By Janet Boivin, RN
The first graduate nurses who take the National Council Licensure Examination for RNs starting on April 1 will encounter a test that is more difficult to pass than the one students took three years ago.
“Nursing practice is more difficult today than it was in 2007,” says Casey Marks, chief operating officer of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, based in Chicago. “The bar has been raised, and, quite simply, the exam is harder. It’s projected that fewer students will pass on the first attempt.” Read More…
