title: The NCLex Examination: preparing for future nursing practice.
abstract: One nursing organization that closely tracks the direction of healthcare and nursing practice is the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. As the developer of the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN examination), maintaining currency of the examination is of primary importance to the National Council. The authors discuss recent trends in the NCLEX-RN Test Plan.
authors.affiliation: National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Awendt@ncsbn.org
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wendt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005544:Forecasting; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States