For choosing a nursing program, compare completion rates with licensing exam pass rates. For learning on the job, start with preceptorship and competency assessment.
Choose or compare a program
Program outcomes, transfer policies, schedules and responsibility for clinical placements.
- Nursing Program Graduation Rates · Nursing Program NCLEX Pass Rates
- Transfer Credits in Nursing Education · Prior Learning Assessment in Nursing
- Part-Time Nursing Programs · Post-Master’s Nursing Certificates
- Clinical Placement Agreements
Prepare for the NCLEX
Find the exam blueprint, accommodations process and feedback available after an unsuccessful attempt.
- Test Anxiety and Nursing Exams · NCLEX Test Plans
- NCLEX Accommodations · The NCLEX Candidate Performance Report
Practice clinical reasoning
Compare ways to rehearse decisions and discuss what a learner noticed.
- Clinical Judgment in Nursing · Nursing Simulation
- Debriefing After Simulation · Objective Structured Clinical Examinations
- Nursing Skills Laboratories · Virtual Simulation in Nursing Education
- Concept Mapping for Nursing Students · Reflective Practice in Nursing
Teach, precept and assess
Plan orientation, observe a skill, and evaluate the evidence a learner uses.
- Nursing Preceptorship · Choosing a Nurse Preceptor
- Learning Plans During Nursing Orientation · Competency Validation in Nursing
- Interprofessional Education · Teaching Evidence Appraisal to Nursing Students
Sources
- AACN: Essentials competency assessment framework and progression indicators (accessed 2026-11-11).
- NCSBN: NCLEX pass rates (accessed 2026-11-11).
- ACEN: Standard 5, Outcomes (accessed 2026-11-11).