What's new
Updates and improvements
Everything we've shipped to BoardPal, newest first.
Nov 1 to 7 · 30 improvements
7Nov · Sat
Play: Rapid Fire Time Attack, one-topic games, friends up top
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Rapid Fire: right answers add time, no more 3 lives. more ▾less ▴
Rapid Fire has no lives now. You start with 2 minutes: a right answer adds 10 seconds and a wrong one takes 10, so a careful run goes further.
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Friends list moved up, with Play live on each friend. more ▾less ▴
Your friends now sit higher on the Play page, each with a Play live button. People you only played with fold under them.
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Six more quick-chat phrases. more ▾less ▴
Quick chat in group games has six more phrases: Ready!, Wait for me, Rematch?, One more?, Thanks! and Learned a lot.
Play: open parties up top, Cup card knows when it ends
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Open parties now show near the top of Play. more ▾less ▴
When a party is open, it now shows near the top of the Play page, right under your player card, so you can join without scrolling.
Live Match: read the why, tap Next together
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Live games show the first line of the why right away. more ▾less ▴
When the answer shows in a live game, the first line of the explanation now shows right away, and the screen moves down to it on a phone. The full explanation is still one tap away, and every one waits for you at the end of the game.
Notifications when a friend invites you
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One-tap reminder when your free questions are done. more ▾less ▴
When today's free questions are done, you can turn on a daily reminder in one tap, right on that card.
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Your reminder tells you when your renewal discount opens. more ▾less ▴
If you have the daily reminder on, the day your renewal discount opens, that day's reminder tells you about the discount instead. Still one reminder a day.
Play live with any friend
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Play live with any friend, or let them play later. more ▾less ▴
Every friend in the Challenge list now has a Play live button, not only the ones studying right now. If your friend is not on BoardPal, "Play now, they play later" shows after 15 seconds, like Live Match. The play-later screen now says plainly "You play first. Ana plays later."
Play: live challenges with friends, a tidier card, Play in the tab bar
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A cleaner Play card on phones. more ▾less ▴
The top Play card on phones is tidier: your badges sit in three even tiles under your name, one pencil button changes your frame and badges, and the level bar shows your real progress with its shine kept inside the gold.
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Play is in the bottom bar; the logo takes you Home. more ▾less ▴
Play now has its own button in the bar at the bottom of the screen on phones and tablets, where Home was. The BoardPal logo at the top and the menu still take you Home, and the middle Practice button now shows a tick box.
The free PNLE tracker, now in Resources
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Find the free PNLE tracker in Resources. more ▾less ▴
The free PNLE tracker, a Google Sheets checklist of every PNLE topic with an exam countdown and a practice score log, now has its own row in Resources, under My Notes and Bookmarks. Before, it was only linked from our public pages. From a student who could not find it.
Play: send challenges to friends, see who is studying, Pulse the coach
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Pulse is redrawn and gives you tips on the Play page. more ▾less ▴
Pulse, the Play mascot, is redrawn with more expressions, a heartbeat and a wave. On the Play page he tells you one useful thing at a time, like an open party, your free rounds or your best streak. Tap him for the next.
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Open parties show first, with their topic and wait time. more ▾less ▴
Open parties now sit at the top of With others while one is waiting, with the topic and how long it has waited. Hosts of a public party see a waiting clock, so other students have time to join.
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Clearer labels on the With others games. more ▾less ▴
Every With others game now says who it is for: Live Match 1v1, Quiz Show and Code Blue Group, Challenge Anytime.
Play: harder Match Up, upbeat music, games in History
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Match Up: 8 answers per board, a twin for each. more ▾less ▴
Match Up is harder: every answer now has a look-alike twin that fits nothing, so each board has 8 answers for 4 sentences. A twin is the opposite when there is one (hypokalemia beside hyperkalemia), or the answer to a question of the same kind.
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Three upbeat music tracks, one per kind of game. more ▾less ▴
Game music is upbeat now, with three tracks: one for Code Blue and Live Match, one for Quiz Show and Nightingale's Cup, and one for Match Up and Type It. It still starts off; tap the music note in a game to turn it on.
