Updates and improvements

Sep 22 · 6 updates

1. 22Sep · Tue

   A clearer What's New page

   Improved

   • Improved
     One date per day, a month picker, weekly pages and a filter by type. more ▾less ▴

     This page now shows each date once, with everything from that day together, instead of repeating the date above every update. Each update is its title and its labels; tap it to read the notes. You move between months with the arrows or the month name at the top, and between weeks with Newer and Older at the bottom, and the labels line up so every line starts at the same edge. You can also show only New, Improved or Fixed updates. Long titles were shortened so the list is easier to scan. Links to older pages of this page still work.

   The student stories page knows you are signed in

   Fixed

   • Fixed
     The stories page no longer asks signed-in students to log in again. more ▾less ▴

     Opening the student stories page from inside BoardPal showed a Log in link, and tapping it took you to the login form even though you were already signed in. When you are signed in, that link now reads Home and takes you to your dashboard, and the button at the bottom of the page reads Back to studying. The Log in and Sign up pages also send a signed-in student straight to the dashboard now, wherever the link came from.

   Intrapartum labor time limits and 3 reported questions

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   • Improved
     The Intrapartum cram sheet's labor time limits now follow the 2024 ACOG guideline. more ▾less ▴

     The time limits box on the Intrapartum cram sheet now follows the current (2024) ACOG labor guideline. Arrest of dilation is counted from 6 cm with the membranes ruptured: no change after 4 hours of adequate contractions, or 6 hours of weak contractions on oxytocin. A protracted active phase is less than 1 cm of dilation in 2 hours, and arrest in the second stage means no descent or rotation after 3 hours of pushing for a first-time mother or 2 hours for a mother who has given birth before. The earlier lines gave the older two-hour and one-hour limits. Nothing was re-paginated, so every highlight and note you have made on this sheet is exactly where you left it.

   • Fixed
     An epidural fever question now uses the right timing and presents both explanations for the fever. more ▾less ▴

     A student pointed out that the cause of fever after an epidural is still debated, and that was right: a sterile inflammatory response is the leading explanation and reduced heat loss is another. While checking we found a second problem. The question placed the fever one hour after the epidural, when this fever usually appears four to six hours in. The scenario now fits that timing and gives the findings that separate it from infection, and the explanation presents both theories. The correct answer did not move, so your past attempts and topic scores are unaffected.

   • Fixed
     An arrest of dilation question now includes oxytocin in the six-hour rule. more ▾less ▴

     The same student noted that the 2024 ACOG definition of arrest of dilation counts six hours of weak contractions only once oxytocin is running, and that the guideline itself rates the definition as a conditional recommendation. A practice question on it now says both.

   • Improved
     A pre-operative question now explains how a hearing aid is kept track of through surgery. more ▾less ▴

     A student asked what happens to a hearing aid left in before surgery, in case it is forgotten. The explanation now spells it out: the aid is recorded on the pre-operative checklist and named at handover, removed after anesthesia is induced, kept in a labeled container and returned once the patient is awake. We also removed a line saying it is handed to the family.

   Forty more student stories

   New

   • New
     Forty more student stories are up on the stories page. more ▾less ▴

     Forty more nurses who passed the August 2026 board exam now share how BoardPal fit into their review, from daily practice questions on a break to mock boards and the progress checks that showed them where to improve. That makes 80 stories on nleboardpal.com/stories. Thank you for sharing them, and congratulations to all of you.

   Twenty-five more student stories

   New

   • New
     Twenty-five more student stories are up on the stories page. more ▾less ▴

     Twenty-five more nurses who passed the August 2026 board exam now share, in their own words, how BoardPal fit into their review, from the mock boards and rationales to the study plan and the days they just needed a break. Every story is on nleboardpal.com/stories. Congratulations to all of you.

   Ten more student stories, including two topnotchers

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   • New
     Ten more student stories are up, two of them from PRC top-10 placers. more ▾less ▴

     Ten more students who passed the August 2026 board exam now share how they reviewed with BoardPal, in their own words. Two of them placed in PRC's top 10: Allanah Beatriz Tubal of the University of St. La Salle (Top 5) and Lance Martin Santos of Calamba Doctors' College (Top 10). On the home page the stories now sit in a row you can swipe or step through with the arrows, and every story is on its own page at nleboardpal.com/stories. Congratulations to all fifteen.

   • Improved

     The student stories on the plans page now sit in a row you can swipe through too, and the page with every story has a Back button that returns you to wherever you opened it from.