Resources

The aim of this paper is to review the factors that contribute to clinical judgment and decision-making of novice nurses.

Sound nursing clinical judgment is at the core of competent and safe client care. New graduate nurses face increasing challenges that underscore the importance of investigating how nurse educators teach and measure nursing students' abilities to make clinical judgments. This article presents the National Council of State Boards of Nursing-Clinical Judgment Model (NCSBN-CJM) and discusses the use of the model.

Clinical judgment has become an increasingly important aspect of modern health service professionals. To ensure public safety, licensure exams must go beyond assessing only knowledge and skills when evaluating entry-level professions to evaluating clinical judgment. This article provides background of a large-scale licensure examination’s process for measuring clinical judgment in entry-level nursing.

NCSBN’s quarterly conference call to discuss the Safe Student Reports (SSR) research study with participating nursing programs. For the July 2019 call, the aggregate data report was shared and discussed, as well as various new resources.

This is a brief educational video that serves as a guide to the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) for nursing students. The objectives of this video are to provide a general overview of the NLC, to explain obtaining a multistate license, to explain the NCLEX and applying for licensure by exam and to provide scenario-based examples.

This is a brief educational video on the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) and primary state of residence (PSOR) requirements. The objectives of this video are to provide a general overview of NLC, to explain PSOR and to provide examples. 

This is a brief educational video that serves as a guide to the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) for nurse employers. The objectives of this video are to provide an overview of the NLC, to explain privilege to practice, to explain primary state of residence (PSOR), to provide employer resources and to answer key questions.