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In 2021, NCSBN conducted the PN and RN Practice Analyses to inform the development of the 2023 NCLEX-PN and NCLEX-RN Test Plans. Entry-level nurses are making increasingly complex decisions during patient care. These increasingly complex decisions often require the use of clinical judgment to support patient safety. As a result of the importance of clinical judgment in the delivery of safe and effective nursing care at the entry level, NCSBN has added clinical judgment to the 2021 Practice Analyses to accompany the existing focus of entry-level nursing activities frequency and importance. This session will discuss the results of the 2021 Practice Analyses and pending updates to the NCLEX® test plans that will be effective April 2023.

Standard setting is a process used by testing professionals to determine the passing score on a test. It is a crucial step in establishing the validity and legal defensibility of an exam program. The NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN examinations re-evaluate their respective passing standards triennially. During this session, NCSBN staff will discuss the steps involved in setting NCLEX passing standards, including how to set the passing standard on Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) items.

In addition to developing the NCLEX, NCSBN provides daily operational, security and testing accommodation support for NCLEX candidates, nursing educators and Nursing Regulatory Bodies (NRBs). During this session, we will explore how NCSBN ensures fair and secure delivery of the NCLEX by administering the exam under strict supervision and security measures. The session will conclude with a summary of the NCLEX testing accommodation process, including the roles of candidates, NCSBN, Pearson VUE and NRBs.

Looking for effective ways to apply the NCJMM in your classroom? Our nursing education expert will share concrete tips and techniques that educators can use to assess clinical judgment in classroom settings.

This session will cover all the scoring rules applied to the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN). NCSBN staff will demonstrate the scoring rules by walking through examples of various item types.

Join hundreds of educators across the country who subscribe to NCLEX Program Reports. These reports are the only source for detailed information about your graduates' performance on the NCLEX examinations. 

This webinar will discuss the 2021 NCLEX Practice Analyses, 2023 NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN Test Plans and NCLEX Test Design for April 2023 with Clinical Judgment. Part one of this webinar will outline the recent practice analysis that incorporated the relevancy of clinical judgment in entry-level nursing practice. Part two will provide an overview of the new aspects of the NCLEX test design incorporating clinical judgment starting April 2023.

This annual publication provides data on candidate performance on the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN Examinations and also includes data on the candidates who have been able to take the NCLEX-RN for purposes of licensure/registration in Canada since January 5, 2015. This publication provides a brief overview of how Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) works, how the passing standard is set, and how the pass/fail decision is made at the beginning. The main part of the publication is a detailed breakdown of candidate performance for 2021 and includes the pass rates by candidate type, degree type and country. In addition, the publication contains NCLEX historical data (e.g., pass rates, passing standards, and volume) since CAT administration started in 1994.