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  • 2022nclex_canada_jbetts.pdf

    Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN): Test Design Joe Betts, PhD, MMIS Director, Measurement and Testing Examinations NCSBN Objective Understand the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Test Design What we will cover during today’s discussion: • What is the same • What is changing • Overall structure of the NGN exam For more information: https://www.ncsbn.org/next-generation-nclex.htm https://www.ncsbn.org/next-generation-nclex.htm Test Design Goals • Significant opportunitie ...

  • Leadership Resources | NCSBN

    The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose 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. ICRS promotes collaboration, innovation and new ideas for the protection of the public and the future of professional regulation. ICRS offerings include: ICRS Certificate Program Foundations of Regulation Courses Continuing Education Stay Current with NCSBN Join our email list to receive the latest news, publications and events from NCSBN and the world of nursing regulation.

  • 21_PN_KSA_FINAL.pdf

    These increasingly complex decisions often require the use of clinical judgment to support patient safety. NCSBN has conducted several years of research and study to understand and isolate the individual factors that contribute to the process of nursing clinical judgment. When the concept of clinical judgment is explored relative to nursing, it is expected the individual contributing factors to clinical judgment will closely align with the performance of activities involved in the delivery of nursing care.

  • REx-PN Examination Candidate Bulletin

    INVALID RESULTS NCSBN may cancel or withhold a candidate’s results if, in NCSBN’s judgment, there is a basis to question the validity of the results for any reason, notwithstanding the absence of any evidence of a candidate’s personal involvement in irregular activities. Evidence of invalid results may include, but is not limited to, unusual answer patterns or unusual score increases from one exam to another.

  • Transcript_2021SciSymp_simulation-regulation.pdf

    Concurrently, RN and LPN/VN educational programs have struggled to obtain adequate clinical placements, as many hospitals have chosen to reduce the number of students allowed in the clinical setting. This has led to the increased use of simulation hours as a substitute for required clinical hours. As a result, regulators have become increasingly involved in overseeing the use of simulation in nursing education, especially with regards to the use of simulation hours as a substitute for clinical hours.

  • 14_Canadian_Practice_Analysis_vol60.pdf

    (NCSBN) | 2014 3EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Shifts Worked The majority of entry-level RNs reported working rotating shifts (793%) Only 135% of responders reported working day shifts and 39% reported working night shifts Time Spent in Different Categories of Nursing Activities Entry-level RNs reported spending the greatest amount of time in Management of Care (180%) and Physiological Adaption (150%), and least amount of time in Reducti ...

  • 2023dcm_vpriola_reimagining_discipline.pdf

    ReImagining Discipline Victoria Priola, PsyD Clinical Psychologist May 24, 2023 Discipline. One word…Thousands of opinions. Is it punishment? Obedience? Rules? Enforcement? Is it always doing the same thing? The right thing? Is it consistency? Rigidity? Do you get a choice? Do you just comply? www.Focus3.com Framing Our Understanding of Discipline ● From the Latin word disciplina meaning “instruction and training” ● NCSBN: “to correct practice and promote safety.” ● Discipline is a tool that provides instruction and training to correct practice & promote safety in pursuit of meaningful agreed up objectives.

  • 14_LTC_Monograph.pdf

    The “Clinical Teaching in Nursing Homes” was also suggested as a great, free website for educators. Research on Internet-based Education Use of online technology for staff development is growing rapidly. However, research on its effectiveness is scant.

  • InFocus_Vol2_2024.pdf

    I am a project coordinator, and my role is to support the Project Management Office (PMO) in line with the ONE NCSBN goals. My primary responsibility is to assist in the implementation of strategic initiatives and lead small-scale projects while following NCSBN’s best practices. I also contribute to the development of the PMO and help improve the cultural framework.

  • Transcript_ngn-video.pdf

    Clinical judgment is actually a fundamental component of nursing, what nurses do, who they are. Documentation, the interaction between the client and the nurse. The interaction between the nurse and the physician. It is fundamentally the underpinning of all things that nurses do.