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Live Match: every topic, faster pairing. more ▾less ▴
Live Match now uses questions from every topic, so you find a player faster. To play one topic with others, start a party.
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The Nightly Show is now Nightingale's Cup. more ▾less ▴
The 9 PM Nightly Show is now called Nightingale's Cup.
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History grouped by day, with a summary for each. more ▾less ▴
History is grouped by day, each day with a one-line summary, and your games on a day show as one line in All.
Play: tidier frames and a 1v1 tag
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Live Match shows a 1v1 tag. more ▾less ▴
The Live Match tile now shows a 1v1 tag, so you can tell at a glance it is you against one other student.
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6Nov · Fri
Play: Live Match, public parties, frames and player cards
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Quick match is now Live Match, with new tiles. more ▾less ▴
Quick match is now called Live Match, and the games you play with others sit at the top of the Play page with new, more playful tiles.
Eight flashcards and one cram sheet line corrected against the books
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Falls and well-child cards now say where their facts come from. more ▾less ▴
The falls card now teaches that falls are the leading cause of injury in adults 65 and older, and the well-child visit card says plainly that its ages are the US schedule; the DOH weighs and measures children under 2 every month.
Ten flashcard decks read again, seventy-seven cards sharpened
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Ten flashcard decks read again; seventy-seven cards sharpened. more ▾less ▴
Every card in ten decks was read again against its practice question: Health Laws (Maternal, Child and Reproductive), Vulnerable Population Groups, Referral System, Stroke, Health Laws (NCD, Environment and Nutrition), Pneumonia, Leprosy, Eye Anatomy and Refractive Disorders, Trauma-Related Disorders, and the PH Health Care Delivery System. Seventy-seven cards now name the look-alike you might mix them up with, or teach the point their question turns on. Type It and Match Up use these cards too.
Play page: tidier tiles and one button style
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Play page: one tile for every game, one button style. more ▾less ▴
The Play page is tidier: all six games now use the same tile, three across on wider screens, and Join with a code has its own box. Every button reacts the same way when you point at it, press it or reach it with the Tab key.
Play: study games, solo or with friends
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Match Up: look-alike answers and two decoys per board. more ▾less ▴
Match Up is harder: the answers on each board look alike (for example hypokalemia, hyperkalemia and hypoglycemia), and two extra answers fit nothing, so you have to read every sentence.
Sign in with Google, and a wider page on laptops
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The Account menu is shorter. Take the tour, Student Stories, About BoardPal and Free PNLE Guides are now on the Help & Support page, and What's New is the bell at the top.
A new, simpler layout
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Home is tidier: the cram sheet you were reading joins Continue where you left off, and Flashcards shows how many cards are due.
Smoother moves between pages
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Moving between pages is smoother, with nothing jumping around. more ▾less ▴
Moving between pages is smoother: the menu and the top bar stay in place while the next page loads, the item you tapped lights up right away, and nothing jumps sideways.
Calmer full access cards
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Full access and daily limit cards are simpler and easier to read. more ▾less ▴
Full access and daily limit cards are simpler and easier to read: your own count is in the heading (like 50 questions are waiting in your Vault), and the buttons sit together at the bottom right.
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5Nov · Thu
Rewritten questions on prioritization and delegation
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Prioritization and delegation questions rewritten, with test-taking tips. more ▾less ▴
92 one-answer questions on Nursing Process and Prioritization were rewritten, and the new versions replace the old ones from November 6. Wrong options were rebuilt so each one is something a nurse could defend, and the explanations are about a sixth shorter, open with the answer and define every term. Questions that repeated others now test their own ground. 88 of them also get a Test-taking tip you can open after you answer. Each question was checked by a reviewer. The answers are unchanged.
