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The NCLEX is administered under strict supervision and security measures as a part of NCSBN’s mission to promote patient safety and public protection. This webinar will take a behind-the-scenes look at the security measures in place at the testing centers, case reporting via our new platform Service Direct and the Results Cancellation Process. At the end of this webinar, nursing regulatory body participants will be able to better understand candidate cases as well as their role in the Results Cancellation Process. 

Summary data for multiple categories of candidates, U.S. and international, is provided for performance on NCSBN's two nurse licensure examinations, the NCLEX-PN and NCLEX-RN. 

• An Interview with Dorothy Carolina, Executive Director, New Jersey Board of Nursing
• Study Examines Male Nurse Discipline
• Cannabis: Politics, Science and Policy
• Nursing Education Outcomes and Metrics Committee Update
• Regulatory Scholars Program Update
• Social Media in Nursing: Understanding the Benefits and the Risks

To ensure public protection, each jurisdiction requires candidates for practical nurse licensure to meet set requirements that include passing an examination that measures the competencies needed to perform safely and effectively as a newly licensed, entry-level practical nurse. NCSBN develops a licensure examination, the NCLEX-PN, which is used by jurisdictions to assist in making licensure decisions. Triennially, NCSBN conducts the NCLEX-PN Practice Analysis to analyze entry-level PN practice. Using the data collected from the practice analysis, NCSBN develops the NCLEX Test Plan which guides the selection of content and behaviors to be tested during NCLEX administration. In April 2017, the new 2017 NCLEX-PN Test Plan will become effective. This webinar will provide an overview of the 2017 NCLEX-PN Test Plan, including new information effective with the test plan revision.

• What Educators Need to Know About the Nurse Licensure Compact
• Compact Status
• What is the Difference Between When the eNLC Becomes "Effective" and When It Is "Implemented?"
• Do Faculty Need More Than One Nursing License?
• What Will the eNLC Mean for Nurses?
• Compacts Compared
• Supporting Organizations

Newly licensed RN retention: hospital and nurse characteristics.

Information that is uploaded to the Nursys^® and NPDB databases can be used in both strategic and operational performance assessment and improvement. 

This video is part of NCSBN's 10 Minute Insight series meant to augment papers published in the Journal of Nursing Regulation and help nursing regulatory bodies maintain or improve their performance.

R. Louise McManus Award

Mary Blubaugh, MS, RN, Former Executive Administrator, Kansas State 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

Linda D. Burhans, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ, FRE, Board Staff, North Carolina Board of Nursing

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

Elaine Ellibee Award

Valerie J. Fuller, PhD, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, Board President, Maine State Board of Nursing

The Elaine Ellibee Award is granted to a member who has served as a board president within the past two years and who has made significant contributions to NCSBN.

Regulatory Achievement Award

Minnesota 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.