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NCSBN staff answers questions about the NGN.

Looking for effective ways to apply the NCJMM in your classroom? In this presentation, nationally renowned nursing education expert, Tim Bristol, provides you with concrete tips and techniques.

NCSBN's Director of Test Development, Jason Schwartz, shares changes coming soon to the NCLEX.

The NCSBN Examinations Operations team demonstrates the NCLEX registration process and highlights online resources NCSBN has available to educators and students. This video shows what candidates can expect before, during and after the exam.

The NCLEX-PN examination test plan includes an in-depth overview of the content categories along with details about the administration of the exam as well as NCLEX-style item writing exercises and case scenario examples.

This video provides information related to how the Nurse Licensure Compact and multistate license pertain to travel nurses. It provides primary state of residence requirements as well as pitfalls to avoid and other helpful information.

• The NCLEX & COVID-19: NCSBN and Pearson VUE Address the Challenges of Delivering a Valid and Secure Exam in a Safe Testing Environment 
• When COVID-10 Shut Everything Down, Nursing Regulatory Bodies Carried On 
• Lessons Learned from the Pandemic: Issues that can be Avoided if All States Were in the Nurse Licensure Compact 
• The Nurse Licensure Compact & COVID-19, a Tale of Two States
• Practice/Academic Partnership: One Answer to Prelicensure Clinical Placements During a Pandemic
• An Update from the NCSBN Examinations Department

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 2019 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.

• Practice/Academic Partnership: One Answer to Prelicensure Clinical Placements During a Pandemic
• Free COVID-19 Courses
• NCSBN’s New Board of Nursing Professional Licensure Requirements Webpage
• NCLEX Update
• A Landmark National Nursing Education Program Study

Le REx-PN est un nouvel examen d’autorisation pour les infirmières auxiliaires autorisées canadiennes. Développé pour le British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals (BCCNP) et l’Ordre des Infirmières et Infirmiers de l’Ontario (OIIO) pour faciliter les prises de décision ayant trait à l’autorisation d’exercer. L’examen utilise la technologie adaptative informatisée pour évaluer la compétence de chaque personne à exercer la profession d’infirmière en tant que nouvellement diplômée de manière sécuritaire et efficace au niveau débutant. L’examen adaptative informatisée utilise une méthode d’administration qui combine la technologie informatique avec une théorie de mesure moderne pour créer un processus d’examen plus efficace. Cette vidéo explique pourquoi le REx-PN est un examen adaptative informatisée et comment il fonction. Elle présente, entre autres, le mode de sélection des questions et les règles suivies pour déterminer une réussite ou un échec.  Apprenez-en davantage sur l’examen et la technologie adaptative informatisée.

The REx-PN is a new Canadian Practical Nurse exam developed for the British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals (BCCNP) and the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) to assist in making licensure decisions. The exam uses computerized adaptive testing (CAT) to measure each candidate’s competence to perform safely and effectively as a newly licensed, entry-level nurse. CAT is a method for administering exams that merges computer technology with modern measurement theory to increase the efficiency of the exam process. This video explains why CAT is used for the REx-PN and how it works. Topics covered include item selection and pass/fail rules. Find out more about the exam and CAT.