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March 7, 2016
NCLEX

2015 NCLEX-RN results signal several major issues with nurse licensing exam

March 7, 2016, Ottawa — The full-year NCLEX-RN summary results for 2015, the first year for this new exam in Canada, show that pass rates for first-time writers are less than 70 per cent, raising concern among many in the nursing profession. Only 69.7 per cent of Canadian nursing students passed on their first attempt, […]

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March 3, 2016
NCLEX

Stop letting our nurses down with American exam

By Christina Blizzard, Queen’s Park Columnist   After spending thousands of dollars to get degrees, new nursing graduates are finding they must hand over hundreds of dollars to a private U.S. company to take the “admission to practice exam” that allows them to work in this province. The new exam is being criticized for being […]

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