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• Rising to the Challenge: the Optimal Regulatory Board System (ORBS)
• NCSBN Members Share Their Stories of Involvement
• Nursing and Midwifery Council of New South Wales, Australia
• 2018 PN Practice Analysis Now Available
• Nurse Licensure Compact Update
• Nurses from Across the Globe Gather in Singapore
• A Nursys e-Notify Success Story in Missouri
• The Alabama Board of Nursing Receives NCSBN’s 2019 Regulatory Achievement Award
• Angels of Sorokdo: Korean Nurses Association Seeks to Honor Nurses Who Selflessly Served

R. Louise McManus Award

Elizabeth "Libby" Lund, MSN, RN, Executive Director, Tennessee Board of Nursing

The R. Louise McManus Award is the most prestigious award. Individuals nominated for this award shall have made sustained and significant contributions through the highest commitment and dedication to the mission and vision of NCSBN.

Meritorious Service Award

Fred Knight, JD, Board Staff, General Counsel, Arkansas Board of Nursing

The Meritorious Service Award is granted to a member for significant contributions to the mission and vision of NCSBN.

Exceptional Contribution Award

Ingeborg “Bibi” Schultz, MSN, RN, CNE, Board Staff, Director of Education, Missouri State Board of Nursing

The Exceptional Contribution Award is granted for significant contribution by a member who is not a president or executive officer.

Regulatory Achievement Award

Alabama Board of Nursing

The Regulatory Achievement Award recognizes the member board or associate member that has made an identifiable, significant contribution to the mission and vision of NCSBN in promoting public policy related to the safe and effective practice of nursing in the interest of public welfare.

This annual publication provides national and state summary data of member boards’ licensure activities, as well as data on candidate performance on the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN Examinations. On Jan. 5, 2015, the first candidates were able to take the NCLEX-RN for purposes of licensure/registration in Canada. This publication provides a detailed breakdown of candidate performance for 2018, as well as historical data. 

Sound nursing clinical judgment is at the core of competent and safe client care. New graduate nurses face increasing challenges that underscore the importance of investigating how nurse educators teach and measure nursing students' abilities to make clinical judgments. This article presents the National Council of State Boards of Nursing-Clinical Judgment Model (NCSBN-CJM) and discusses the use of the model.

Clinical judgment has become an increasingly important aspect of modern health service professionals. To ensure public safety, licensure exams must go beyond assessing only knowledge and skills when evaluating entry-level professions to evaluating clinical judgment. This article provides background of a large-scale licensure examination’s process for measuring clinical judgment in entry-level nursing.