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  • transcript_2025nclex_escalante-kolbuk-brayant.pdf

    I currently work, when time permits, at a very busy trauma hospital on the west side in Chicago. So when I started as a new grad, I went straight into the emergency department. But at the time, many people, my professors, my counselors, everybody, people I knew, said, "Absolutely, do not go into the emergency department.

  • Transcript_2022APRN_nursys-panel.pdf

    And this is where I come back to NCSBN because I really think, and I know NCSBN is a non-profit and we get into all those little probably issues of one sort of another, between state boards and nursing and a non-profit. But I really think that NCSBN has to be the repository.

  • Transcript_2022am_exams-forum.pdf

    And I served with some great committee members. So, we have a short video that we would like to share with you. And then I will entertain questions. ♪ [music] ♪ - [Dr. Dickison] Clinical judgment. Clinical judgment is actually a fundamental component of nursing.

  • Transcript_2021DCM_nlc-panel.pdf

    I just don't know how we can do that. - Well, legally, I think you actually can help, but let me pull the citation for the Nurse Licensure Compact and I can get back to you on that one so we can discuss that further. Is that okay? - Oh, sure. Yeah, sure.

  • transcript_2024scisymp_rsmiley.pdf

    Has there been any efforts towards surveying nurses not renewing to ask about their experiences, to get a sense of that population? - Not that I'm aware of. That's a good question. I mean, I'm not even sure it could be done. I mean, I think it would be interesting to do that. Okay. That's something worth noting. I think that's a good question. I know we haven't looked at it, but I think what you're suggesting might be possible that you could do that and you could say, "Okay, these people didn't renew the license, go out and do a research project on seeing what happened.

  • transcript_2024scisymp_sweaver.pdf

    You do the assessment, but the RN has to sign off. What she's supposed to do is go in and do the assessment. So you see that confusion there. ©2024 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 And another LPN said, "This is the first place that I worked at that the LPN was allowed to do an admission assessment actually. The other place I worked, only the RN could do the assessment. Now, if I did the entire admission, an RN is going to look at the entire packet and sign off on it." So I think you see that the quotes really illustrate this confusion on what they should do.

  • Transcript_2023am_aguerrero.pdf

    I had the honor of serving with 5 amazing board presidents and I think if I got my counting right, 28 members on the board, each of whom work tirelessly to advance the mission of NCSBN. ©2023 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 And I feel very fortunate to have been a part of that talented group of individuals.

  • Transcript_2024AM_jdouglas.pdf

    It is not about self-promotion. There are certainly challenges and opportunities. Sometimes we look at opportunities as a negative word. However... Challenge as a negative word. However, I believe that being challenged can be positive. When individuals are elected to the Board of Directors or elected to an officer position, time and time again I hear, "I thought I knew how things worked." What I have learned is there's so much more to understand and learn.

  • Transcript_2023am_dbenton.pdf

    This is the future. And behind me has always been my wife and my children. They are a support to me pursuing my dreams, and they make me so proud of the life that we have shared and the road that we have traveled. But before I conclude, let me just share one final personal reflection. So I was a lazy student, and as I transitioned to high school, I met with the then primary school headmaster, Mr. Fife. I remember him very clearly. And he had some words of wisdom to share with me and my mother.

  • Transcript_2026aprn_benson-dennik-champion.pdf

    Like I said, as we look to wanting to maybe change that statute, just what is it we're looking for, for these nurse candidates that want to get into a program? I know we have a lot of long-term care registered nurses that would like to, I think, because of their experience and their liking long-term care, wherever the setting, that bringing them in, I just...