NCLEX RN Exams- Not Just For US Students
CF Thompson
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, NCSBN research states 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 US
The demands for nurses is outpacing the number of nurses who are entering nursing schools. 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 United States is being answered by students in abroad. Many US Citizens are protesting 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 United States educated students and 33,768 internationally educated students sitting for the NCLEX RN exam (http://www.audiolearn.net/NCLEX/NCLEX-RN.html). 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 United States 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 citizenship in the US 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 US 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? In 2007there were a total of 26,411 students retaking the exam These were US educated students retaking the exam. Anyone can download the audios regardless of the country of origin.
Students from around the world listen to the audios to prepare for the nursing classes, reinforce what they are learning and prepare for the exams., but a few students have thought ahead and use it to learn the class material prior to starting the class.
Students around the world find it difficult to make time to study. Audio study materials for the NCLEX exam make it easy to learn while doing other tasks.
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