Monitoring entry-level practice: keeping the national council licensure examination for registered nurses current.
The National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses assesses whether a candidate has the ability to provide safe and effective nursing care upon entry into practice. It is essential that this assessment be current and relevant to nursing practice. The authors discuss methods that are used to provide evidence to support the 2007 NCLEX-RN Test Plan and to maintain the currency of the examination.
Wendt
Anne
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National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc, Chicago, IL, USA. awendt@ncsbn.or
Kenny
Lorraine
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D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D014481:United States