The content of the NCLEX-RN Test Plan is organized into four major Client Needs categories. Two of the four categories are divided into subcategories:
Safe and Effective Care Environment
Management of Care
Safety and Infection Control
Health Promotion and Maintenance
Psychosocial Integrity
Physiological Integrity
Basic Care and Comfort
Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
Reduction of Risk Potential
Physiological Adaptation
NCLEX-RN examinations are administrated adaptively in variable length format to target candidate-specific ability. To accommodate possible variations in test length, content area distributions of the individual examinations may differ up to ±3% in each category.
The above information is the original content of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing and can be located in the following document:
National Council of State Boards of Nursing. (2015). NCLEX-RN test plan: Effective April 2016. Retrieved from https://www.ncsbn.org/RN_Test_Plan_2016_Final.pdf