Overview
The NCLEX Virtual Conference is a one-day, educational conference that provides NCLEX program updates offered by the experts that develop and administer the exam. The 2025 NCLEX Conference will also provide the opportunity to ask questions about the NCLEX program.
Objectives:
1. Describe the overview of NCLEX exam development and operations processes.
2. Discuss information the NCLEX candidate will need to know before, during and after the exam.
3. Recognize NCSBN’s approach to NCLEX fairness, item scoring, standard setting and computer adaptive testing (CAT).
4. Interpret the various entry-level clinical judgment approaches that an educator or clinician may use.
Event Presentations
Entry-level Nurses’ Clinical Judgment in the Transition to Practice Period
- Presented by
- Monica Escalante-Kolbuk, MSN, RN, CEN, Director, Novice Nurse Education Programs, Emergency Nurses Association; Kellie Bryant, DNP, WHNP, CHSE, FSSH, FADLN, FAAN, Director of the Center for Innovation in Education Excellence, National League for Nursing
- Length
- 1:02:12
Entry-level Nurses’ Clinical Judgment in the Transition to Practice Period: Q&A
- Presented by
- Moderator: Nicole Williams, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, Director, Content & Test Development, Examinations, NCSBN; Panelists: Monica Escalante-Kolbuk, MSN, RN, CEN, Director, Novice Nurse Education Programs, Emergency Nurses Association; Kellie Bryant, DNP, WHNP, CHSE, FSSH, FADLN, FAAN, Director of the Center for Innovation in Education Excellence, National League for Nursing
- Length
- 20:04
NCLEX Overview: Exam Development
- Presented by
- Joselin Cyriac, RN, Content Development Associate I, Examinations, NCSBN
- Length
- 11:54
2024 NCLEX Practice Analyses and 2026 NCLEX Test Plans
- Presented by
- Brittany McClendon, MBA, MSN, RN, Content Development Associate I, Examinations, NCSBN
- Length
- 32:08
Sensitivity and Differential Item Functioning (DIF)
- Presented by
- Melissa Biskupic, RN, LNHA, Content Development Associate I, Examinations, NCSBN; Hyung Jin Kim, PhD, Psychometrician II, Measurement & Testing, Examinations, NCSBN
- Length
- 19:34
NCLEX Updates
- Presented by
- Joe Betts, PhD, EdS, MMIS, Director, Measurement & Testing, Examinations, NCSBN
- Length
- 10:32
NCLEX Overview: Operations
- Presented by
- Marco Gonzalez, Exams Specialist I, Consolidated Services, NCSBN; Nick Barnes, Exams Specialist II, Consolidated Services, NCSBN
- Length
- 10:55
Q&A Session One
- Presented by
- Moderator: Nicole Williams, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, Director, Content & Test Development, Examinations, NCSBN; Panelists: Nick Barnes, Exams Specialist II, Consolidated Services, NCSBN; Joselin Cyriac, RN, Content Development Associate I, Examinations, NCSBN; Joe Betts, PhD, EdS, MMIS, Director, Measurement & Testing, Examinations, NCSBN; Brittany McClendon, MBA, MSN, RN, Content Development Associate I, Examinations, NCSBN
- Length
- 18:16
Research Updates
- Presented by
- Joselin Cyriac, RN, Content Development Associate I, Examinations, NCSBN; Hong Qian, PhD, PMP, ICE‑CCP, SAFe, Manager, Exam Development, Examinations, NCSBN; Nicole Williams, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, Director, Content & Test Development, Examinations, NCSBN
- Length
- 35:53
Item Scoring
- Presented by
- William Muntean, PhD, MS, Senior Manager, Measurement and Testing, Examinations, NCSBN
- Length
- 24:21
Standard Setting
- Presented by
- Cary Lin, PhD, MS, MA, Manager, Measurement & Testing, Examinations, NCSBN
- Length
- 11:34
Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT)
- Presented by
- Shu-chuan Kao, PhD, Associate Director, Measurement and Testing, Examinations, NCSBN
- Length
- 15:57
Q&A Session Two
- Presented by
- Moderator: Nicole Williams, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, Director, Content & Test Development, Examinations, NCSBN; Panelists: Joe Betts, PhD, EdS, MMIS, Director, Measurement & Testing, Examinations, NCSBN; Joselin Cyriac, RN, Content Development Associate I, Examinations, NCSBN; Hong Qian, PhD, PMP, ICE‑CCP, SAFe, Manager, Exam Development, Examinations, NCSBN; Shu-chuan Kao, PhD, Associate Director, Measurement and Testing, Examinations, NCSBN
- Length
- 21:27