DayoRN

Filed under: things I wish someone had handed me on placement

Placement is where nursing school gets real.

I'm Dayo — an ICU nurse and preceptor in Toronto. I build the practice tools I wish my students had: short reps, real rhythm strips, honest feedback — the kind of thing you can run on a break, coffee going cold beside you. The ECG trainers are live. More modules are coming, one at a time.

Open the Rhythm Trainer or warm up with the Lab →
Open a module and start practising. Sign in to save your progress across devices.
Works on your phone, because that's what's in your pocket.

Exam Zone

Exam Zone

Exam coming up? Train the way the test actually feels.

Live nowExam Zone

NCLEX Trainer

The question bank I wish someone had handed me before exam season: 2,663 questions, every one read and checked — keys verified, calculations recomputed, rationales that agree with the answers. Canadian the whole way through — SI units, CNO and PHIPA, generic drug names.

It asks the way the exam asks: 40 unfolding case studies, bowtie and trend questions, SATA with partial credit — 634 next-gen items — and a rationale with an Educational Objective on every question.

What's in the bank

Tap a section to jump straight into it in the NCLEX Trainer.

How it works

Tutor mode teaches as you go. Exam mode is the full rehearsal — 70 questions, 3 hours. CAT tests adapt to every answer, 85–150 questions, with a pass/fail estimate. The diagnostic report shows exactly where you're weak, with a drill button beside each spot.

The loop: learn in Tutor mode, rehearse in Exam or CAT mode, then live in My Misses until they stop being misses. Sign in and it all follows you between devices.

Yes, all 2,663. I read every one. Twice. — D

Open the NCLEX Trainer

also at nclex.dayorn.ca

The toolkit

One placement, a whole toolkit

DayoRN is growing into the set of drills I actually want in my students' pockets. The ECG, Respiratory and Advanced modules below are finished and ready to use right now. The rest are on my workbench — listed honestly below, no fake buttons. Here for an exam? See the Exam Zone above →

Live now

— finished, tested on my own students
Live nowModule 01 · ECG

ECG Rhythm Lab

The gentler on-ramp: study each rhythm first, then get quizzed on it.

Which one should I use? This one, if ECGs are new to you or you want a short daily drill. Ten honest minutes beats an hour of flashcards. ← my students start here

Open the Rhythm Lab

also at ecgsimple.dayorn.ca

Live nowModule 02 · ECG

ECG Rhythm Trainer

The deep end: 24 rhythms on Lead II strips, then full 12- and 15-lead ECGs and axis deviation. Calipers throughout — you measure it yourself.

Which one should I use? This one, if rhythms are starting to make sense and you want the full picture — or 12-leads and axis still feel shaky. The calipers are draggable. The excuses are not. — D

Open the Rhythm Trainer

also at ecgharder.dayorn.ca

Respiratory

— blood gases and the ventilator, the whole conversation
Live nowModule 03 · Respiratory

ABG Interpretation

The whole acid–base read, on cases generated fresh — real numbers that actually add up, drilled until the steps run themselves.

Which one should I use? This one, whenever a gas lands in front of you and the numbers blur. Its practice questions pull straight from the NCLEX bank.

Open ABG Interpretation

also at abg.dayorn.ca

Live nowModule 04 · Respiratory

Ventilators

The ventilator, minus the fear — every mode and setting, taught on a fake vent that shows real numbers.

Which one should I use? This one, before a vented patient is yours — and ABG beside it; same conversation. The vent isn’t scary. The 3 a.m. alarm is. — D

Open the Ventilators module

also at vents.dayorn.ca

Advanced

— for after the basics are yours
Live nowModule 05 · Advanced

Family NP Bank

A full CNPLE question bank for NP students — 2,663 questions in the NCLEX Trainer's format, exam mode built to the real Ontario exam: 185 questions, 4 hours.

Which one should I use? This one, if you're an NP student aiming at the CNPLE — or an RN stretching into primary-care thinking. 2,663 questions. My laptop fan has seen things. — D

Open the Family NP Bank

also at fnp.dayorn.ca

Live nowModule 06 · Advanced

ACLS

ACLS as megacode drills — a rhythm strip, a monitor, and a chain of decisions where each answer sets up the next.

Which one should I use? This one, before an ACLS course, a recert, or a shift where the crash cart might roll. Megacodes: the group project where everyone’s watching. — D

Open the ACLS module

also at acls.dayorn.ca

In the workshop

— being built, not ready, no button to press yet
  • Lab values that actually matter on the floorIn the works

    Electrolytes, kidneys, CBC — the ones you'll actually get paged about, not all forty on the printout.

  • Med mathIn the works

    Dosage calculations and drip rates, checked the way a preceptor checks them — slowly, twice.

  • ISBAR handoversIn the works

    Structure a handover that doesn't ramble, so the next nurse gets the story in ninety seconds.

  • Head-to-toe assessmentIn the works

    A checklist drill in the order you'd actually do it at the bedside, not the order in the textbook.

  • Spotting deteriorationIn the works

    Sepsis and the quietly-crashing patient — the one who looks "fine" until they very much aren't.

  • ICU basicsIn the works

    Vents, lines, and drips without the panic. What the numbers mean, what to touch, what to never touch.

  • “What do you do first?”In the works

    Short clinical scenarios, one decision at a time — because that's how the floor actually asks the question.

One module at a time. I have a day job. — D

DayoRN Premium

DayoRN Premium

One enrollment for the whole toolkit — every module, one account.

PremiumAll modules · One account

Everything DayoRN, in one place

Premium will cover every module — the ECG trainers, the full NCLEX bank, CAT practice tests, and diagnostic reports — with progress synced to your account, so your reps follow you from phone to laptop and back again.

  • ECG trainers — Rhythm Trainer and Rhythm Lab, calipers and all
  • Full NCLEX bank — all 2,663 questions, every format
  • CAT practice tests — adaptive tests that respond to every answer, the way the real exam does
  • Diagnostic reports — accuracy by section, subtopic, and format, weakest areas first
  • Synced progress — attempts, streaks, and misses saved to your account

Enrollment opens soon.

Every module is open to students while enrollment is being set up.

“Soon” is doing some heavy lifting in that paragraph. — D