Whether you are pursuing your career in nursing in the classroom, or on-line, really does not matter. What matters is the understanding that the NCLEX exam is geared towards application of nursing knowledge obtained from lectures, textbooks, and class tests. The nurse is now required to solve problems. You will now be required to identify what the question is asking, what action to take, prioritize, assign tasks, and use the process of elimination. I have listed the 5 key strategies that you should consider when taking the NCLEX-RN.