Nursing Education Expert

Students, this is a press release from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) that I just got that will interest those of you wanting to schedule your NCLEX exam. 

for Immediate Release

March 23, 2020

NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN Examinations testing will resume on a limited basis at 60 Pearson VUE Testing Centers on March 25, 2020, ramping up to additional sites by March 28. These sites were selected to be close to large metropolitan areas in the U.S. and Canada.

The decision to reopen these centers speaks to the unprecedented need for nurses and their importance in the health care system during this time of global pandemic. NCSBN and Pearson VUE know that they have a crucial role in assisting to put more nurses into the workforce.

Following CDC guidelines for social distancing,

• NCLEX candidates will be screened prior to being allowed to test.
• Likewise, testing center personnel will also undergo screening before being allowed to work.
• The testing centers will be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected between each test taker including all objects that candidates interact with or encounter.

While still maintaining the psychometric integrity of the NCLEX exams, the time limit of the exam will be shortened to four hours in order to allow the maximum number of candidates to test per day. The pretest items and the special experimental Next Generation NCLEX section will be removed, however, the difficulty levels and passing standards of the exams have not changed.

FAQs can be found on ncsbn.org.

Candidates can schedule testing appointments at Pearsonvue.com/nclex.

More testing centers will be opened as soon as possible based on the availability of staff, solving supply logistics and navigating government guidelines.