Nursing Outlook
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2 , January 2006

Guest Editorial: What is the NCLEX really testing?

  • Gail W. Stuart, PhD, APRN, BC (FAAN)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gail W. Stuart, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN, Dean and Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, College of Nursing, 99 Jonathan Lucas St, Charleston, SC 29425

References 

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  5. World Health Organization . The World Health Report 2001—Mental Health (New understanding, new hope) . Geneva: Author; 2001;
  6. Smith J , Crawford L . Report of findings from the 2002 RN Practice Analysis (Linking the NCLEX-RN examination to practice) . Chicago (IL): National Council of State Boards of Nursing; 2003;
  7. Pravikoff D , Tanner A , Pierce S . Readiness of US nurses for evidence-based practice . Am J Nurs . 2005;105:40–51

 Gail W. Stuart is Dean and Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, College of Nursing, Charleston, SC.

PII: S0029-6554(05)00233-2

doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2005.11.002

Nursing Outlook
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2 , January 2006