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6–12% of the NCLEX-RN 2026

Basic Care & Comfort

Nutrition, hydration, elimination, mobility, sleep, hygiene, and non-pharmacologic comfort measures.

Practice this category

Core topics you'll master

  • Nutrition & Oral Hydration
  • Elimination
  • Mobility & ROM
  • Rest & Sleep
  • Personal Hygiene

How this category is tested

Expect a mix of single-answer items, Select All That Apply (SATA), matrix, drag-and-drop, and unfolding case studies. The 2026 blueprint emphasizes clinical judgment using the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model — recognize cues, analyze cues, prioritize hypotheses, generate solutions, take action, and evaluate outcomes.

Practice questions in this category walk you through realistic clinical scenarios with provider prescriptions, nurses' notes, and vital-sign trends — the same exhibits you'll encounter on exam day.

Free · warm-up only

Quick Basic Care refresh drills

Tap an answer and it tells you right away whether you were right — a fast mind refresh between study sessions. Full-depth practice for this category lives in the question pack and the printable 2026 editions.

Basic Care & Comfort

RN & PN · 3 items

Daily-care essentials — mobility, skin, nutrition, swallowing.

  • When repositioning an immobile client every two hours, the nurse should:

  • Which food choice is highest in fiber for a client with constipation?

  • For a client with dysphagia, the priority during meals is:

That's the warm-up. The full workout is in the editions.

These quick drills keep your mind fresh, but exam-day readiness needs full-scale material: complete topic depth, Next Gen case practice, printable workbooks with labeled illustrations and hundreds more questions with full rationales. That lives in the printable 2026 editions and the complete question pack.

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