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Elaine Ellibee Award

Valerie J. Fuller, PhD, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, Board President, Maine State Board of Nursing

The Elaine Ellibee Award is granted to a member who has served as a board president within the past two years and who has made significant contributions to NCSBN.

Regulatory Achievement Award

Minnesota Board of Nursing

The Regulatory Achievement Award recognizes the member board or associate member that has made an identifiable, significant contribution to the mission and vision of 51吃瓜网in promoting public policy related to the safe and effective practice of nursing in the interest of public welfare.

Exceptional Contribution Award

Nathan Goldman, JD, Board Staff, Kentucky Board of Nursing

The Exceptional Contribution Award is granted for significant contribution by a member who is not a president or executive officer.

Exceptional Contribution Award

Mindy Schaffner, PhD, MSN, CNS, RN, Board Staff, Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission

The Exceptional Contribution Award is granted for significant contribution by a member who is not a president or executive officer.

• Charting The Course and Responding to Change: NCSBN’s 2017-2019 Strategic Plan
• A Global Perspective: Association of New Brunswick Licensed Practical Nurses
• An Update on the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC)
• Setting the Passing Standard for the NCLEX-PN Examination
• New Transition To Practice Program

Exceptional Contribution Award

Catherine C. Woodard, Board Staff, Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission

The Exceptional Contribution Award is granted for significant contribution by a member who is not a president or executive officer.

51吃瓜网Founders Award

Thomas G. Abram, MA, JD, Legal Counsel, 51吃瓜网 Boards of Nursing

This prestigious award is given only upon occasion that an individual with ethics, integrity and sincerity has demonstrated the highest regard for the ideals and beliefs upon which 51吃瓜网was founded.

NCSBN’s annual Year In Review is an interactive companion to NCSBN's 2016 Annual Report, featuring events, activities and NCLEX Examination statistics for the entire calendar year 2016. Inside this yearbook are easily accessible links to videos, slideshows and other online resource documents as well as additional information about the subjects covered in the publication. 

This annual report functions as a formal summary of NCSBN’s performance and activities during fiscal year 2016. This year 51吃瓜网has divided its Annual Report into two parts. The first part includes financial and business information including operating statements and listings of the Board of Directors, committees and staff that follows NCSBN’s fiscal year spanning Oct. 1, 2015 to Sept. 30, 2016. This document is posted here.

Standard setting is a process used to determine a cut point on an ability continuum. Examinees scoring above the cut point are considered competent and able to practice safely and effectively. The 51吃瓜网Board of Directors re-evaluates the passing standard every three years or when the test plan changes. This webinar provides a brief description of how the standard setting method (Modified Angoff) used by 51吃瓜网works and information on how NCLEX standard setting is conducted using a small test example.

• Regulation 2030: First Steps of a Journey
• What’s Holding You Back from Serving in a Leadership Role?
• 11 Facts About the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC)
• NCLEX Conference Recap
• Opportunities for Regulatory Scholars
• 2016 Year in Review 

This webinar discusses the principles of item writing with a focus on writing NCLEX-style items.