About 
Jade NursingPrep™

Jade NursingPrep™ is an affordable NCLEX-RN® and nursing-school prep platform built by Mariano Alfred Acevedo, PhD, RN, in response to what he has seen students need most: help breaking down a test question and choosing the right answer. From content to correct answer, we teach the concepts behind each topic and how to apply them to test questions — not just lists and bullets of facts that won't be remembered, understood, or applied.

Your Nursing Journey with 
Jade NursingPrep™

Activates prior knowledge

Retrieval practice with clinical reasoning

Spaced repetition

Our mission

Nursing students today are exhausted, time-poor, and overwhelmed by information overload — and too often, the resources built to help them cost more than a student budget can carry. Jade NursingPrep™ exists to change that. Our mission is simple: make genuinely effective NCLEX-RN® preparation affordable, clear, and reassuring, so the quality of a student's preparation is never decided by how much they can spend.

How we teach

Our approach is built on established learning science — retrieval practice, spaced repetition, dual-coding, and interleaving — rather than marathon rereading. Every lesson moves through a clear, guided sequence powered by two frameworks we developed for exactly this purpose:

ACTS-5™ MicroCycle

our instructional-design framework that turns dense content into focused, roughly 30-minute study blocks built around active recall and safe-practice anchoring.

N.U.R.S.E.S. Sequence™

our step-by-step clinical-reasoning method (Notice, Understand, Rank, Safely Act, Evaluate, Share) that teaches you to think through a question the way a practicing nurse does.

What we stand for

- Affordable — quality prep within reach of a real student budget.
- Systematic study, not cramming — the Dynamic Nursing School Planner schedules 1 new topic a day, brings each topic back 2, 6 and 13 days later, and mixes topics every 3rd study day, while NGN-Style questions with rationales show you how to apply each concept. You build study habits that work: retrieval practice, spaced review, mixed practice, and reasoning through why each answer is right.
- Science-backed — grounded in how memory and clinical reasoning actually work.
- Faith-fueled — a thread of encouragement for students who want it, never a substitute for rigorous content.

Where faith fits

Jade NursingPrep™ embraces a faith-based foundation, offering optional encouragement to students who seek it. We understand that nursing school can often bring feelings of fear and self-doubt. To support our students, we provide uplifting messages alongside essential lab values, creating a more holistic learning experience. This element of our program remains entirely optional and is presented with the utmost respect for all beliefs.

What you get with Jade NursingPrep™

Start free. Go deeper when you are ready.

Free: start here

30 free NGN-Style questions with rationales
A full NGN case study
Personal report: strengths and next topics
Dynamic Nursing School Planner

Fluid and Electrolytes + ABG Study Guide

Potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium and chloride
ABG interpretation step by step, 12 worked gases
24 practice questions with rationales
$9 · 81-page PDF

Lab Values for the NCLEX-RN®

Electrolyte and renal lab values
NGN-Style practice with full rationales
The N.U.R.S.E.S. Sequence™
$29 one time · 12 months of access

Pharmacology Study Guide for the NCLEX-RN®

Safe practice and pharmacology foundations
Dosage calculation and medication safety
Study guide chapters by body system

Why we built Jade NursingPrep™

To become the most trusted, affordable partner for nursing students — by truly understanding their stress, struggles, and self-doubt, and turning that into confidence through science-backed lessons that make nursing school and the NCLEX-RN® feel simpler, smarter, and more manageable.

We know the modern nursing student is exhausted, time-poor, and overwhelmed by information overload. So we strip away the fluff and target the cognitive fatigue that makes hard-won knowledge so hard to recall under pressure.

Affordable,
without compromise

We remove the barrier of high costs, so focused NCLEX-RN® prep is within reach for every student.

Led by
a doctorally prepared nurse educator

Built by Mariano Alfred Acevedo, PhD, RN — Founder and Curriculum Director of Jade NursingPrep™, with over 30 years in nursing education preparing students for the NCLEX-RN®.

Targeted to how the NCLEX-RN® actually tests you

According to NCSBN, most NCLEX-RN® questions are written at the application level or higher and ask you to use problem-solving skills to choose the correct answer. Our guided lessons, NGN-Style practice and clear rationales give you practice with exactly that step.

Taking the NCLEX-RN® again?

You are not alone: 42,513 U.S.-educated nurses took the NCLEX-RN® again in 2025 (NCSBN). A retake calls for a different way to study, not just more facts. Start with free NCLEX® practice questions to see which topics and question types you miss, then rebuild those topics with focused lessons and clear rationales.

Ready when you are.

Start with the free framework — create your free account and work through the N.U.R.S.E.S. Sequence™ at no cost. When you want the full course, Lab Values for the NCLEX-RN® is $29, one time, with 12 months of access.

Questions students ask

Why do I know the content but still miss NCLEX® questions?

Knowing a fact is only the first step. NCSBN states that most NCLEX-RN® questions are written at the application level or higher, so you also have to use problem-solving skills: analyze the client situation, decide what matters most, and choose the correct answer. Jade lessons teach the concept, then show how it is applied in a question, with a clear rationale for the answer.

Can Jade NursingPrep™ help if I am retaking the NCLEX-RN®?

Yes. Start with the free practice questions to find the topics and question types you miss, then review those topics with the matching study guide or course and practice again. Jade does not promise a pass; it helps you spend your study time on the topics you need most.