Open AccessPreparing for the new nursing licensure exam
Author(s) -
Donna D. Ignatavicius
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1538-8689
pISSN - 0360-4039
DOI - 10.1097/01.nurse.0000743100.95536.9b
Subject(s) - licensure , focus (optics) , medical education , nursing , process (computing) , medicine , psychology , computer science , physics , optics , operating system
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing is changing its licensure exam to focus on a clinical judgment model. This article describes the current National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX), the shift in focus from the nursing process to clinical judgment, and the intended emphasis of the next-generation NCLEX.