NCLEX-RN
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The NCLEX-RN (National Council Licensure EXamination-Registered Nurse) is a computer-adaptive test of entry-level nursing competence. Passing the exam is required of candidates for licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) by all US state and territorial Boards of Nursing.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN) develops and administers the examination.
Exam content
The majority of test items are written at the application or higher levels of cognition but the exam may include items at all of the cognitive levels.The exam's content is based on client needs:
- Safe Effective Care Environment
- * Management of Care
- * Safety and Infection Control
- Health Promotion and Maintenance
- Psychosocial Integrity
- Physiological Integrity
- * Basic Care and Comfort
- * Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
- * Reduction of Risk Potential
- * Physiological Adaptation
See also
- NCLEX-PN
- NNAAP
External links
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