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  • Report of Findings from the 2015 LPN/VN Nursing Knowledge Survey (Vol. 66) | 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. Report of Findings from the 2015 LPN/VN Nursing Knowledge Survey (Vol. 66) | NCSBN Skip to Main Content Member Sign In Exams Nursing Regulation Compacts Policy Research Membership About Search Search Search Search Search Search Exams Nursing Regulation Compacts Policy Research Membership About Member Sign In More in NCSBN Exams NCSBN Exams NCLEX REx-PN NNAAP & MACE Exam Statistics & Publications NCLEX Pass Rates NCLEX Fact Sheet NCSBN Exam Program Reports Nurse Licensu ...

  • NCLEX_Pass_Rates_Lagtime_and_Retake.pdf

    It is important for readers to keep in mind that most candidates do pass the NCLEX on the first attempt. This is evident in the current NCLEX pass rate for US- educated candidates taking the NCLEX for the first time (RN: 88.3%; PN: 84.9%). As a result of a large percentage of candidates passing, the range of candidate attempts in the data is restricted.

  • Resources | NCSBN

    The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) produces publications, online courses and videos that contribute to the body of nursing knowledge. Includes information on The Eight Steps of the REx-PN , acceptable identification and rules for scheduling/rescheduling your appointment. 2026   | Publications 2025 REx-PN Candidate Bulletin The REx-PN candidate bulletin contains information for all registrations and scheduling of REx-PN appointments. 2025   | Publications Advancing nursing regulation in the digital era This review aims to advance insight into AI's transformative potential in nursing by examin ...

  • Transcript_2019AM_NCLEX.pdf

    Here are some of the accomplishments for this year. We've reviewed the policies, we've considered feedback from the NCLEX program surveys, we've reviewed candidate appeals. Our committee is actually the last step in the review process when a candidate files an appeal regarding the NCLEX exam. And we conducted a final review of NCLEX items. Also, we have approved the LPN/VN Practice Analysis Survey Report that included activity and knowledge statements.

  • 14_NCLEX_technicalbrief_SettinganEnglishLanguageProficiencyPassing.pdf

    The topics are varied, require no specialized content knowledge or experience and represent a variety of opinions. The format of the test is shown in Table 1. Setting an English Language Proficiency Passing Standard for Entry-Level Nursing Practice Using the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery Hong Qian, PhD Psychometrician, NCLEX® Examinations Ada Woo, PhD Director of Measurement and Testing, NCLEX® Examinations Jayanti Banerjee, PhD Research Director, Cambridge Michi ...

  • transcript_2025nclex_qa3.pdf

    The item selection algorithms do not adjust content coverage based on how candidate performs on a specific content area. And instead, it ensures that the required distribution of content is maintained throughout the exam while still adapting item difficulty to match the candidate's ability. So this is the take-home message. The adaptive feature of NCLEX affects item difficulty, not content distribution. - Awesome.

  • Transcript_2024NCLEX_qian-buttolph.pdf

    By the end of this presentation, you will be able to, one, identify the purpose of why sensitivity panel review and differential item functioning panel review are conducted, two, understand what it means for an item to have DIF, and three, describe how NCSBN conducts the sensitivity and DIF panel reviews. You may have seen this slide depicting the item development process if you attended an earlier session. The yellow stars highlight the two parts of the item development process that we will be ...

  • Transcript_2020_NCLEX_Morning-QandA.pdf

    And we don't want to be testing the student or the candidate on memorization of all of these labs. Now, currently, in NCLEX, there are a certain number of labs that the candidate is expected to know. Now, and we don't provide reference ranges. So, in the future, when we merge all this together, will reference ranges always be provided?

  • transcript_2022nclex_hqian.pdf

    ©2022 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 Past Event: 2022 NCLEX Conference for Canadian Educators- Standard Setting – Canada Video Transcript ©2022 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. Event 2022 NCLEX Conference for Canadian Educators More info: https://www.ncsbn.org/16496.htm Presenter Hong Qian, PhD, Manager, Measurement and Testing, Examinations, NCSBN Good afternoon, I am Dr.

  • Transcript_2021NCLEX_hqian.pdf

    ©2021 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 2021 NCSBN NCLEX Conference - Standard Setting Video Transcript ©2021 National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. Event 2021 NCSBN NCLEX Conference More info: https://www.ncsbn.org/15831.htm Presenters Hong Qian, PhD, Manager, Measurement and Testing, Examinations, NCSBN Good afternoon.