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  • 2015 LPN/VN Practice Analysis: Linking the NCLEX-PN Examination to Practice (Vol. 67) | 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. Publish Date 2016 Topic Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses (LPN/VNs), NCLEX Exam, Research From Practice Analyses Type Exams Research Download Publication Stay Current with NCSBN Join our email list to receive the latest news, publications and events from NCSBN and the world of nursing regulation. Subscribe to our Email List Follow Us Explore NCSBN Exams Nursing Regulation Compacts Policy Research Membership About Resources News Events Resource Center Regulatory Atlas Meridians JNR Careers Related Links APRN Compact NCLEX NLC NURSYS REx-PN Need Help? Contact NCSBN NCSBN Help Center Contact a Board of Nursing Members Only Sign in to access NCSBN members only information.

  • 2021 PN Practice Analysis: Linking the NCLEX-PN Examination to Practice | 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. Publish Date 2022 Topic Education, Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses (LPN/VNs), NCLEX Exam, Practice, Research From Practice Analyses Type Exams Research Download Publication Stay Current with NCSBN Join our email list to receive the latest news, publications and events from NCSBN and the world of nursing regulation. Subscribe to our Email List Follow Us Explore NCSBN Exams Nursing Regulation Compacts Policy Research Membership About Resources News Events Resource Center Regulatory Atlas Meridians JNR Careers Related Links APRN Compact NCLEX NLC NURSYS REx-PN Need Help? Contact NCSBN NCSBN Help Center Contact a Board of Nursing Members Only Sign in to access NCSBN members only information.

  • 2021 RN Practice Analysis: Linking the NCLEX-RN Examination to Practice | 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. Publish Date 2022 Topic Education, NCLEX Exam, Practice, Registered Nurses (RNs) From Practice Analyses Type Exams Research Download Publication Français Stay Current with NCSBN Join our email list to receive the latest news, publications and events from NCSBN and the world of nursing regulation. Subscribe to our Email List Follow Us Explore NCSBN Exams Nursing Regulation Compacts Policy Research Membership About Resources News Events Resource Center Regulatory Atlas Meridians JNR Careers Related Links APRN Compact NCLEX NLC NURSYS REx-PN Need Help? Contact NCSBN NCSBN Help Center Contact a Board of Nursing Members Only Sign in to access NCSBN members only information.

  • Report of Findings from the 2017 RN Nursing Knowledge Survey | 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. Publish Date 2018 Topic Practice, Registered Nurses (RNs), Research From Exam Research Briefs Type Exams Research Download Publication Stay Current with NCSBN Join our email list to receive the latest news, publications and events from NCSBN and the world of nursing regulation. Subscribe to our Email List Follow Us Explore NCSBN Exams Nursing Regulation Compacts Policy Research Membership About Resources News Events Resource Center Regulatory Atlas Meridians JNR Careers Related Links APRN Compact NCLEX NLC NURSYS REx-PN Need Help? Contact NCSBN NCSBN Help Center Contact a Board of Nursing Members Only Sign in to access NCSBN members only information.

  • Report of Findings from the 2024 LPN/VN Nursing Knowledge Survey | 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. Publish Date 2025 Topic Education, Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses (LPN/VNs), NCLEX Exam, Practice, Research From Exam Research Briefs Type Exams Research Download Publication Stay Current with NCSBN Join our email list to receive the latest news, publications and events from NCSBN and the world of nursing regulation. Subscribe to our Email List Follow Us Explore NCSBN Exams Nursing Regulation Compacts Policy Research Membership About Resources News Events Resource Center Regulatory Atlas Meridians JNR Careers Related Links APRN Compact NCLEX NLC NURSYS REx-PN Need Help? Contact NCSBN NCSBN Help Center Contact a Board of Nursing Members Only Sign in to access NCSBN members only information.

  • Report of Findings from the 2024 RN Nursing Knowledge Survey | 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. Publish Date 2025 Topic Education, NCLEX Exam, Practice, Registered Nurses (RNs) From Exam Research Briefs Type Exams Research Download Publication Stay Current with NCSBN Join our email list to receive the latest news, publications and events from NCSBN and the world of nursing regulation. Subscribe to our Email List Follow Us Explore NCSBN Exams Nursing Regulation Compacts Policy Research Membership About Resources News Events Resource Center Regulatory Atlas Meridians JNR Careers Related Links APRN Compact NCLEX NLC NURSYS REx-PN Need Help? Contact NCSBN NCSBN Help Center Contact a Board of Nursing Members Only Sign in to access NCSBN members only information.

  • Evidence-based Nursing Education Program Approval | NCSBN

    Learn how NCSBN uses evidence-based guidelines to support nursing education program approval, including quality indicators, warning signs, annual reporting data, and research that helps boards of nursing benchmark and evaluate program performance. These guidelines, developed from a large mixed-methods study, consist of nursing program quality indicators and warning signs.  Since releasing the 2020 Nursing Education Approval Guidelines , NCSBN has created a core database to collect annual report data from participating US NRBs. The core annual report collects data from nursing programs on program demographics, program director, faculty and students. Questions related to the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on nursing programs have been included in the 2020/21 surveys.

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    (Draft or Approved) Printed from the NCSBN Members Only Web site, www.ncsbn.org 1 Regulatory Metrics Committee Date: January 27-28, 2026 Time: 9:00am CT Location: Chicago, IL Meeting Facilitator: Nick Siniff Recorder: Jen Kohl MEMBERS PRESENT Virtually: Nick Siniff, Ohio Board of Nursing Kelly Hoffman, Pennsylvania Board of Nursing Vicki Muscat, Nova Scotia College of Nursing Lydia Watkins, Georgia Board of Nursing In person: Kyle Martin, North Dakota Board of Nursing Laura Blackhurst, Oregon An ...

  • ORBS_Back_Office_QRG-How_to_Assign_an_Application.docx

    How to Assign an Application ORBS Criteria for Assigning an Application: 1. ORBS Back Office users wishes to assign an application to other ORBS Back Office users Assigning an Application Process: 1. Select the License Tab 2. Select the appropriate Application 3. Select the License Action Gear 4. Select Update Assignee 5. Select the appropriate ORBS Back Office user 6. Select Save Changes Copyright ©2019 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. All rights reserved. ORBS Training Material is the proprietary and confidential information of NCSBN that is made available to Boards of Nursing implementing the ORBS system and is not to be distributed outside of staff requiring ORBS system training. 2 Copyright ©2017 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.

  • ORBS Back Office QRG - Ineligible for Renewal

    If the license is Active the ability to renew will be blocked b. If the license is Inactive the ability to reinstate will be blocked Ineligible for Renewal/Reinstatement Blocking Process: 1. Open the Profile of the individual in ORBS Back Office 2. Select the Licenses Tab 3. Select the License – Detail Action Gear (do not select a license) 4. Select Add / Delete Block 5. Select Add on the license requiring a block 6. Select the appropriate Block Code 7. Select Add 8. Select Save Deleting License Block for Renewal ORBS Criteria for Ineligible for Unblocking Renewal/Reinstatement: 1.