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  • Report of the APRN Joint Dialogue Group Based on the Work of the APRN Consensus Group and the NCSBN APRN Committee

    Report of the APRN Joint Dialogue Group Based on the Work of the APRN Consensus Group and the NCSBN APRN Committee Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure, Accreditation, Certification & Education July 7, 2008 Completed through the work of the APRN Consensus Work Group & the National Council of State Boards of Nursing APRN Advisory Committee APRN Joint Dialogue Group Report, July 7, 2008 2 The APRN Consensus Work Group and the APRN Joint Dialogue Group members would like to recognize the significant contribution to the development of this report made by Jean Johnson, PhD, RN-C, FAAN, Senior Associate Dean, Health Sciences, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

  • Consensus_Model_Report.pdf

    Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure, Accreditation, Certification & Education July 7, 2008 Completed through the work of the APRN Consensus Work Group & the National Council of State Boards of Nursing APRN Advisory Committee APRN Joint Dialogue Group Report, July 7, 2008 The APRN Consensus Work Group and the APRN Joint Dialogue Group members would like to recognize the significant contribution to the development of this report made by Jean Johnson, PhD, RN-C, FAAN, Senior Associate Dean, Health Sciences, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

  • 2016_RN_Test_Plan_Candidate.pdf

    NCLEX-RN® Examination Detailed Test Plan for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses NCLEX-RN® DETAILED TEST PLAN Effective | April 2016 NCLEX-RN® Examination Detailed Test Plan for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses Candidate Version Mission Statement The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN®) provides education, service and research through collaborative lead- ership to promote evidenced-based regulatory excellence for patient safety and public protection.

  • 2025_rexpn_test-plan_final.pdf

    REx-PN® Test Plan for the Regulatory Exam – Practical Nurse Effective January 2022 Mission Statements NCSBN® empowers and supports nursing regulators in their mandate to protect the public. (Mission Statement Adopted by Delegate Assembly 2019) The British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) is the regulator for all nurses in British Columbia, including licensed practical nurses (LPNs), nurse practitioners (NPs), registered nurses (RNs) and registered psychiatric nurses (RPNs). BCCNM meets its pub- lic protection mandate by setting standards of practice, assessing nursing education programs in B.C., and addressing complaints about BCCNM registrants.

  • transcript_2023dcm_vpriola.pdf

    ©2023 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 Past Event: 2023 Discipline Case Management Conference - Reimagining Discipline Video Transcript ©2023 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. Event 2023 Discipline Case Management Conference More info: https://www.ncsbn.org/past-event/2023-dcm-conference Presenter Victoria J. Priola, PsyD, Chief Psychologist, Powers Wellness & Consulting Group - [Victoria] I'm going to start out today with inviting you to grab a piece of paper and a pen.

  • PN_Test_Plan_2014_Educator_v2.pdf

    Two of the four categories are divided into subcategories: Safe and Effective Care Environment Coordinated Care Safety and Infection Control Health Promotion and Maintenance Psychosocial Integrity Physiological Integrity Basic Care and Comfort Pharmacological Therapies Reduction of Risk Potential Physiological Adaptation 5 2014 NCLEX-PN® Detailed Test Plan Item Writer/Item Reviewer/Nurse Educator Version Integrated Processes The following processes are fundamental to the practice of practi ...

  • 2026_PN_Test%20Plan-F.pdf

    NCLEX-PN® Test Plan Effective April 2026 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN) | 2026 ii 2026 NCLEX-PN® Test Plan Mission Statement NCSBN empowers and supports nursing regulators in their mandate to protect the public. Purpose and Functions The purpose of NCSBN is to provide an organization through which nursing regulatory bodies 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.

  • Transcript_2018DCM_Garcia.pdf

    I think we can say that this was managed probably incorrectly from the very beginning, right? So there's a lot of people at fault. Ultimately it was her fault for taking the pills. So Dr. Gabor Mattei who is a addictionologist in Vancouver, has treated more heroin addicts than anybody else in the Western Hemisphere, he coins it like this, "Although the initial act of ©2018 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. All rights reserved. 13 ingestion is voluntary, cessation of the addiction is not." Is that something we could buy into? So we don't have to split hairs on is this a disease or is this a choice?

  • 2026_RN_Test-Plan_English-F.pdf

    NCLEX-RN® Test Plan Effective April 2026 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN) | 2026 ii 2026 NCLEX-RN® Test Plan Mission Statement NCSBN empowers and supports nursing regulators in their mandate to protect the public. Purpose and Functions The purpose of NCSBN is to provide an organization through which nursing regulatory bodies 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.

  • 2016_RN_DetTestPlan_Educator.pdf

    NCLEX-RN® Examination Detailed Test Plan for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses NCLEX-RN® DETAILED TEST PLAN Effective | April 2016 Item Writer/Item Reviewer/Nurse Educator Version Mission Statement The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN®) provides education, service and research through collaborative lead- ership to promote evidenced-based regulatory excellence for patient safety and public protection. Purpose and Functions The purpose of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) 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.