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The NCLEX Item Development Process
2021 | Event Presentation
Next Generation NCLEX (NGN): Clinical Judgement Measurement Model (NCJMM)
2021 | Event Presentation
NCLEX Candidate Registration Process
2021 | Event Presentation
Standard Setting
2021 | Event Presentation
Afternoon Q&A Session
2021 | Event Presentation
NCLEX Examinations Webinar Series: 2021 Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Project
Webinar attendees will be provided with updates on the Next Generation NCLEX project (NGN). Topics covered include an overview of the new NGN scoring rules, their application to the new NGN item types, and the new overall NGN test design.
2021 | Recorded Webinar
In Focus Summer 2021
- Our Saving Grace: How ORBS Helped Nurse Regulators During COVID-19
- Creating Improved Choice, Access and Equity: APRN Consensus Model and APRN Compact
- Pennsylvania Passes the Nurse Licensure Compact
- Rising to the Challenge: Administering a Crucial Exam During the Pandemic
- Update from the NCSBN Examinations Department
2021 | Magazines
Rising to the Challenge
When the Pearson VUE Testing Centers were shuttered because of the COVID-19 crisis, exam resumption was never a question of if it would happen, it was simply a question of how quickly it could happen. Testing resumed eight days later with a modified NCLEX that maintained the integrity of the exam delivered in a testing environment that adhered to CDC guidelines for social distancing and disinfection.
2021 | Video
Policy Brief: Clinical Experiences for Unvaccinated Nursing Students
To provide guidance to boards of nursing and nursing education programs that are receiving requests from students for alternate clinical experiences when the program’s clinical sites require the COVID-19 vaccine.
2021 | Papers
Policy Brief Dissemination of COVID Information
To address the misinformation being disseminated about COVID-19 by nurses.For the purposes of this statement, misinformation is defined as distorted facts, inaccurate or misleading information not grounded in the peer-reviewed scientific literature and counter to information being disseminated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
2021 | Papers
NCSBN Model Rules
The Model Act & Rules provides an evidence-based framework of nursing statutes and regulations for nursing regulatory bodies to utilize during policy and advocacy discussions. The current Model Act & Rules were updated by a NCSBN committee under a charge to perform ongoing review, revision, and development of Model Act & Rules to reflect the current regulatory environment and to remove any other language that does not support public safety. This work began in 2018 and was approved by the Delegate Assembly in 2021.
2021 | Papers
NCSBN Model Act
The Model Act & Rules provides an evidence-based framework of nursing statutes and regulations for nursing regulatory bodies to utilize during policy and advocacy discussions. The current Model Act & Rules were updated by a NCSBN committee under a charge to perform ongoing review, revision, and development of Model Act & Rules to reflect the current regulatory environment and to remove any other language that does not support public safety. This work began in 2018 and was approved by the Delegate Assembly in 2021.
2021 | Papers