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  • 2026_PN_Test%20Plan-F.pdf

    Nursing is a dynamic, continuously evolving discipline that employs critical thinking and clinical judgment to integrate increasingly complex knowledge, skills, technologies and client care activities into evidence-based nursing practice. The goal of nursing for client care is preventing illness and potential complications and protecting, promoting, restoring and facilitating comfort, health and dignity throughout the lifespan including at the end of life. “The LPN/VN shall function wit ...

  • Transcript_2020_NCLEX_TBristol.pdf

    That EHR example I just showed you, your program could really move the needle for all students, whether that student is graduating in December of 2020, May of '21, May of '22, doesn't matter. Just having an EHR in front of every student every lecture and having them spend 5 or 10 minutes responding. Everybody say the word responding. Good, good, good. Responding the lecture... The idea here is the students get to do something clinically. When it comes to developing habits of clinical judgment, one thing I want you to keep in mind, you don't have to make it complicated. ©2020 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.

  • Transcript_2019TriReg_Federal-Legislative-Update.pdf

    The FSMB is delighted to be here today, and we are honored to be a part of this collaborative. It is now my privilege to introduce my counterpart from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. Please join me in welcoming Jay Campbell, president of NABP. - [Jay] Scott, good to see you. - Good to see you. - Good morning, folks. I will tell you, if you don't do this very often, it's always hard to get used to the Klieg lights when you come out here. Friends and colleagues, on behalf of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, I'd welcome you to our fourth edition of the Try-Regulator Symposium.

  • Nursing Student Errors and Near Misses: Three Years of Data

    INR = international normalized ratio. Figure 2. Top five types of medication errors. 17Journal of Nursing Education • Vol. 62, No. 1, 2023 together to develop best practices for teaching mathematics and statistical competencies to nursing students. Research data addressing strategies for teaching drug calculations in nursing are needed.

  • The_NCSBN_National_Nursing_Guidelines_for_Medical_Marijuana_JNR_July_2018.pdf

    It is the hope of many researchers and medical organizations that future research will be less restricted and therefore allow more scientific evidence to elucidate well-founded dosages, delivery routes, and indications. (This report uses many terms related to cannabis and medical marijuana and their programs. See Table 1 for a list of definitions used in this report). TABLE 1 Definitions of Terms Used in This Report Authorize. Any act of certification, attestation, or other method for a practitioner to affirm that a patient may benefit from medical can- nabis. This is explicitly not a prescription.

  • InFocus_Spring2015.pdf

    As individual sites near completion, NCSBN will send updates to the boards of nursing/regulatory bodies, identifying the test center locations and seating capacity of each new or enhanced site, and dates when appointments and test activities will begin. See the list below for the projected 2015 additions to the Pearson Professional Center testing network 14 | In Focus Back row, left to right: Diane Gravely, LPN, Janelle Holth, RN, Bonny Mayer, LPN, Paula Schmalz, APRN, Melissa ...

  • 2008_spring.pdf

    The NCSBN BOD used multiple additional sources of information in their evaluation and discussions on the passing standard. Their findings supported increasing the passing standard and the BOD set the passing standard at –0.37 logits on the NCLEX-PN logistic scale, 0.05 logits higher than the previous standard of –0.42. The new passing standard took effect on April 1, 2008, in conjunction with the 2008 NCLEX-PN® Test Plan. The passing standard was increased in response to changes in U.S. health care delivery and nursing practice that have resulted in entry-level LPN/VNs caring for clients with multiple, complex health problems.

  • 2021DCM_ccaldecott.pdf

    Maple • Ms. Maple is an RN who specializes in the treatment of children with cyctic fibrosis. She engages in a friendship with the parent of one of her young patients. The friendship develops into a sexual relationship. Mr. Dogwood • Mr. Dogwood, an LPN, returned to the home of a former home care patient, ostensibly for a social visit, only to be found by a family member to be stealing the patient’s opioid pain medication. Mr. Palm • Mr. Palm is a surgical sub-specialty NP in Oregon who has been prescribing methylphenidate (Ritalin) for his adolescent son.

  • 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. This educational session will poll your knowledge, engage you in discussion, demonstrate Nursys functionality and share categories of speed memos and examples. Avoiding Regulatory Dead Ends We have all heard of “bad apple” nurses. The story of Charles Cullen, “the angel of death” gained worldwide attention and inspired the writing of the Good Nurse, a true story about medicine, killing and monstrosity. Bad nurse cases demonstrate the vitality of ensuring boards of nursing enforce rules and regulations that protect patient safety such as sharing of investigative information, taking adverse action such as revoking a license, or limiting the practice of a nurse.

  • Vol_26_for_Web.pdf

    (NCSBN) | 2006 14 As seen in Table 8, some LPN/VNs earn continuing education contact hours regardless of whether or not their jurisdiction requires CE. State N Min Max Mean lPN Average CE Required AK 3 12 30 21 30 hrs Biennial AL 78 0 60 20 24 hrs Biennial AR 65 0 30 15 15 hrs Biennial AZ 30 0 64 15 0 CA-VN 176 0 90 24 30 Hrs Biennial CO 25 0 50 13 20 hrs Biennial CT 46 0 60 8 0 DC 2 5 25 15 12 hrs Biennial ...