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  • NCSBN Upholds NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN Examination Passing Standards | 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. NGN is an enhancement of the current examinations which will place more emphasis on the measurement of a candidate’s nursing clinical judgment.  NCSBN BOD President Jay Douglas, MSM, RN, CSAC, FRE, executive director, Virginia Board of Nursing, noted, “After careful consideration of all of the available information, the board determined that the current passing standard is appropriate as a measure of safe and effective entry-level nurse practice.”

  • Resources | NCSBN

    The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) produces publications, online courses and videos that contribute to the body of nursing knowledge. Browse Search Topic All Topics Administrative Law Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) Alternative to Discipline Programs Annual Meeting Best Practices Board of Nursing IT Commitment to Ongoing Regulatory Excellence (CORE) Committee Updates Complaints Consumers Continued Competence Criminal Background Checks Delegation Delegate Assembly Discipline Discipline Process Distance Education Education Electronic Heath Records Ethics Evidence-based Exam Operations Exam Development Faculty Shortag ...

  • clinical_judgment_development.pdf

    This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA http://effectivechildtherapy.org/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ References Benner, P., Sutphen, M., Leonard, V., & Day, L. (2010). Educating Nurses: A call for radical transformation. Jossey-Bass. Brenton, A. (2018). Next generation NCLEX project (webinar). Chicago, IL: National Council of State Boards of Nursing. https://www.ncsbn.org/13064.htm. Bucknall, T. K. (2000). Critical care nurses' decision-making activities in the natural clinical setting. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 9(1), 25-35.

  • Transcript_2018IT_JOrlando.pdf

    And these are all designed...this is not a test, this isn't a training class, these are designed for you to think through and to support some of these points that I will be saying. But by all means feel free to work on these together with somebody next to you or your table, if you're with folks from the same organization, it's okay to talk about these things. What I'd like you to do is think of a system implementation type project, some initiative you were involved in either in your cur ...

  • InFocus_Summer2016_spreads.pdf

    One member stated, “I never laughed so much in a meeting.” Mission Driven: We all had to remind ourselves of the primary task at hand. It was easy to get sidetracked and divert the main goal of the project. For example, we debated using a Likert-type scale to evaluate performance on a continuum. This idea was rejected when we reminded ourselves that the goal of the project was not to distinguish excellent from good performance, but to evaluate basic nursing competency.

  • Jordan JFK Moon Slideshow

    Kennedy Done Good •This was his only speech solely focused on space exploration (once he delivered it, it seemed the only one necessary) •NASA celebrates the speech that rallied America for the moon shot Just one year after proposing to land Americans on the moon, JFK delivered his most inspiring message, and set the nation’s mind a#ame Nixon Uninspires the Nation •Americans still yearned for space adventures •But leaders and policy makers did not •Nixon introduced the Space Shuttle project< ...

  • Transcript_2019AM_NCLEX.pdf

    The NEC monitors and evaluates all aspects of the NCLEX examinations ensuring that the examination is psychometrically sound and legally defensible. Additionally, it is charged with developing NCLEX prototypes that use technology-enhanced item types that focus on measuring clinical judgment. This is our Next Generation NCLEX research project. Here are some of the accomplishments for this year. We've reviewed the policies, we've considered feedback from the NCLEX program surveys, we've reviewed candidate appeals. Our committee is actually the last step in the review process when a candidate files an appeal regarding the NCLEX exam.

  • transcript_2025nclex_qa1.pdf

    We've received a number of questions that we are excited about answering, and would like to get to that just now. But first, I'd like to address a topic that many of you are really engaged in and have many questions about, and that is our NCLEX online project. We want to say that we are absolutely over the moon excited that you all are engaged in this as we are, and would like you to know that as we continue working on the project, as soon as we have updates, we will get those out to you as soon as possible.

  • LTL_Spring2025.pdf

    Our clinical partner is the Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR) Memorial Hermann. Nurses who experience the world differently can bring invaluable perspectives to patient care and health care systems, even if they may not be well suited to some clinical settings. The goal of Project DNA is to develop and evaluate a Digital Blueprint and Resource Guide (DBRG) for nursing programs to positively influence their intent to adopt inclusive technical standards. An advisory panel of 10 nurses and nursing students with disabilities will co-lead the project to ensure that it is grounded in the lived experiences of and acceptable to nurses and nursing students with disabilities.

  • 2020NCLEX_EPetersen.pdf

    Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN): Sample Case Studies and Item Sets Emily K. Petersen, MS, MJ, RN, APRN, CPNP RN Test Development Associate II, Examinations Copyright © 2020 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN®) • All rights reserved. NCLEX®, NCLEX-RN® and NCLEX-PN® are registered trademarks of NCSBN® and may not be used or reproduced without written permission from NCSBN.