I went through nursing school.
I know what studying for the NCLEX is like.
Too much to cover. Not enough time. Studying that doesn't feel like it's sticking. I built NCLEX Audio because I was exactly there and what I needed didn't exist.
Clinical simulation lab, Sierra College Nursing Program, 2020.
Sierra College. COVID. 2021.
Early mornings. Long days in the sim lab and at clinical sites. Late nights reviewing. Professors testing you in the hallway. The dean on the clinical floor. Ten percent of your cohort gone by the following semester.
That rigor exists for a reason. Nursing has to be that way. The stakes on the other side of graduation are real. The program prepares you. That part is true.
But the pace is relentless. The textbooks were thick and the time was thin. We lived on mnemonics and late-night whiteboard sessions and whatever clicked fast enough to stick before the next exam. That is not a criticism. It is just the reality of nursing school.
Clinical rotations, 2020–2021.
Every commute was forty minutes I had nothing useful to do with.
Driving to clinicals at six in the morning. Sitting in the hospital parking lot before a shift. Driving home too tired to read. I kept thinking about how useful it would be to have something to listen to.
Not a lecture. Something with questions. Something that read the question aloud, let me answer, and then immediately told me why I was wrong when I got it wrong. That is when things stick. Not the night before. Right in the moment you miss it.
I looked for it. Audio. On my phone. In my pocket. Questions I could answer while driving, walking, waiting. It wasn't there.
So I built it.
I went into oncology nursing after graduation. The gap I had felt in school stayed with me. Eventually I built what I had been looking for.
NCLEX Audio is 145 episodes covering every domain on the test plan. Each one is a full audio study guide. Each one comes with an audio quiz.
Here is how the quiz works. A question is read aloud. You tap an answer. If you get it wrong, you hear exactly why — right then, in the moment you missed it. If you get it right, a chime plays and the next question loads. Your phone stays in your pocket the whole time.
It is what I wanted driving to Sierra College at six in the morning. I hope it helps you pass.
Creator, NCLEX Audio · nclexaudio.com
What NCLEX Audio is
An independent educational channel and website. Not affiliated with NCSBN, Pearson VUE, or any state board of nursing. Not a replacement for nursing school. Not a guarantee of any exam outcome.
A study tool. Built with care. By someone who needed it and couldn't find it. Free to start. Works with your phone in your pocket.