Nursing oversight groups in the United States and Canada are holding the line on testing standards as more would-be nurses fail entry exams. As a result, pressure is growing to make tests easier to ...

A national board says the exam that accredits registered nurses in Puerto Rico may fail to meet U.S. testing standards in nursing, which could affect Central Florida’s ability to recruit bilingual ...

ORANGE COUNTY. BACK TO YOU. FLORIDA IS TRYING TO RECRUIT AND KEEP NURSES BECAUSE OF A GROWING SHORTAGE. BUT A NEW STUDY SHOWS THE STATE IS LEADING THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO NURSING STUDENTS FAILING ...

“Both as a nurse, but also as a potential patient, I want nurses to be highly qualified,” said Linda Aiken, PhD, RN. “I don’t think anybody in the public is interested in lowering standards for nurses ...

Thérèse Rizk is one of 54.6 per cent of Quebec's nursing students that failed their licensing exam this year. Students like her say the exam was confusing and did not reflect the reality of nursing.

An investigation by Quebec's commissioner of professions has concluded that there were major problems with the licensing exam for nurses last September that saw over half of nursing students fail. In ...