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This study compares the effectiveness of two survey administration methods of researching LPN/VN practice to assist NCSBN in evaluating the validity of the test plan that guides content distribution of the licensure examination. (© 2008)

• Linda L. Kerby of Mastery Education Consultations discusses the importance of critical thinking in nursing, characteristics of critical thinking and teaching critical thinking in the classroom
• Robbin Wilson and Mary Beth Thomas of the Texas Board of Nursing describe ways their board of nursing encourages innovation in nursing education
• Learn strategies for dealing with faculty shortages

• Kathleen Williams Kafel of the University of Massachusetts, Boston College of Nursing and Health Sciences reports on the collaboration between the University of Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital to develop a clinical education model that aligns with the QSEN competencies
• Read about the preliminary report on the North Dakota Board of Nursing Nurse Faculty Intern pilot program, written by Linda Shanta, Constance B. Kalenek and Patricia Moulton of the North Dakota Board of Nursing
• Learn about the NCSBN Faculty Qualifications Committee recommendations

These emergency operations guidelines for boards of nursing are designed to assist boards of nursing in developing a rapid-response approach that allows for fluid continuity of core business operations in the event of a catastrophe. This guide outlines how information is gathered, channeled and assessed, when decisions are made and communicated, and what essential operations are to be maintained.

Nursing regulation exists to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public in their receipt of nursing services–and much more. The complete scope of the guiding principles of nursing regulation are found in this paper.

Document for assessing whether students have mastered the major areas of content. Each module contains recommended didactic and skills hours, as well as objectives, a content outline, evaluation criteria, and suggested references.

The Medication Assistant Curriculum was adopted by the 2007 Delegate Assembly for those boards that regulate medication assistants. The curriculum includes a preamble that explains the use of the curriculum, the background of its development, recommended hours of training and admission requirements, and defines the terms being used. The curriculum itself includes 5 didactic modules in medication fundamentals, safety, communication and documentation, medication administration, and ethical legal, along with a clinical practicum module.

NCSBN surveyed Boards of Nursing to see which jurisdictions have core curricula, and these are outlined in this document. This document also contains a list of nursing program definitions by the education consultants of Boards of Nursing (such as one-plus-one, PN Exit, generalist, etc) because the terminology has become confusing.

his study provides information on the activities performed by medication assistants (MAs). Results of this study can be used to describe MA practice across a variety of work settings and identify core MA activities (© 2007)

This study describes LPN/VN practice to assist NCSBN in evaluating the validity of the test plan that guides content distribution of the licensure examination.(© 2007)

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.