2017 NCLEX-PN Test Plan

Highlights for before, during and after the NCLEX. Includes information on The Eight Steps of the NCLEX, acceptable identification and rules for scheduling/rescheduling your appointment. Effective Jan. 1, 2018.  

This resource serves as your guide from before to after the NCLEX, including important contact information, details on how to register, the NCLEX Candidate Rules and results processing. Effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Offered as a free gift to newly licensed nurses in honor of its 40th anniversary, NCSBN created this 50-page booklet as a resource to help nurses better understand nursing regulation and their board of nursing (BON).

The NCLEX examination test plan provides a concise summary of the content and scope of the examination. The test plan also serves as a guide for both examination development and candidate preparation. 

The NCLEX examination test plan provides a concise summary of the content and scope of the examination. The test plan also serves as a guide for both examination development and candidate preparation.

This resource serves as your guide from before to after the NCLEX, including important contact information, details on how to register, the NCLEX Candidate Rules and results processing.

Highlights for before, during and after the NCLEX. Includes information on The Eight Steps of the NCLEX, acceptable identification and rules for scheduling/rescheduling your appointment.

The NCLEX test plan provides a concise summary of the content and scope of the exam. The test plan also serves as a guide for both exam development and candidate preparation.  

The NCLEX examination test plan provides a concise summary of the content and scope of the examination. The test plan also serves as a guide for both examination development and candidate preparation. 

The 2016 NCLEX-RN Detailed Test Plan for Candidates is effective April 1, 2016.   

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The NCLEX examination test plan provides a concise summary of the content and scope of the examination. The test plan also serves as a guide for both examination development and candidate preparation.

The NCLEX-RN Detailed Test Plan for Educators is effective April 1, 2016.

*Dans cette publication, le masculin est employé sans préjudice afin d’alléger le texte. 

The NCLEX test plan provides a concise summary of the content and scope of the exam. The test plan also serves as a guide for both exam development and candidate preparation. 

The 2016 NCLEX-RN Test Plan is effective April 1, 2016.

This subscription service is a semi-annual or annual, comparative review of a program's performance that is designed to help educators and administrators identify their program's areas of strength and weakness. specific and national comparison reports of graduates' performances on the NCLEX examination. Performance results, test plan profiles and content dimension reports are all included. Jurisdictional and national rankings are used to describe the program's strengths and weakness with regard to the following:

• Client needs
• The nursing process
• Categories of human functioning and health alterations
• The wellness-illness continuum
• The stages of maturity
• Stress-adaptation-coping

Program-specific information is reported provided for at least 10 first-time candidates tested within the six-month reporting period. Candidate-specific information is not available.  Reports are released in May and November; subscriptions are open to nursing schools only.

Subscriptions for NCLEX-RN Program and NCLEX-PN Program Semi-Annual or Annual Reports are currently $350.00 and $225.00 respectively. Additionally, a joint annual and semi-annual subscription is $525 for RN programs and $337.5 for PN programs.

The NCLEX program reports will be available for subscription by Canadian nursing programs in 2015.

To order, please call 1.800.261.6227 or visit NCLEX Program Reports.

Join hundreds of educators across the country who subscribe to NCLEX Program Reports. These reports are the only source for detailed information about your graduates' performance on the NCLEX examinations.

These emergency operations guidelines for boards of nursing are designed to assist boards of nursing in developing a rapid-response approach that allows for fluid continuity of core business operations in the event of a catastrophe. This guide outlines how information is gathered, channeled and assessed, when decisions are made and communicated, and what essential operations are to be maintained.

This subscription service is a semi-annual or annual, comparative review of a program's performance that is designed to help educators and administrators identify their program's areas of strength and weakness. specific and national comparison reports of graduates' performances on the NCLEX examination. Performance results, test plan profiles and content dimension reports are all included. Jurisdictional and national rankings are used to describe the program's strengths and weakness with regard to the following:

• Client needs
• The nursing process
• Categories of human functioning and health alterations
• The wellness-illness continuum
• The stages of maturity
• Stress-adaptation-coping

Program-specific information is reported provided for at least 10 first-time candidates tested within the six-month reporting period. Candidate-specific information is not available. Reports are released in May and November; subscriptions are open to nursing schools only.

Subscriptions for NCLEX-RN Program and NCLEX-PN Program Semi-Annual or Annual Reports are currently $350.00 and $225.00 respectively. Additionally, a joint annual and semi-annual subscription is $525 for RN programs and $337.5 for PN programs.

The NCLEX program reports will be available for subscription by Canadian nursing programs in 2015.

To order, please call 1.800.261.6227 or visit NCLEX Program Reports.

Contains a listing of all the Nurse Aide Registries, along with who maintains the registries and who investigates complaints in each state. Updated annually.

The NCSBN Public Policy Agenda delineates the organization's policy goals, highlights the organization's policy activities and outlines what you need to know about NCSBN.

An online publication that provides an overview of the regulatory environment in which the 60 boards of nursing function. Visit the Nursing Research section to download various report sections. Updated annually.