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4Nov · Wed
A Flashcard button in the cram sheet tools
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A Flashcard button in a cram sheet's tools starts card-making in one tap. more ▾less ▴
In a cram sheet's tools, tap Flashcard to start making cards right away. It turns on highlighting and shows the Make a flashcard and Picture card buttons in one tap. On phones these used to sit off the edge of the screen.
Mock Board #3 updated with recent PNLE trends
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Mock Board #3 updated based on recent PNLE trends and student feedback. more ▾less ▴
Mock Board #3 has been updated based on recent PNLE trends and feedback from students who have taken the boards. If you had a Mock #3 section open, you will be offered a fresh restart of that section. Your finished sections and past reviews are unchanged.
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3Nov · Tue
Mock Boards #4 and #5 updated with recent PNLE trends
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Mock Boards #4 and #5 updated based on recent PNLE trends and student feedback. more ▾less ▴
Mock Boards #4 and #5 have been updated based on recent PNLE trends and feedback from students who have taken the boards. If you had a section of either mock open, you will be offered a fresh restart of that section. Your finished sections and past reviews are unchanged.
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2Nov · Mon
Shorter explanations on 298 more questions
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Explanations on 298 more questions shortened, every reason and definition kept. more ▾less ▴
The explanations on 298 more one-answer questions were shortened to 150 words or fewer, down from about 200 words for a typical one. Each still opens with the answer, gives every reason the answer is right and every reason each other option is wrong, and keeps a plain definition of every term it relies on. Each was checked by two reviewers. The question itself was also shortened on 3 of them, without removing anything the answer needs. The answers are unchanged.
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1Nov · Sun
Shorter explanations on 299 more questions
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Explanations on 299 more questions shortened, every reason and definition kept. more ▾less ▴
The explanations on 299 more one-answer questions were shortened to 150 words or fewer, down from about 200 words for a typical one. Each still opens with the answer, gives every reason the answer is right and every reason each other option is wrong, and keeps a plain definition of every term it relies on. Each was checked by two reviewers. The question itself was also shortened on 6 of them, without removing anything the answer needs. The answers are unchanged.
Rewritten questions on glaucoma and cataract
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Glaucoma and cataract questions rewritten: shorter, harder choices. more ▾less ▴
38 one-answer questions on Glaucoma and Cataract were rewritten. The questions are about a third shorter and keep only the details that decide the answer. Wrong options were rebuilt so each one is something a nurse could believe, and the explanations are shorter, open with the answer and define every term. Questions that repeated others now test their own ground, such as eye drops with contact lenses, colors looking brighter after cataract surgery, and family members getting their eyes checked. Each question was checked by a reviewer. The answers are unchanged.
The official PNLE TOS, explained topic by topic
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All free PNLE guides are now one tap away, including from your menu. more ▾less ▴
Every free guide (the TOS, free questions by topic, how to review, cram sheet previews and the reviewer app comparisons) is now linked at the bottom of our public pages and from the menu under your picture, so they are easy to share with classmates.
See what full access adds, right where you would use it
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Full access features now show where you would use them, marked Full access. more ▾less ▴
On the free plan, features that come with full access now show where you would use them, marked Full access, instead of being missing. Your study plan lists adding it to your calendar, catching up after a missed day and focusing on your hardest subjects. Plan setup shows the daily flashcards choice. After a practice set, you can see how many questions you missed are saved in your Vault. Flashcards shows the cards you keep missing.
The Pricing page now lists only what full access adds
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The Pricing page lists only what full access adds. more ▾less ▴
The list of what comes with full access on the Pricing page now shows only things a free account does not have: no daily limit on questions or flashcards, a Study Plan you can tick off, catch up and add to your calendar, your practice history, and your own flashcards. Performance analytics, streaks and leaderboards stay free for everyone, so they are no longer listed there.
Add to my calendar now shows on the free study plan
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The free study plan now shows Add to my calendar, marked Full access. more ▾less ▴
If you are reading your study plan for free, Add to my calendar now shows below the calendar too, marked Full access, so you can see it is there before you upgrade. With full access it puts every task in Google, Apple or Outlook Calendar.
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