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January 26, 2021

The 2021 NCSBN Environmental Scan represents a systematic and continuous effort to search for information about how nursing is evolving, and what that means for the future of nursing regulation. A variety of sources have been used to compile this document. Of course, this publication represents a mere snapshot in time of the world around us - both inside and outside of nursing regulation. It was distributed as a supplement to the Journal of Nursing Regulation in January 2021.

• Reflections on the Year of the Nurse: The Impact of COVID-19
• Global Perspective: Registered Nurses Association of the Northwest Territories & Nunavut
• NCSBN’s Core Data Annual Report Template: Helping Nursing Regulatory Bodies Approve Nurse Education Programs
• Nurse Licensure Compact Update
• An Update from the NCSBN Examinations Department

This webinar will show you how NCSBN ensures fairness for all groups taking the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN examinations using a Differential Item Functioning (DIF) panel review process. NCSBN psychometric staff will explain how DIF review helps ensure candidates with comparable nursing knowledge would perform similarly on exam items, regardless of their gender, ethnicity, or other irrelevant factors. More specifically this webinar will discuss:

• What does DIF mean?
• How to detect items with DIF?
• Who reviews DIF items?

Administrator provides instructions on how to create and print custom or complete reports from the Member Board Profiles application.

• An Interview with Sarah Phipps, Associate Executive Director for Education and Practice at the Idaho Board of Nursing, on the Practice/Academic Partnership in Idaho
• Take Our Leader To Leader Subscriber Survey
• NCSBN’s New Research Study: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Nursing Education
• NCSBN Offers Free COVID-19 Courses
• Core Data Annual Reports of Nursing Education Programs
• NCSBN Approves APRN Compact at Annual Meeting