Engineered around how you learn and remember.
Built by Sheldon Bennett, a working hospital RN. PulseRN was researched and engineered around how people actually learn and remember under pressure. The loop is the product.
1. Retrieval practice
Every session starts with a question, not a lecture. You commit to an answer, then read the rationale. Practice includes standard multiple choice and Next Generation formats: matrix, bow-tie, cloze, highlight, drag-and-drop, multiple response, and dosage calculation.
2. Spaced repetition
What you miss comes back on a real calendar date, right before you'd forget it. Recall comes before the answer is shown. Cards you know move further out.
3. Adaptive practice
PulseRN finds your weak spots across the eight NCSBN client-needs categories and works them until they're strengths. An estimate of your level, updated with every answer, sequences practice inside the app.
4. A plan for each day
A Today round puts due cards and adaptive questions in one session. Set an exam date and the weekly plan is built around it. Readiness self-assessments use standardized 85-question forms, each shown once per account. Readiness is an estimate built from your work in PulseRN. No prep program can guarantee an exam result.
5. Visual study cards and the library
ABGs, potassium and ECG changes, IV fluids, insulin, isolation, and pressure injuries are drawn so each concept clicks. The library includes 10,000+ practice questions, 500+ case studies, 1,100+ flashcards, dosage calculation practice, and an AI tutor for another explanation after you answer.
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