NCLEX RN Scores Are Up - Thanks To Audio Learning
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, NCSBN research states the gap between international students and US educated students passing the NCLEX RN is diminishing.
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
Although the number of nursing students increased significantly in 2007, it is not meeting the needs of the demands. An aging population, growing population, 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 other countries. Many United States Citizens are arguing that there are citizens with skills and experience to fill the positions in the computer science field and issuing more work visas will only increase unemployment in the US. Will this be the same for the nursing industry? Last year there were 119,579 US educated students and 33,768 internationally educated students taking for the NCLEX RN exam. More than 28% of all nursing students sitting for this test.
The increase in international students could be as a result of the NCSBN opening three new test sites outside the United States. In just seven years the percentage of international students has risen 17.5%
Students educated outside the US are keen to the demand 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.Last year, there were 119,579 United States educated nursing students taking the NCLEX RN. 85.5% of them passed. Only 52% of the 33,768 internationally educated
How about those students who had to repeat the test? Last yearthere were a total of 26,411 students retaking the exam These were United States educated students retaking the exam. Since this is obviously more than 14.5%
most students use the audios to prepare for the test, 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. Audio study materials for the NCLEX exam make it easy to learn while doing other tasks.
NCLEX Exam Study Guide- Audios
Published July 25th, 2008
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