Resources

NCSBN produces a wide variety of publications, online courses, videos, brochures, toolkits and newsletters presenting in-depth information and best practice techniques that contribute to the body of nursing knowledge.

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In Focus Winter 2019

  • Groundbreaking, Comprehensive, Vital: The NCSBN National Nursing Guidelines for Medical Marijuana
  • NCLEX Practice Exam Simulates the Experience of Taking the NCLEX
  • Global Perspective: College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba
  • Helping to Drive the Change: Alabama Board of Nursing Highlights Voluntary Disciplinary Alternative Program with Awareness Campaign
  • NCSBN Launches a New Awards Nomination Portal for the 2019 Awards Program
  • 2019 NCLEX-RN Test Plan

2019 | Publication
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Leader To Leader Fall 2018

  • An Interview with Eileen Fry-Bowers, Scholar in Residence Participant in NCSBN’s Regulatory Scholars Program
  • The Marijuana Guidelines and Nursing
  • 2017 National Nursing Workforce Survey Findings Released
  • From the Desk of the Researchers
  • Update: Nursing Education Outcomes and Metrics Committee
  • Next Generation NCLEX
  • Can the NCLEX Practice Exam Fit into Your Plan?
  • Update: Nurse Licensure Compact
  • NCSBN Launches New Website

2018 | Publication
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Nursys Overview

Publicly available Nursys services, e-Notify, Nurse License Verification and Licensure QuickConfirm.

Website
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NCSBN's Review for the NCLEX-RN & NCLEX-PN Examination

With NCLEX-style practice questions, essential nursing content organized according to the test plans and reinforcement activities, you'll be well on your way to success. Choose from four different subscription lengths to maximize your learning. Version 9.0 of NCLEX-RN course released in May 2018. Version 8.5 of the NCLEX-PN course released in April 2017.

Cost: 3 weeks - $50 | 5 weeks - $70 | 8 weeks - $100 | 15 weeks - $160

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  • Why Participate in NCSBN: Piece 3
    2019 Finance Committee member, Shan Montgomery, talks about how participating in NCSBN activities has benefited her both personally and professionally.

    2019 | Video

  • Why Participate in NCSBN: Piece 2
    2019 Leadership Succession Committee member, Susan Odom, talks about how participating in NCSBN activities has benefited her both personally and professionally.

    2019 | Video

  • Why Participate in NCSBN: Piece 1
    The Chair of the 2019 Leadership Succession Committee, Kaci Bohn, talks about how participating in NCSBN activities has benefited her both personally and professionally.

    2019 | Video

  • Orientation Roadmap
    The Orientation Roadmap serves as a guide around the NCSBN website and answers general questions regarding NCSBN and your new role in nursing regulation.

    Web Page

  • NGN Talks: A Look at the Strategic Practice Analysis & Special Research Section
    This NGN Talk looks at the Strategic Practice Analysis that helped validate the knowledge, skills and abilities required of entry-level RNs, as well as the Special Research Section that has been added to some NCLEX-RN candidate’s exams.

    2019 | Video

  • NLC Toolkit
    Helpful resources related to the original Nurse Licensure Compact.

    Toolkit

  • NGN News - Winter 2019
    Published quarterly, this newsletter provides the latest information about the work to assess potential changes to the NCLEX Examinations.

    Newsletter topics:

    • The NCSBN Clinical Judgment Model
    • The Layers of the Clinical Judgment Model
    • NGN Talks

    2019 | Publication

  • Nursys 101 - Administrator
    Nursys 101 - Administrator provides instructions on how a Nursys administrator can manage their users and their user's permissions from within Nursys.

    2019 | Video

  • Nursys 101 - Discipline
    Nursys 101 - Discipline demonstrates how to add discipline to a license. Also learn the steps for editing, revising and deleting discipline cases.

    2019 | Video

  • Nursys 101 - License Verification
    Nursys 101 - License Verification demonstrates an overview of the license verification process including how to track and acknowledge a verification in Nursys.

    2019 | Video

  • Nursys 101 - Overview
    Nursys 101 - Overview explains the purpose of the nursys.org website for Member Boards and how the website is organized for an authorized user to access information on an individual nurse for the purpose of license verification, discipline and reporting.

    2019 | Video

  • Nursys 101 - Search
    Nursys 101 - Search demonstrates how to locate a nurse in the Nursys database. The search features, quick search and searching from the menu are detailed. Searching tips are also provided.

    2019 | Video