NCLEX-RN EXAM REVIEW 2025-
2026
NCLEX-RN Exam Review 2025 – Full Study Guide
with NGN Format Questions, Rationales, Test-
Taking Strategies & Priority Nursing Topics |
Updated to Match 2025 NCLEX Changes
,PASS NCLEX
Airborne precautions
Measles, Mumps, Rubella, TB, and Varicella.
Private room required unless cohort.
Mask, Gloves,
Special filter mask (ONLY FOR TB),
Pt wear mask when leaving room
Negative airflow room.
TB is spread by droplet but airborne precaution.
droplet precautions (sneezing/coughing)
Private room, unless cohort
They need a lumbar puncture for cultures
PPE- Gloves, Mask,
Pt wears mask when leaving room,
Disposable supplies/dedicated supplies,
No gown
✓ Transmission-based precautions for pertussis include droplet precautions such as wearing a
surgical and appropriate hand hygiene.
✓ The nurse should wear the surgical mask within three feet of the client.
✓ Keeping the client's room door closed and maintaining negative air pressure are appropriate
interventions for airborne isolation - not droplet precautions.
contact precautions Anything enteric (fecal/oral)
C-diff, Hep A (stands for anus),
Herpes,
Staph infections,
RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus, babies get it) transmitted by droplet but works best still on
contact precautions
,Private room, but can be in the same room if in cohort
PPE- Gloves, Gown, Disposable supplies/dedicated supplies
• Meticulous hand hygiene with soap and water.
• Avoid using alcohol-based hand sanitizers.
• Using disposable healthcare equipment, such as blood pressure cuffs and stethoscopes.
• Disinfect surfaces with a bleach solution.
• Discontinuing unnecessary antibiotics.
PPE
Always take off in alphabetical order
Gloves, goggles, gown, mask
Put on in the reverse alphabetical in the G’s, but mask comes second
Gown, mask, goggles, gloves
Standard precautions
Perform hand hygiene
Use PPE if you expect contact with blood or bodily fluids. Standard precautions apply to all
patients, regardless of their diagnosis or infection status.
Disinfect client equipment
1 needle, 1 syringe, 1 time
✓ Standard precautions require the use of hand hygiene and additional personal protective
equipment as needed
✓ Common diseases/disorders requiring standard precautions include AIDS, HIV, Hepatitis A*,
B, and C
* For those with hepatitis A and incontinent of stool or diapered, they will need to be placed in
contact precautions
HIV/AIDS
Hep B&C
Cyttomegalovirus
Candidiasis
, Infectious mononucleosis
Syphilis
Chlamydia
Toxoplasmosis
Contact precautions memory trick
SCREWS
Superbugs (MRSA,VRE)
conjunctivitis
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Enteric- C.diff, Noroviruses, Rotavirus
W- Wound infections
S- Skin infections
Droplet precautions memory trick
SPIDERMAN
S- Scarlet fever, Streptococcal Pharyngitis
P- parovirus, pneumonia, pertussis
I- Influenza
D- Diptheria
E- Epiglottitis
R- Rubella, Rhinovirus
M- Mumps, meningitis
A- Adenovirus
N- Neisseria meningitis
Airborne precautions Memory trick
THREE RVS
T- tuberculosis
R- Rubeola (measles)
2026
NCLEX-RN Exam Review 2025 – Full Study Guide
with NGN Format Questions, Rationales, Test-
Taking Strategies & Priority Nursing Topics |
Updated to Match 2025 NCLEX Changes
,PASS NCLEX
Airborne precautions
Measles, Mumps, Rubella, TB, and Varicella.
Private room required unless cohort.
Mask, Gloves,
Special filter mask (ONLY FOR TB),
Pt wear mask when leaving room
Negative airflow room.
TB is spread by droplet but airborne precaution.
droplet precautions (sneezing/coughing)
Private room, unless cohort
They need a lumbar puncture for cultures
PPE- Gloves, Mask,
Pt wears mask when leaving room,
Disposable supplies/dedicated supplies,
No gown
✓ Transmission-based precautions for pertussis include droplet precautions such as wearing a
surgical and appropriate hand hygiene.
✓ The nurse should wear the surgical mask within three feet of the client.
✓ Keeping the client's room door closed and maintaining negative air pressure are appropriate
interventions for airborne isolation - not droplet precautions.
contact precautions Anything enteric (fecal/oral)
C-diff, Hep A (stands for anus),
Herpes,
Staph infections,
RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus, babies get it) transmitted by droplet but works best still on
contact precautions
,Private room, but can be in the same room if in cohort
PPE- Gloves, Gown, Disposable supplies/dedicated supplies
• Meticulous hand hygiene with soap and water.
• Avoid using alcohol-based hand sanitizers.
• Using disposable healthcare equipment, such as blood pressure cuffs and stethoscopes.
• Disinfect surfaces with a bleach solution.
• Discontinuing unnecessary antibiotics.
PPE
Always take off in alphabetical order
Gloves, goggles, gown, mask
Put on in the reverse alphabetical in the G’s, but mask comes second
Gown, mask, goggles, gloves
Standard precautions
Perform hand hygiene
Use PPE if you expect contact with blood or bodily fluids. Standard precautions apply to all
patients, regardless of their diagnosis or infection status.
Disinfect client equipment
1 needle, 1 syringe, 1 time
✓ Standard precautions require the use of hand hygiene and additional personal protective
equipment as needed
✓ Common diseases/disorders requiring standard precautions include AIDS, HIV, Hepatitis A*,
B, and C
* For those with hepatitis A and incontinent of stool or diapered, they will need to be placed in
contact precautions
HIV/AIDS
Hep B&C
Cyttomegalovirus
Candidiasis
, Infectious mononucleosis
Syphilis
Chlamydia
Toxoplasmosis
Contact precautions memory trick
SCREWS
Superbugs (MRSA,VRE)
conjunctivitis
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Enteric- C.diff, Noroviruses, Rotavirus
W- Wound infections
S- Skin infections
Droplet precautions memory trick
SPIDERMAN
S- Scarlet fever, Streptococcal Pharyngitis
P- parovirus, pneumonia, pertussis
I- Influenza
D- Diptheria
E- Epiglottitis
R- Rubella, Rhinovirus
M- Mumps, meningitis
A- Adenovirus
N- Neisseria meningitis
Airborne precautions Memory trick
THREE RVS
T- tuberculosis
R- Rubeola (measles)
