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

    ORBS Nurse Portal Quick Reference Guide Submitting an Application with Military Status Participant Version This is a quick reference guide (QRG) on submitting an application with a military status. ORBS Criteria for Military Status: 1. Selecting Military Status is only applicable if the nursing applicant has a valid military status, confirmed with documentation (i.e.

  • Regional_Workshop_Things_to_Remember_FY25.pdf

    . • The hosng NRB and/or designee will work with the NCSBN staff to ensure that only appropriate and registered parcipants are present during all NCSBN Regional Workshop sessions. The hosting NRB provides food/beverages or communicates with attendees in advance that breakfast, coffee, lunch, etc., will be on their own. • Upon the arrival of NCSBN staff, the designee of the NRB will act as a contact person to the NCSBN staff. The contact person will provide the staff with a copy ...

  • tip_sheet_npdb_narratives.pdf

    Federal Data Bank Reporting Factually Sufficient Narrative Descriptions – What You Need to Know The narrative description must have enough information so that a knowledgeable reviewer can determine clearly the circumstances of the action or surrender. Merely repeating the adverse action or basis for action code is not factually sufficient. The purpose of the narrative is to provide future queriers with a clear understanding of the nature of and reasons for the event that led to the reported action.

  • Christine Penney

    Flin, O’Connor & Crichton, 2013 Copyright 2017 14 “Competence is a constantly evolving set of multiple, interconnected behaviors enacted in time and space.” Lorelei Lingard, 2012 Copyright 2017 15 “When health professionals like what they do, connect with peers, can contribute to meaningful change and keep the patient at the forefront they are more engaged and likely demonstrate higher levels of competence.”

  • Tool_7_Board_Self_Assessment_.docx

    Board Self Assessment – Tool #7 1. One of the board's fundamental roles is setting direction for the agency. This begins with the board's responsibility for establishing the mission and values and defining a vision of the future. A mission statement is a concise expression of what the agency is trying to achieve and for whose benefit. This statement serves as the foundation for making decisions. The board, working closely with the executive director should review periodically.

  • 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.

  • 2019NCLEX_JCurrier.pdf

    NCLEX Practice Exam™  NCSBN® developed the NCLEX Practice Exam™ to provide a look and feel of the NCLEX exam candidates will take on test day. It is comprised of previously used NCLEX exam questions. Contact Examinations Department NCLEX® Website: www.NCSBN.org NCLEX Email: NCLEXinfo@ncsbn.org Phone Number: 1.866.293.9600 (toll-free) Mailing Address: National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.