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  • Approval of Nursing Education Programs | NCSBN

    Learn how U.S. nursing regulatory bodies approve nursing education programs to ensure graduates are clinically competent, eligible for the NCLEX, and prepared for safe nursing practice. Discover how program approval supports licensure mobility and national accreditation requirements. Licensure in nursing is a two-pronged system. In order for nursing graduates to be eligible to take the NCLEX, the U.S. nursing regulatory model dictates that the new nurse must show evidence of graduating from a nursing regulatory body that is an approved nursing program. By making students eligible to take the NCLEX, nursing faculty verify that nursing students are clinically competent to safely practice nursing.

  • Safe Student Reports (SSR) Research Study | NCSBN

    Learn about NCSBN’s Safe Student Reports study, which analyzed student practice errors and near misses in prelicensure nursing programs from 2018–2023. This study lays the groundwork for healthcare professions worldwide to study errors and near misses in their students’ clinical experiences and begins to examine potential strategies faculty can implement to diminish student errors. The results of this research have been published in the January 2023 issue of the Journal of Nursing Education. Related Articles Nursing Student Errors and Near Misses: Three Years of Data Creating a Fair and Just Culture in Schools of Nursing Exploring How ...

  • January_2025_LSC_Minutes.pdf

    Leadership Succession Committee (LSC) Minutes Date: Monday, January 13 and Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Location: NCSBN - Chicago, IL Meeting Facilitator: Cathy Dinauer, Chair Recorder: Jenifer Kohl Hive: https://hive.ncsbn.org/FY25-LeadershipSuccessionCommittee/Resources/January%202025%20Meeting CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 9:03am CST on Monday, January 13th by Cathy Dinauer, Chair. MEMBERS PRESENT Cathy Dinauer, NV Janice Hooper, TX Linda Kmetz, PA Cindy Smith, Saskatchewan RN ...

  • 2022mym_pdickison.pdf

    Secure Remote Proctoring Philip Dickison, PhD, RN Chief Officer, Examinations & Operations, NCSBN Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 increased the appeal of remote proctoring for high-stakes examinations. Relatively little had been known prior to 2020 regarding the comparability of remote proctoring to in-person proctoring. The Power of Paradigms Paradigm is a Greek word, which roughly means a “perception” or a “frame of reference.” The simple way to understand paradigms is to view them as maps. Pygmalion Effect: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy • We must look at the lens through which we see the world as well as the world we see. • We must realize that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world in which we live.

  • ORBS-Nurse-Portal-QRG-SubmittingApplicationInternationallyEducationApplicant.docx

    ORBS Nurse Portal Quick Reference Guide Submitting an Application, Internationally Educated Participant Version This is a quick reference guide (QRG) on submitting an Application for an internationally educated applicant. ORBS Criteria for submitting an Application as an Internationally Educated Applicant: 1. Apply for an Initial application (Initial by Exam, Initial APRN, or a related Temporary License/Permit) 2.

  • 2024-flyer-carol-moreland.pdf

    Dear NCSBN Annual Meeting Attendee, My name is Carol Moreland, and I am a candidate for Director-at-Large of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. As a candidate, I bring over 14 years of nursing regulation with specific expertise in Executive leadership, financial management, and governance assisting an 11-member board with strategic planning, goal setting and fulfilling the mission of public protection.

  • 2020NCSBNAnnualReport.pdf

    Elaine Ellibee Award Exceptional Contribution Award Distinguished Achievement Award Mary A. Baroni, PhD, RN Board Member Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission The Exceptional Contribution Award is granted for significant contribution by a member who is not a president or executive officer and has demonstrated support of NCSBN’s mission.

  • 2022NCLEX_skao_on-demand.pdf

    Next Generation NCLEX Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) and Stopping Rules Shu-chuan Kao, PhD Senior Manager, Measurement and Testing, Examinations Objectives At the end of the session the participants will be able to: Understand how Next Generation NCLEX Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) works § Variable length exam § Content balancing § Exam stopping rules § Changes in Next Generation NCLEX What is “Adaptive” testing? Exams are customized for individual candidates. The difficulty of each t ...

  • 2019_NCLEX_Webinar_RN_Test-Plan.pdf

    NCLEX Exam Development NURSING SCOPE OF PRACTICE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA)PRACTICE ANALYSIS ITEM WRITING ITEM REVIEW PRE-TEST ADDITIONAL REVIEW PROCESSES EXAMINATION ADMINISTRATION NCLEX TEST PLAN Methodology • NCLEX RN practice analysis methodology was reviewed and approved by 3 psychometricians. • NCSBN Chief Executive Officer approved the procedures used to protect subject participants rights. • A panel of 13 nurse Subject Matter Experts (SME) developed a compreh ...

  • Microsoft Word - Practice Location _approved by FSMB BOD 03-20-14_.doc

    Patients also have a right to easily obtain information about a health care provider, including the provider’s disciplinary record. Patients who have had perceived or actual harm should be able to contact the state licensing board where the health care practice occurred.