The NCLEX-RN as an entry-to-practice exam in New Brunswick: the rocky road story of francophone candidates to the nursing profession
Abstract
This article describes the experience of adopting the NCLEX-RN as an entry-to-practice exam among francophone baccalaureate nursing students in New Brunswick, Canada. The journey between 2012 and now has been difficult, and nursing leadership was necessary to inform key stakeholders regarding the inequities faced by francophone nursing students and to bring about change. Here is a description of the arduous work done by a group of concerned nurses (active and retired) to advocate for the rights of francophone nursing students.
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The NCLEX-RN entry-to-practice exam sparked controversy within the profession, generating significant attention from non-regulator scholars.
“For example, the NCLEX-RN entry-to-practice exam sparked controversy within the profession, generating significant attention from non-regulator scholars [66,68,71–73,77,80,97,98,100,123,124,126,167,217]”
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- Authors
- Guerrette-Daigle, L., Landry, V., Harrison, S., Durocher-Hendriks, S., Marquis, F., Auffrey, L., Maillet, R., Labrie, N., McGraw, M., & Wallace, I.
- Affiliations
- Université de Moncton (CA)
- Montfort Hospital (CA)
- Venue
- Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
- Publisher
- Longwoods Publishing
- Published
- 2019-12-31
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 74-80
- ISSN
- 1481-9643 (ISSN-L)
- 1929-6355
- OpenAlex
- W3005550891
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 1.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nursing leadership (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Issues, ethics and legal aspects › Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Nursing education and management
- Keywords
- NCLEX-RN, baccalaureate nursing education, nursing regulation, nursing advocacy, New Brunswick
- MeSH terms
- Clinical Competence, Communication Barriers, Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate, Educational Measurement, Humans, Licensure, Nursing, New Brunswick, Students, Nursing
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