Write Matrix Grid Items
Test Construction & Item Writing with New Emphasis on Next Generation NCLEX
Clinical Judgment on Next Generation NCLEX
NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model and the Kaplan Decision Tree
You’ve Got This: Prepping for NGN Doesn’t Mean Reinventing the Wheel
Introduction to Next Generation NCLEX
NextGen NCLEX White Papers
White Paper: Enhancing Clinical Thinking Through Engagement & Remediation
Eight Simple Steps to Writing an NGN Case Study
5 Ways to Boost Clinical Judgment Skills in Nursing Education
Building Student Clinical Judgment Skills for the Next Generation NCLEX
Creating Next Generation NCLEX® Test Items to Ensure the Success of the Nursing Workforce
White Paper: Examining the Values of Implementing Virtual Simulation (VS) into Undergraduate Nursing Curricula
NextGen NCLEX Practice Cases & Questions
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NextGen NCLEX Sample Test Part 1 - QUESTIONS ONLY
NextGen NCLEX Answer Key to Sample Test Part 1
NextGen NCLEX Sample Test Part 2 - QUESTIONS ONLY
NextGen NCLEX Answer Key to Sample Test Part 2
NextGen NCLEX Lesson Plan with Handouts (4 documents)
Sepsis NextGen NCLEX Classroom Lesson Plan
Cardiac Meds Handout
Sepsis NextGen NCLEX Prototype QUESTIONS ONLY
Sepsis NextGen NCLEX Prototype Questions & Answers
NextGen NCLEX Student Classroom Videos
What is NGN? - Classroom Video
How to answer NGN Matrix/Grid Questions - Classroom Video
How to answer NGN Cloze Questions - Classroom Video
How to answer NGN Extended Multiple Response Questions - Classroom Video
How to answer NGN Enhanced HotSpot Questions - Classroom Video
How to answer NGN Extended Drag-and-Drop Questions - Classroom Video
How to answer NGN Standalone Questions: Bow Tie and Trend - Classroom Video
NextGen NCLEX Item Types & Descriptions
A complete list of the new NextGen Item Types and descriptions for each one.
Kaplan’s “How To” Video Series for Nursing Educators
"How To" and Orientation Videos that for specific areas on Kaplan Nursing's Faculty and Student sites.
Kaplan's NextGen Templates & Faculty Support Material
Next Gen NCLEX PowerPoint: This is a template to assist faculty in writing Next Gen (NGN) cases.
Next Gen NCLEX explanation of Partial Scoring: This document helps students understand NGN partial scoring.
Kaplan Nursing Presentation Request
If you would like the Kaplan Nursing Team to make a presentation to you and your faculty, please click here.
Lunch & Learn Ready for NGN Webinar Recordings
Spring 2023
Faculty Focus: Next Generation NCLEX: Essential Information You Need to Know Now (PDF of Slides)
Fall 2022
Faculty Focus: How Virtual Clinical Simulation Prepares Students for NextGen NCLEX
Faculty Focus: Incorporating Clinical Judgment Into Classroom and Clinical Teaching (PDF of Slides)
Faculty Focus: Just Tell Me What's On The Test! (PDF of References)
Student Focus: Academic Integrity - Ethics, Honesty and Trust
Faculty Focus: Synchronous and Asynchronous Ways to Incorporate Virtual Simulation
Faculty Focus: Academic Integrity - Ethics, Honesty and Trust (PDF of Slides)
Faculty Focus: Mapping Virtual Clinical Simulations to Promote Student Success
Student Focus: IMPROVING TEST PERFORMANCE THROUGH REMEDIATION
Faculty Focus: Evaluating students, courses, curriculum and critical thinking using virtual clinical simulations
Faculty Focus: Improving Test Performance through Remediation (PDF of Slides)
Student Focus: How to Maximize Your NCLEX Prep Resources (PDF of Slides)
Faculty Focus: Increasing student engagement with virtual clinical simulation
Faculty Focus: Utilizing Kaplan Data Outcomes Assessment and Curriculum Evaluation (PDF of Slides)
Faculty and Student Focus: Next Generation NCLEX; Interacting within the new items types (PDF of Slides)
Spring 2022
Faculty Focus: NCLEX Preparation: A Path to Success (PDF of Slides)
Student Focus: NCLEX Preparation: A Path to Success (PDF of Slides)
Deans/Directors - Best Practices: Reporting for Accreditation, Board of Nursing, and Curriculum Evaluation (PDF of Slides)
Enriching Your Courses with Kaplan Resources: Student & Faculty Focus (PDF of Slides)
Maximizing Q-bank for NCLEX Preparation (PDF of Slides)
Fall 2021
Student and Faculty Lunch and Learn Sessions
Student Focus: How to Use Kaplan Resources for Student Success
Faculty Focus: Maximizing Key Faculty Resources
Student Focus: Why is Remediation So Important?
Faculty Focus: Engaging Students in Preparation for NGN
Student Focus: Am I NCLEX Ready?
Faculty Focus: Best Practices; Grading and Reporting
NextGen NCLEX aligned experiences that provide students with a realistic patient encounter, giving them plenty of opportunities to “Think Like a Nurse,” while utilizing the NGN Model.
Building Clinical Judgement in the Classroom: i-Human Patients by Kaplan and NextGen NCLEX
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