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NCSBN Selects First Three Countries to Offer NCLEX Abroad

CHICAGO, IL (ots)

The National Council of State Boards of
Nursing (NCSBN) at www.ncsbn.org has selected the first three
countries for purposes of offering the NCLEX examinations abroad for
domestic nurse licensure purposes. NCSBN's Board of Directors
affirmed the decision at its May meeting upon recommendation from the
NCSBN Examination Committee. NCLEX testing is expected to begin
January 2005 in Seoul, South Korea; London, England; and Hong Kong,
China.
"These are the initial countries where testing will begin,"
stressed NCSBN Director of Testing Services, Dr. Casey Marks. He
added that, "The Examination Committee was faced with difficult
choices in order to choose the first locations. If the initiative
proceeds as well as expected, additional countries will be added when
warranted."
"NCSBN utilized rigorous selection criteria in making this
decision on what countries to pilot the initiative," said Kathy
Apple, NCSBN Executive Director. She added, "I feel the Examination
Committee and Board made excellent initial choices."
That selection criterion included security and geographic
representation outside of the current member board of nursing
locations. The countries selected were highly rated against this
criterion. Additionally, Pearson VUE, NCSBN's contracted partner in
delivering the NCLEX, concurs with the initial selection of
countries. Pearson believes it can implement testing in the three
initial countries according to the timeline and criteria. Pearson VUE
(www.pearsonvue.com) is the electronic testing business of Pearson
Education, the world's largest education company, which in turn is
part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO) (LSE: PSON), the international media
company. Pearson's primary operations also include the Financial
Times Group and the Penguin Group.
International administration of the NCLEX will not contradict or
circumvent any current board of nursing process or requirement.
Candidate examination fees for international NCLEX administrations
have not been determined, but the fees will represent an increased
value to the candidate by substantially reducing the costs associated
with travel to another country to test. Current state and territorial
NCLEX examination fees will not be raised to subsidize the
international testing initiative.
President Donna Dorsey summarized by saying, "NCSBN intends to
pilot this initiative by offering the NCLEX abroad so nurses
potentially interested in becoming a licensed nurse in the U.S. can
minimally travel to have a chance at passing NCLEX." Dorsey went on
to add that NCSBN is responsive to the global community in which
healthcare is increasingly being delivered in and wants to be
progressive regarding the issues surrounding the mobility of nurses
without compromising public protection for U.S. patients.
NCSBN may remove or add any international testing locations, if
any situations warrant that action. Additionally, this initiative is
predicated on fully implementing all security policies and procedures
currently used to administer the NCLEX examination domestically, at
these international locations. Media inquiries can be directed to
above-referenced contact, while non-media inquiries may be directed
to the NCLEX information line at 1.312.525.3050 or 
nclexinfo@ncsbn.org.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), composed
of Member Boards, provides leadership to advance regulatory
excellence for public protection.
"Building Regulatory Expertise Worldwide"
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   Chicago, IL 60601-4277
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Contact:

Kristin Hellquist
Associate Director, Policy & External Relations
Phone direct +1/312.525.3665
Fax +1/312.279.1032

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