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  • Celebrate the Power of Nurses during National Nurses Week 2025 | 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. As a global leader in regulatory excellence, NCSBN champions regulatory solutions to borderless health care delivery, agile regulatory systems and nurses practicing to the full scope of their education, experience and expertise. A world leader in test development and administration, NCSBN’s NCLEX Exams are internationally recognized as preeminent nursing examinations.  NCSBN’s membership is comprised of the nursing regulatory bodies (NRBs) in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and four U.S. territories. There are nine exam user members and 21 associate members that are either NRBs or empowered regulatory authorities from other countries or territories. 

  • PDF File Transcript_New_Nurses_video.pdf

    All rights reserved. 2 credits, including specific coursework in some cases, before they can renew their licenses. The consequences of not renewing your license can vary from a fine, to other types of discipline. You may even be required to re-take the NCLEX. - I recently accepted a tele-health nursing position, so now I care for patients in multiple states. Since practice is where the patient is, I need to be licensed in every state where my patients are located. - There's one important exception to needing a separate license to practice in each state where patients are located.

  • About | REXPN

    Site: rexpn.com

    REx-PN is a new Canadian Practical Nurse exam developed for the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives and the College of Nurses of Ontario. About | REXPN Skip to Main Content About Open Dropdown Passing Standard Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) Prepare Open Dropdown Test Plan Register Open Dropdown Registration Fees & Payment Testing Locations Scheduling Exam Day Open Dropdown REx-PN Rules Acceptable ID Results Open Dropdown Candidate Performance Report FAQs Contact Search Search Search Search Search About Open Dropdown Passing Standard Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) Prepare Open Dropdown Test Plan Register Open Dro ...

  • PDF File 24_PN_KSA_FINAL.pdf

    (NCSBN®) Mission Statement The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN®) empowers and supports nursing regulators in their mandate to protect the public. Copyright ©2025 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN®) All rights reserved. NCSBN®, NCLEX®, NCLEX-RN®, NCLEX-PN®, NNAAP®, ORBS®, MACE®, REx-PN®, TERCAP®, Nursys®, Nursys e-Notify®, Safe Student Reports® and Transition to Practice® are registered trademarks of NCSBN and may not be used or reproduced without written permission from NCSBN.

  • PDF File Microsoft Word - Final_08_reg model.doc

    Kentucky has implemented a transition to practice model, and they estimate it takes 15 percent of staff time annually to implement their transition legislation. However, in their state, new graduates must complete the transition program before they take the NCLEX, so most of that activity is during those months when large numbers of graduates are completing internships and applying for NCLEX. For this proposed national model, staff time would most likely be less than 15 percent since the paperwork involving NCLEX will have been completed.

  • Locked PDF File Microsoft PowerPoint - NLC Training_Licensure_012021_mb2

    Terminology To receive a multistate license, a nurse must: 1 Meet the home state’s qualifications 2 Graduate from qualifying education program (or graduated from a foreign program verified by independent credentials review agency) 3 Passed English proficiency exam if foreign grad Are You Eligible for a Multistate License? 5 6 4 To receive a multistate license, a nurse must: Pass the NCLEX-RN® or NCLEX-PN ® exam (or state board test pool exam).4 5 Have no active discipline on a license. Submit to state/federal fingerprint-based criminal background check. 6 7 Not be currently enrolled in an alternative program. Are You Eligible for a Mutlsitate License?

  • PDF File 2020AM-Presidents-Address.pdf

    President’s Address Julia L. (Julie) George, President NCSBN 2019-2020 Board of Directors 2019-2020 • Activities • Initiatives • Progress • Partnerships Activities • Support during COVID • Weekly EO calls • Weekly updates on NCLEX/testing capacity • Efforts to increase testing capacity This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-ND https://www.groundup.org.za/article/covid-19-worlds-unprecedented-experiment/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ Leading Regulatory Excellence Worldwide Continued Progress IRE to ICRS Partnerships BOD Business for DA • Revised APRN compact • LSC Slate of Candidates In Closing…..

  • PDF File 2019AM_JGeorge.pdf

    (Julie) George, President NCSBN NCSBN 2018-2019 Board of Directors 2018-2019 • Activities/Initiatives • Progress • Collaboration Activities • APRN Compact Taskforce • APRN Consensus Model meeting Activities • National nursing guidelines for medical marijuana • Upheld NCLEX-RN passing standard • Committee for Model Act/Rules Progress Progress IRE to GLARE • Institute of Regulatory Excellence (IRE) • Global Leadership Academy for Regulatory Excellence (GLARE) Collaboration • NCSBN/ANA position on delegation • CAC public perspective critique of Regulation 2030 • Tri-Regulator • Tri-Council In Closing….. • “ Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”

  • PDF File L2L_Fall2019.pdf

    New Jurisdictions are continually being added. regulatoryatlas.com For questions, contact memberboardprofiles@ncsbn.org. http://www.ncsbn.org http://www.regulatoryatlas.com mailto:memberboardprofiles%40ncsbn.org?subject= FALL 2019 www.ncsbn.org 11 NCSBN Defines Clinical Judgment for Purposes of the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) I n order to develop a valid and reliable means of measuring clinical judgment, NCSBN conducted extensive reviews of the literature in nursing, decision theory and testing. The result was the assessment framework referred to as the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (NCJMM).

  • PDF File Leader-to-Leader_Spring09.pdf

    The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 29 (5), 211–216. 6 Transition to Practice … continued from page 5 Faculty are responsible for developing course objectives, and students are accountable to meet course objectives and to adhere to clinical site policies and procedures. Students, faculty and preceptors all cooperate to evaluate student performance. Reviewed on a triennial basis, the NCLEX-RN® Test Plan is once again scheduled to come to the Delegate Assembly for review and approval. In 2008, the NCLEX® Examination Committee (NEC) received the results of the practice analysis study entitled, Report of Findings from the 2008 RN Practice Analysis: Linking the NCLEX-RN® Examination to Practice.