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This book explores the NCSBN organization's origins and its work from 1978-2003, as well as the historical role of nursing regulation.

• Marilyn H. Oermann of UNC - Chapel Hill encourages nursing educators to incorporate evidence-based education practices into their own teaching
• The Minnesota Nursing Internship Implementation Group offers a report on their Pregraduation Summer Internship program
• Learn about the Center for Regulatory Excellence Research Grant Program
• NCSBN introduces an outreach toolkit designed to inform consumers about the role of the board of nursing in disciplinary action.

• Allen D. Hanberg and Katie Baraki of the University of Utah College of Nursing outline the Seamless Simulation for Undergraduate Pedagogy and Practicum Alignment model for integrating didactic, clinical, and simulation-based instruction
• Paula B. Saxby of the Virginia Board of Nursing describes three guidance documents designed to help nursing programs comply with board of nursing regulations.
• Learn about the work of the Innovations in Education Regulation Committee

This chapter examines the evidence that a standardized transition program for new graduate nurses has a positive impact on patient safety.

The NCSBN Board of Directors charged an NCSBN committee with reviewing and presenting recommendations for future faculty qualifications and roles.

This chapter takes the reader through the inception and process of professional regulation, highlighting distinctions and overlap between accreditation and approval.  Rationale and preparation for site visits are detailed, along with the recently written Model Nursing Practice Act.

This article discusses the factors that inspired a call for an evidence-based regulatory model for transitioning new nurses to practice, and gives an overview of the Transition to Practice model being developed by NCSBN.

The book addresses the importance of interprofessional collaboration, while this chapter presents interprofessional collaboration from a nursing standpoint.  While this may seem counterintuitive, it is understood that each discipline approaches collaboration from its own perspective, and understanding these perspectives is crucial to the success of interprofessional collaboration.

Because of the complexities in nursing and healthcare delivery and a national focus on patient safety, there has been a call across nursing organizations and healthcare organizations for more innovation in nursing and healthcare education.  The National Council of State Boards of Nursing held an invitational roundtable, involving representatives from nursing education organizations, boards of nursing, the American Nurses Association, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  Topics of discussion included the meaning and implications of innovation in nursing education, perceived barriers to innovation, and the future of innovation.  This article summarizes the outcomes of the roundtable’s discussion.

This chapter explores in detail the regulatory perspective on clinical education in nursing and why boards of nursing take the position that nursing programs need to provide supervised clinical experiences for their students.  Some of the myths about regulatory barriers are dispelled, and some of the differences among boards are discussed.  Current issues, such as the regulatory perspective on simulation in prelicensure programs and the use of exit exams are also explored.  The importance of the collaboration between education, practice and regulation is integrated throughout.

This annual report functions as a formal summary of NCSBN’s performance and activities during fiscal year 2009. It also provides financial information, NCLEX pass rates, member achievements and NCSBN facts.

Reprint from Nurse Educator, 34(3), 2009