Recent Articles of Interest

According to NCSBN, National Council of State Boards of Nursing test results among students studying outside the United States and US educated students taking the NCLEX RN are both on the rise from 2000.

In 2000 there were more than seventy-one thousand US educated pupils sitting for the NCLEX exam and over seventy-five hundred pupils educated outside the United States. About 88.5% of students taking the NCLEX were educated in the United States

As demands for nursing students increased so did the number of pupils going into nursing. Aging Baby Boomers, population explosion, and nurses performing the tasks that were traditionally performed by doctors is causing a serious demand for nurses.

The demand for nurses in the US is being answered by students in abroad. Many United States Citizens are arguing that there are citizens with skills and experience who want a job in the computer science field and issuing more work visas will only increase unemployment in the US. Will nurses in the United States be competing for jobs in the United States with students educated abroad? In 2007 there were 119,579 US educated students and 33,768 internationally educated pupils sitting for the NCLEX RN exam. More than 28% of all nursing students taking this exam.

The dramatic increase is quite possibly the result of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing opening three exam centers abroad. In just seven years the percentage of international students has risen 17.5%

Students educated outside the US are alert to the need for nurses in North America and know that educating themselves may be their opportunity to obtain a work visa and possible permanent residency in the United States and may garner them a life of a greater quality of living and freedom from oppression.

Students Educated in the United States are still out performing international students, but international students are gaining on them.In 2007, there were 119,579 United States educated nursing students taking the NCLEX RN. 85.5% of them passed. 52% of the 33,768 internationally educated

How about those students who had to repeat the test? In 2007there were a total of 26,411 students retaking the exam These were United States educated students repeating the test. Since this is obviously more than 14.5%

most students use the audios to study for the exam, but some students have thought ahead and use it to become familiar with the class material before they start the course

Most students attribute poor test results to the lack of time they have to study. NCLEX review materials on audio make it easier to review while performing other activities such as driving or going to the gym.