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  • Disclaimers | POLICIES

    Site: policies.ncsbn.org

    The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) provides and maintains many services and websites. View the applicable Terms of Use (including the use of Trademarks ), Privacy & Security Policies , Disclaimers and End User Licensing Agreements for NCSBN websites listed below. Also available is the NCSBN Biometric Data Policy. See also:  Terms of Use (including the use of Trademarks) ,  Privacy and Security Policies  and  End User Licensing Agreements . Introduction Some websites ("Sites") and social media accounts ("Accounts") maintained by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.

  • 2019-NCLEX-Webinar_Standard-Setting.pdf

    • nominated by Board of Nursing; • no one jurisdiction will have more than one judge; • currently licensed as a nurse with at least two years’ experience in a clinical practice setting; • Clinical nurses must be currently employed in a clinical practice setting and working directly with entry-level nurses; • Panel makeup represents clinical practice areas of newly licensed nurses as reported in the practice analysis ...

  • WHO_Cannabis_and_its_medical_use.pdf

    However, a number of cases of cannabis-induced hyperemesis have been reported. This is a paradoxical clinical syndrome of the gastrointestinal tract and brain which has been designated the title ‘Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome’. Patients exhibit a triad of symptoms: cyclic vomiting, chronic cannabis use, and compulsive hot water bathing, attributable to heavy cannabis use. 122,123 4.2.5 Cannabis, emergency department mentions, mortality: As cannabis use rises, emergency department mentions from 2004-2011, for cannabis alone or in combination with other drugs, increased substantially.

  • 2014 RN Practice Analysis: Linking the NCLEX-RN Examination to Practice - U.S. and Canada (Vol. 62) | 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. This periodic performance of practice analyses (i.e., job analysis) studies assists NCSBN in evaluating the validity of the test plan that guides content distribution of the licensure examination. Because changes can occur in registered nurse (RN) practice, practice analyses are conducted on a three-year cycle.

  • A Deep Dive into the Uniform Licensure Requirements (ULRs) to Obtain or Retain a Multistate License | 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. Year 2024 Length 28:36 Presented By Fred Knight, JD, Consultant, NLC Commission Topic Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), Uniform Licensure Requirements Audience Investigators and Attorneys Knowledge Network Nurse Licensure Compact Description In this 30-minute session, we will review and interpret the 11 ULRs that are required to obtain and retain a multistate license. You will learn nuances related to the applicability of the ULRs as they relate to obtaining or r ...

  • Tri-Council for Nursing Urges Nurses to Submit Comments on Department of Education's Professional Degree Designation Rule | 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. The U.S. Department of Education proposed rule related to the implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act excludes nursing from the professional degree designation, a decision that contradicts workforce realities, federal policy and basic economics.

  • 2024_exams_webinar_standard_setting.pdf

    All other aspects of a standard setting process are mechanisms for translating the intentions as described in the policy definitions into a point on the reporting score scale for a test that was judged or developed to be consistent with the intentions of the policy. Standard setting panel is one of the methods for obtaining information about the passing standard.

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    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. The report references multiple initiatives of NCSBN, linking the initiatives toward the goal of achieving health equity. The report recommends removing barriers to APRN full practice authority and calls for the nationwide adoption of the Nurse Licensure Compact as well as for the use of federal authority to supersede restrictive state laws related to scope of practice. 

  • 2019NCLEX_Standard_Setting.pdf

    Standard Setting Hong Qian, PhD Lead Psychometrician, Operations and Maintenance, Examinations Objectives  By the end of the session, participants will be able to:  Identify the purpose of conducting standard setting  Discuss the importance of standard setting and impact of results  Describe how NCSBN® sets the passing standard for the NCLEX What is Standard Setting?

  • Substance_Use_Disorders_and_Accessing_Alternative-to-Discipline_Programs_(2).pdf

    Treatment centers and ADPs encourage attendance at peer support-group meetings. The groups, which are usually free, operate on the principles of anonymity and confiden- tiality. A nurse in recovery for several years or a nurse knowledgeable about substance use disorder facilitates meetings.