Our Three-Stage Program
Start with a Strong Foundation
Diagnostic testing, intensive review, and ongoing practice provide a clear, effective roadmap for NCLEX preparation.Preparing Your Nursing Students for NCLEX Success
Strengthen Your Institution's Pass Rates
When you partner with Kaplan, you provide your students with seasoned instructors and our proprietary Decision Tree method, empowering every test-taker to pass their exams and become competent nurses.
Trust the Most Recommended NCLEX® Prep*
Designed to complement Kaplan's Integrated Testing platform or to be implemented on its own, our comprehensive NCLEX program provides a cohesive learning experience that ensures test day success. From diagnostic testing to an intensive review course and ongoing practice, our approach builds confidence and ensures your cohort is fully prepared for their tests.
In fact, more students recommend Kaplan NCLEX prep over anyone else. 97% of our students pass their exams the first time.†
A Proven, Structured Path to NCLEX Success
Decision Tree Strategy
Build Clinical Reasoning Skills
Kaplan’s renowned Decision Tree method equips students with a critical thinking framework to confidently analyze questions and arrive at the correct answers.
Realistic Practice Exams
Support Test Day Readiness
Simulate the NCLEX experience with exams that resemble test day, and use Kaplan’s Computer Adaptive Testing to predict student performance.
Effective Courses
Deliver Expert Instruction
Our expert nurse educators, specifically trained to deliver engaging and informative courses, cover key nursing concepts, test-taking strategies, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Student Resources
Hone Learning with Powerful Tools
Extensive question banks, remediation resources, and user-friendly reporting empower students to target their areas of growth and maximize their study time.
Reporting Suite
Guide Students at Every Step
With data-driven insights, faculty can monitor progress in real time, ensuring your cohort stays on track for success.
Kaplan Learning Integrated Coaching (KLIC)
Our KLIC program provides essential post-graduation support to help nursing students confidently prepare for the NCLEX exam. This 6-week, cohort-based program offers individualized virtual coaching, connecting every test-taker with experienced RN mentors who provide personalized coaching, guidance, and motivational guidance. KLIC is available to programs using Kaplan’s Integrated Testing and NCLEX products. At the end of the session, your program receives an aggregate report, so you’ll have clarity on where your students stand.
91% of Students Who Pass Kaplan’s CAT Practice Exam, Pass the NCLEX Exam‡
Trust our CAT exams to be an accurate predictor of your students' success on the NCLEX exam.
Journal Article - The Landscape of Prelicensure Nursing Education
Co-authored by Kaplan Executive Director of Nursing and i-Human Patients®, Dr. Christi Doherty, "Raising Contextual Awareness: The Landscape of Prelicensure Nursing Education," highlights a critical gap in current nursing education frameworks, such as Benner's Novice to Expert theory, which fail to adequately address the psychological capital (hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism) essential for new nurses' success and retention. To combat high attrition rates among newly licensed registered nurses, the article proposes and analyzes Aller's Development of Decision-Making and Self-Efficacy Model (ADD-SEM) as a complementary framework that focuses on both decision-making skills and self-efficacy, thereby addressing the emotional and psychological aspects of the student experience and aligning with existing standards like the NCSBN's Clinical Judgment Measurement Model and the AACN Essentials to better prepare and retain nurses in the workforce.
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*More Students Recommend Kaplan: These are the findings of two quantitative surveys conducted by Kaplan conducted August 26, 2022, through September 30, 2022, and September 5, 2022, through October 9, 2023. A sample of 368 NCLEX test prep customers was interviewed online, of which 118 customers prepped with Kaplan and 250 customers prepped with any other market competitor (selected from a closed ended list representing the majority of the NCLEX prep market with the option to write in a competitor). The distribution of competitors selected in the survey is not necessarily reflective of true market share. The results showed that Kaplan has a net promoter score that is statistically higher than the competition at a 95% confidence level with a 10% margin of error.
†NCLEX Exam Pass Rate:Results based on a Kaplan post-exam survey of first-time, NCLEX-RN exam test-takers who graduated from their nursing program during the first 6 months of 2023. Respondents had access to a Kaplan Self Paced or Live Online NCLEX-RN exam prep retail product on or after January 1, 2023, and reported they had passed the NCLEX-RN exam in the first 6 months of 2023 (n = 115). Survey responses were responses received August 17, 2023, to September 25, 2023. The study is based on students who have provided their pass/fail status. While the study focused on students who took the NGN exam, data may include some respondents who purchased and sat for the NCLEX-RN exam prior to the current Next Generation NCLEX-RN exam.
‡This is one of the findings of a quantitative survey conducted by a Kaplan NCLEX-RN CAT Predictive Validity Study conducted in February 2025 based on data supplied from 40 institutional partners and 839 students who took their first attempt at the next-generation NCLEX (NGN) RN exam between April and December 2023.