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Learn more about NCSBN's landmark, national, multi-site, longitudinal study of simulation use in prelicensure nursing programs throughout the country. The study will begin Fall 2011 and will follow beginning nursing students from 10 participating schools throughout their nursing education.

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.

This periodic performance of practice analyses (i.e., job analysis) studies assists NCSBN in evaluating the validity of the test plan that guides content distribution of the licensure examination. Because changes can occur in registered nurse (RN) practice, practice analyses are conducted on a three-year cycle.

• Barbara Bowers of the University of Madison-Wisconsin describes the nurse residency program designed to attract RNs to long-term care
• NCBSN announces plans to promote the adoption of the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation
• Betsy J. Houchen of the Ohio Board of Nursing and Sandra Beidelschies of the Ohio Organization of Nurse Executives (OONE) Legislative and Practice Committee discuss the work of the OONE in developing consensus around nursing regulation, education and practice that laid the groundwork for Ohio’s participation in the NCSBN Transition to Practice Study

Topics in this issue include:

• Mindy Schaffner of the Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission, provides readers with valuable insight into the world of nursing regulation
• Explore NCSBN’s social media guidelines
• Learn about NCSBN’s Simulation Study and Transition to Practice Study
• NCSBN Learning Extension releases the new course, “Righting a Wrong: Ethics and Professionalism in Nursing”
• Jessica L. Kamerer, Francis T. Brophy III and Joseph A. Corvino of Lancaster General College of Nursing & Health Sciences discuss their development of short, e-learning modules called simulation learning interactive modules (SLIMs) to better prepare students for simulation sessions

This chapter gives an overview of NCSBN’s Transition to Practice model.

This article provides an overview of nursing regulation during public health emergencies. Many nurses are quick to volunteer during an emergency; being prepared in advance will help the overall response effort.

This article explores nursing internship programs not associated with nursing courses or curricula but are stand-alone programs used to recruit nurses. Issues discussed are the nurse interns’ liability and misunderstanding of the licensure requirement and the health-care systems' promotion of practice without a license.

This article describes the professional, ethical, and legal implications of using social media inappropriately and provides guidelines from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing for using them appropriately.     

The purposes of this article are to provide an overview of medication errors in nursing homes, an understanding of the challenges nursing homes face in ensuring safe medication processes, and the role delegation can play in safe medication administration.

A survey was developed with the goal of providing insight into the work settings, education, supervision, and work roles of medication aides. Results of the survey and study implications are discussed.