NCLEX Students Look For New Study Aids To Help Them Pass
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, NCSBN research states pass rates 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 US
As demands for nurses increased so did the number of pupils going into nursing. 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 abroad. Many US Citizens are arguing that there are citizens with education 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? In 2007 there were 119,579 US educated students and 33,768 internationally educated pupils taking for the NCLEX RN exam. More than 28% of all nursing students taking this exam.
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 need for nurses in North America and know that educating themselves may be their opportunity to obtain a work visa and possible citizenship in the US and may garner them a life of a greater quality of living and freedom from oppression.
How well are US educated students performing compared to their internationally educated counterparts? are still out performing international students, but international students are gaining on them.Last year, there were 119,579 US educated nursing students taking the NCLEX RN. 85.5% of them passed. Only 52% of the 33,768 students educated outside the US nurses passed the first time.
How about those students who had to repeat the test? Last year 26,411 students sat for the exam for at least the second time. These were US educated students repeating the test. Simple math indicates that there are students taking the exam for at least the third time A mere 52.4% of these repeat test takers passed. The pass rate for Students educated outside the US dropped to 25.7%
NCLEX Audio test prep materialsare available online. Since the audios are available online they are accessible to anyone in the world.
Many 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 prior to starting the class.
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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