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  • B_1_Nov_30_Dec_1-2_2016_Meeting_Minutes.pdf

    Elliot highlighted a number of points from his report – likely activity in the lame duck session; a look forward to see the implications of the transition; the outstanding VA APRN rule that is still with the Office of Management and Budget although the 90-day period is now over; working with DOE to manage ITT transition of student into new program - one webinar has been already been successfully hosted and a second is planned for early January. Elliot also drew attention to the nominee ...

  • Transcript_2022NCLEX_qa1.pdf

    What are those things that they're doing on the job so we can be sure that we're assessing exactly that? And what we found is that entry-level nurses do take care of OB clients, probably not in as high a percentage as, let's say, they may care for a client, you know, with a medical surgical type of disorder, but it is important that we continue to assess that level of knowledge. So, there may be a different number of OB client kind of items in the actual examination, but it's considered essential so it will still show up on the exam. - Thank you, Nicole.

  • Examining Changes in Item Difficulty Estimates Across Years for a High Stakes Licensure CAT

    Five of the seven items have become more difficult across time while two of the seven items have remained relatively consistent in item difficulty. The item texts cannot be discussed in any detail in a public context, but after review, these items appear to some concepts in nursing that are generally considered more difficult to understand. Some emphasize prioritization of nursing actions, attention to critical signs and symptoms, and seem to contain difficult medical terminolo ...

  • 2008_spring.pdf

    NCSBN conducted a survey of the boards of nursing in 2003 and the results of that survey provide some insight on the differences between the boards of nursing regarding distance-learning programs. That survey can be accessed by visiting www.ncsbn.org/873.htm. Critical Thinking in Nursing Linda L. Kerby, MA, RN, C-R, Mastery Education Consultations Kerby has published a critical thinking study guide for a medical surgical textbook. A s the complexity of health care and the accountability ...

  • Leader to Leader, Fall'05 FINAL

    The meeting was led by Kathy Thomas, executive director of the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners and chair of NCSBN’s Advanced Practice Advisory Panel. Presenta- tions on the regulation of advanced practice nurses were given by panel members Kathy Thomas; Randy Hudspeth, director of Patient Care Services at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID and president of the Idaho Board of Nursing; and Janet Younger, associate dean for Academic Programs at VA Commonwealth University, director for Academic Nursing VCU Health System, and president of the Virginia Board of Nursing.

  • InFocus_Spring2017.pdf

    This included asking whether the membership categories show a progression of rights and responsibilities among the different levels of membership, and if the recommendation adequately addressed the Delegate Assembly’s directive to the BOD. Regarding the Articles of Incorporation, the subcommittee paid attention to two sections in particular. Article III states that NCSBN’s educational and charitable purposes include “lessening the burdens of government by providing an organization through which Boards of Nursing act on matters of common interest and concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare, including the development of licensing examinations in nursing.”

  • Transcript_2019DCM_DCummins.pdf

    All rights reserved. 1 2019 NCSBN Discipline Case Management Conference - Medication Assisted Treatment for Substance Use Disorder Video Transcript
 ©2019 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. Event 2019 NCSBN Discipline Case Management Conference More info: https://www.ncsbn.org/13303.htm Presenter David Cummins, MD, FASAM, Medical Director, Parkdale Center for Professionals; Medical Director, Indiana Professionals Recovery Program; Clinical Advisor, Illinois Professionals Health Program - [Dr. Cummins] When you talk about medication-assisted treatment, specifically Suboxone, people tend to fall in two camps.

  • InFocus_Vol2_2022.pdf

    The White Coat Ceremony was initiated in 1993 at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Arnold P. Gold, MD, a Columbia professor, believed that the oath to compassionate patient care taken by new physicians at the end of medical school came too late. Today, nearly every medical school in the United States, hundreds of nursing schools, and many other health profession schools participate in this tradition of humanistic care. The White Coat Ceremony emphasizes the importance of compassionate patient care at the very start of training.

  • Business Expense Reimbursement Form | NCSBN

    The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide an organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare, including the development of licensing examinations in nursing. You are encouraged to input the information via computer to take advantage of the automatic computations. This option allows you to save the form on your computer and it is easier to read.  Print form Sign form Attach receipts Submit Scan form and receipts and e-mail to csrequests@ncsbn.org. Or fax to 312.279.1032, Attention: Consolidated Services Department. If faxing, please do not mail form and receipts in. This will prevent duplications. Or mail form and receipts to NCSBN Consolidated Services Department, 111 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 2900, Chicago, IL, 60601. Please remember to attach all receipts substantiating the expenses.

  • Transcript_2021NLC_June9-part1.pdf

    And it reflects those that have been issued a multistate license that have not been cleared with a 1280 or 1480 revision code or automatic reinstatement. And, again, if you were a member of the first compact, you have that grandfather provision. You really want to pay attention to the date I have circled there, which is the current license issue date. This date could be the initial issue date if that's the only license the person has been issued. But if they've renewed the license, it will likely be the last date that license was renewed.