FORGED · Learning pathways
For students building a foundation and experienced clinicians refining their judgment. Find a starting point in nursing, EMS, ICU, transport, flight, or acute-care reasoning.
Clinical practice · Free case available
Six focused sections and 24 upcoming lessons span shock, ventilation, neuro and sedation, renal and metabolic care, transport and flight, and acute-care team reasoning. Each lesson preview explains its goal and availability.
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A fully fictional adult handoff asks what an acceptable pressure means when vasopressor support is increasing. Make a decision, reveal the reasoning, then switch clinical perspectives.
Choose your starting point
Each pathway has a different starting point. Availability and prices are shown below so you can see what is ready and what is still in development.
Free resources available
Preparing for nursing or paramedic school? Start with anatomy and physiology, explore common prerequisites, and compare nationwide program examples with your own school’s requirements.
Our A&P preview breaks homeostasis and feedback loops into small steps, using sweating and familiar analogies to make the science easier to follow.
By request · Confirm availability
Focused review for nursing coursework, ATI-related subject preparation, or a paramedic-school topic you are struggling with. Tell us what you need to understand and when you need it.
$50 once · per agreed topic
Email first. We will agree on the topic, materials, delivery timing, and availability before sending a Stripe payment link. This is original study support; it does not provide proprietary ATI questions, answer keys, or help completing a graded assessment.
Planned · Interest only
Practice identifying the important findings, choosing a priority, and explaining why an answer fits. Explore the preview for a look at the teaching approach and proposed individualized support.
Planned: $150 once · 30 days
The intended program combines a baseline assessment, an individualized study plan, original practice with rationales, and a final review. The paid program is still in development; enrollment and payment are not open.
Planned · Interest only
A planned adult critical care pathway connecting physiology, assessment, and clinical reasoning. The goal is to build an individualized study plan around the areas that need the most work.
Planned: $399 once · 30 days
This program is not open for enrollment or payment. Check AACN’s current eligibility rules and exam information before planning your certification timeline.
Planned · Interest only
Certified Transport Registered Nurse preparation is planned for nurses working toward critical care ground transport certification. The proposed focus is reasoning through assessment, transport preparation, and changes that matter away from the unit.
A FORGED course, launch date, and price have not been finalized. Start with BCEN’s official certification information and let us know what you want to learn.
Planned · Interest only
Certified Flight Registered Nurse preparation is planned for nurses pursuing flight certification. The proposed pathway will connect critical care concepts with the constraints of caring for patients during flight.
A FORGED course, launch date, and price have not been finalized. Use BCEN’s official guidance to check certification requirements and tell us which topics would help you most.
FORGED is an independent education project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by ATI, NCSBN, AACN, or BCEN. Preparation does not confer certification, meet eligibility requirements, or guarantee an exam result. Planned FORGED prices exclude official exam and application fees.
Beyond the right answer
For ICU and transport nurses, practicing critical care nurse practitioners, and NP students, including those in adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AG-ACNP) programs.
After Report works through fully fictional cases from the bedside, transport, and receiving-team perspectives. Students can follow the reasoning step by step; experienced clinicians can examine the uncertainty and competing priorities.
Start free
Work through the free 20-item practice preview, or trace blood through the heart, lungs, and body in the circulation lesson. These are samples of the approach, not full certification assessments.
