If you are planning for your NCLEX — National Council Licensure Examination — you are likely nearing the end of your nursing school journey and will soon complete the process of becoming a registered ...

The share of candidates who pass the licensure exam to work as a registered nurse has significantly dropped in recent years, and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) -- the ...

Garrett Andrews is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Political Science at Portland Community College where he teaches State and Local Government. Brenna Swanston is an education-focused ...

Graduating in a pandemic required a degree of determination that wasn’t on anybody’s syllabus. The 18 students who this spring completed Bethune-Cookman University’s L. Gale Lemerand School of Nursing ...

“Both as a nurse, but also as a potential patient, I want nurses to be highly qualified,” said Linda Aiken, PhD, RN. “I don’t think anybody in the public is interested in lowering standards for nurses ...

Between January and June, NCLEX pass rates increased for both licensed practical and vocational nurse candidates, according to second quarter results of 2023 pass rates across the U.S., released Aug.

Critics have raised concerns around the NCLEX test and the rate at which students are passing the exam, but chief nursing officers told Becker’s there are reasons for the improved scores. In April, ...

A new American-based test is causing an uproar in Alberta's nursing community after there was a 20 per cent drop in the number of graduates who passed the exam needed to work. New Brunswick nurses 47% ...

Rachel Witkowski is an award-winning journalist whose 20-year career spans a wide range of topics in finance, government regulation and congressional reporting. Ms. Witkowski has spent the last decade ...

ORANGE COUNTY. BACK TO YOU. FLORIDA IS TRYING TO RECRUIT AND KEEP NURSES BECAUSE OF A GROWING SHORTAGE. BUT A NEW STUDY SHOWS THE STATE IS LEADING THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO NURSING STUDENTS FAILING ...