NEA-BC / NE-BC certification review
Are you ready to sit for the NEA-BC?
Find out in 25 questions. Real items from the HIVE Nurse item bank, sampled to the exam blueprint the way the real exam is, scored by domain. Free, no account, and your scorecard tells you exactly where to study first.
- Scored across Leadership, Quality & Safety, Human Capital Management and Healthcare Delivery
- A rationale on every item, right after you answer
- About 20 minutes. Your scorecard and a study plan land in your inbox
Your scorecard
Not a number. A map of where to study.
Every domain is scored against the mastery line separately, so a strong leader with a weak finance unit sees it in one glance. The study plan sends you to the module that closes each gap, in order.
What’s inside
The review: 24 modules, 5 units, 12 contact hours.
Each module has a film, the lessons, a 25-item knowledge check and a printable study guide. Then a practice exam of 568 exam-style items sampled to the blueprint and scored the way the real one is.
Unit 1 · 4.5 CH
Leadership
Theories and sources of power, motivation, communication and EI, conflict and negotiation, coaching and succession, strategy, change, informatics, business acumen and finance. Nine modules.
Unit 2 · 2.5 CH
Quality & Safety
Regulatory and accreditation bodies, emergency and disaster preparedness, risk and liability, benchmarking and QI, culture of safety and just culture. Five modules.
Unit 3 · 1.5 CH
Human Capital Management
Employment law and employee relations, professional development and competency, engagement and retention. Three modules.
Unit 4 · 2.5 CH
Healthcare Delivery
Care and payment models, ethics, research methodology, evidence-based practice, patient experience. Five modules.
Unit 5 · 1.0 CH
Exam practiceExecutive scenario practice, then the full 568-item practice exam, timed and scored by domain, as many sittings as you want.
Who built it
Two nurse leaders who sat this exam and taught the content.
Written by Elizabeth Miller Walters, DNP, RN, CPNP, PMGT-BC, and reviewed by Ashley Kellish, DNP, RN, CCNS, NEA-BC. Every item in the bank carries a rationale and a source; nothing in it is recycled from a question dump.
HIVE Nurse is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Florida Board of Nursing, CE Provider #50-57054. The 12 contact hours count toward your renewal whether or not you pass the exam.
One price. Every module, every sitting of the practice exam.
NEA-BC / NE-BC Certification Review
- 24 modules with films, lessons, knowledge checks and study guides
- The 568-item practice exam, unlimited sittings, scored by domain
- Yours until you pass, and the certificate for 12.0 CH in your Passport
HIVE Unlimited members pay $199. Teams: seats for your leadership cohort on the organizations page.
Not sure yet?
Take the readiness test first.
Twenty-five questions, scored by domain. If you’re already over the line in every domain, we’ll say so, and you keep the scorecard.
Take the free testQuestions nurses ask
Is the readiness test the same as the practice exam?
No. The readiness test is 25 items, free, with no account. The practice exam in the review is 568 items, sampled to the blueprint, timed, and you can sit it as many times as you like.
Does it cover the NE-BC too?
Yes. The content and the item bank cover the nurse executive and nurse executive, advanced exams. The readiness test is sampled to the NEA-BC blueprint.
Do I get CE for the review?
Yes: 12.0 contact hours, awarded unit by unit as you finish each one, with a certificate in your Passport. Florida nurses are reported to CE Broker.
What if I don’t pass the exam?
The review stays yours. Sit the practice exam again, use the scorecard to find the gaps, and keep going.