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This brochure helps nursing students, educators, health care organizations and the public understand and apply the concepts of professional boundaries between a nurse and a client.  

NCSBN staff discuss the Nursys Rejection and Exceptions Report.

This paper has data from NCSBN’s Annual Report Program on 798 nursing programs in 2020 and 929 in 2021, related to the effect of COVID-19 on nursing education programs.

Entry-level nurses face a myriad of challenges, from navigating increased care complexities to serving an aging client population. The persistent knowledge-to-practice gap further complicates their role. In this context, the entry-level nurses’ lack of confidence and client experience can lead to practice errors. This session will shed light on these challenges and the crucial role of effective clinical judgment in delivering safe nursing care.

The NCLEX is a variable-length computerized adaptive test (CAT). It resorts to modern psychometric theory coupled with the state-of-the-art computer-driven administration to deliver a psychometrically sound, standardized exams for evaluating candidates’ performance with the passing standard required to conduct safe, entry-level nursing practice. This session will describe the background and algorithms behind the NCLEX CAT methodology.