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  • Guidelines for Monitoring Substance Use Disorders in Nurses | 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. Nurses' Readiness and Motivation to Provide Care for Patients Who Use Alcohol And Opioids: Informing Nursing Education and Practice Regulations Challenges to Prelicensure RN & LPN Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic Are there Outcome Differences between NMNEC ADN, BSN and ADN/BSN Co-enrolled Students: Testing an Educational Model for Academic Progression in Nursing National Study of Clinical Education in Family Nurse Practitioner Programs State Policy Change and Organizational Response: Expansion of NP Scope of Practice Regulations in New York State An Update on the Status of Simulation Regulation View All Videos Stay Current with NCSBN Join our email list to receive the latest news, publications and events from NCSBN and the world of nursing regulation.

  • Locked PDF File 2019MYM_PDickison.pdf

    • Literature review - 200 peer reviewed manuscripts • 50% of novice nurses were involved in errors of nursing • 65% of the errors were attributable to poor clinical decision making skills • Only 20% of employers are satisfied with clinical decision making skills of novice nurses • Strategic Practice Analysis Pilot Study (2015) • Direct observation of nursing activities at a variety of practice settings across the U.S. • Focus groups including novice and experienced nurses in the various observational settings • Linkage of data to determine strength of correlations between entry-level nurse tasks and nurse skills • Evaluation of current item bank • What are the domains of judgment that can be reliably measured?

  • PDF File L2L_Spring2013_Coach.pdf

    The definition of client as the indi­ vidual, family or group, which includes significant others and population, was added. The 2013 test plan also further clarifies the NCLEX® setting to help the public better understand the NCLEX exam process and potential exam questions. In addition, the results from the 2011 RN Practice Analysis: Linking the NCLEX-RN® Examination to Practice suggest that the Management of Care and Safety and Infection Control clie ...

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    NCLEX® Examination Candidate Bulletins NCS Pearson will ship the Member Boards’ annual supply of Candidate Bulletins later this month. If any boards have not supplied NCSBN with the number of bulletins they are requesting for 2003, please contact Toni Rucker immediately at 312.787.6555, ext. 129, or trucker@ncsbn.org. ■ News about the NCLEX-RN® Test Plan At its January 22-24, 2003, meeting, the Examination Committee will review the results of the 2003 RN practice analysis survey and evalu- ate the current NCLEX-RN® Test Plan. It is antici- pated that any committee recommendations regarding the test plan will be disseminated to boards of nursing within two weeks of the meet- ing.

  • PDF File L2L_Spring2013_v6.pdf

    The definition of client as the indi­ vidual, family or group, which includes significant others and population, was added. The 2013 test plan also further clarifies the NCLEX® setting to help the public better understand the NCLEX exam process and potential exam questions. In addition, the results from the 2011 RN Practice Analysis: Linking the NCLEX-RN® Examination to Practice suggest that the Management of Care and Safety and Infection Control clie ...

  • PDF File Committee Action Requested

    Procedures Initially, the panel was led through a discussion about the English proficiency characteristics of the target candidate in the context of safe and effective entry-level nursing. This was supplemented with a discussion of the activities that had been identified by the 2002 RN Practice Analysis: Linking the NCLEX-PN Examination to Practice (Smith & Crawford, 2003a) and the 2003 LPN/VN Practice Analysis: Linking the NCLEX-RN Examination to Practice (Smith & Crawford, 2003b) as being within the scope of entry-level practice.

  • PDF File Consensus_Model_Report.pdf

    Specialty practice represents a much more focused area of preparation and practice than does the APRN role/population focus level. Specialty practice may focus on specific patient populations beyond those identified or health care needs such as oncology, palliative care, substance abuse, or nephrology.

  • PDF File Transcript_2023am_jdouglas.pdf

    For those of you who may not be familiar, in-house is just kind of short form for these were custom survey instruments that we developed internal to the research department at NCSBN. We use these in a very limited fashion. We really just wanted to use those instruments to collect baseline demographic and practice or professional information, as well as general descriptors of the courses in which students were enrolled, and ultimately, the faculty would be teaching. We then limited our collection on student outcomes associated with learning, engagement, clinical preparedness, practice proficiency, etc., to the externally validated instruments.

  • PDF File 10_Ontario_Vol47_web.pdf

    Survey Development A number of processes were used to create, evalu- ate and refine the survey instrument used for the Comparison of Entry-level Registered Nurses in the U .S . and Ontario, Canada Survey . The survey used in the Ontario study was based on entry-level nurs- ing activity statements used in the 2008 RN Practice Analysis: Linking NCLEX-RN® Examination to Prac- tice . In 2008, activity statements created by a panel of experts were reviewed and edited by the NCLEX® Examination Committee, then surveyed in the U .S . as part of the 2008 RN Practice Analysis .

  •  Item Review: Sensitivity & Differential Item Functioning (DIF) - Canada | 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. Item Review: Sensitivity & Differential Item Functioning (DIF) - Canada | 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 Item Review: Sensitivity & Differential Item Functioning (DIF) - Canada Video playback issues? Year 2022 Length 22:50 Presented By Latrice Johnson, MSN, RN, Content Processes Manager, ...