Definitions
Official recognition of a degree of education and skills in a profession by a national specialty organization
What is certification
Number of questions a person can receive on NCLEX
What is 75 to 265
A type of licensure that requires anyone who wishes to practice nursing to pass a licensure examination and become registered by the State Board of Nursing
What is mandatory licensure
This is an honors organization that recognizes individuals who have demonstrated leadership or made important contributions to professional nursing; candidates are selected from the senior nursing class
What is Sigma Theta Tau
A process by which an agency or government grants an individual permission to practice
What is licensure
The NCLEX has a time limit. How long is it?
What is 6 hours
A type of licensure in which authority for an individual health-care provider to practice that is granted by the individual's employing institution (institution determines education, training and functions)
What is institutional licensure
Organization that serves as the international organization of professional nursing
What is International Council of Nurses (ICN)
Specific unit of credit earned by participating in an approved continuing education program
In what year was the NCLEX computerized?
What is 1994
A type of licensure that allows individuals to practice nursing as long as they do not use the letters RN after their names
What is permissive licensure
An independent legal corporation that represents the needs of nursing students
What is National Student Nurse's Association (NSNA)
A process whereby individuals, programs, or institutions are designated as having met minimal standards for the safety and welfare of the public
What is credentialing
What year did the nursing testing division develop a test (NCLEX)?
What is 1950
A method of obtaining a license to practice by successfully having a state acknowledge the individual's existing comparable license in another state
What is license by endorsement
This organization took some of the first steps in developing standards for the profession of nursing
What is The Amercian Nurses Association (ANA)
Government agency that implements that statuses of a particular profession in accordance with the Professions Practice Act
What is licensing board
What was the original name of the NCLEX before they changed the name in 1987 to NCLEX?
What is State Board Examination
What is a eNLC license
This organization was the first national nursing organization to provide accredidation for nursing programs at all levels
What is The National League for Nursing (NLN)