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Education & NCLEX

School, boards, and everything after: NCLEX prep, certifications, continuing education, and degrees that actually move a career.

Licensure reality checks

Passing is one gate. Here are the others.

Compact licenses, retake waits, residency fine print, and scope rules — one line each, with the publisher and date on every number.

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Guides

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NCSBN’s 2024 NCLEX numbers: 91.2% of first-time U.S. candidates passed.

NCSBN’s 2024 exam statistics put first-time U.S.-educated NCLEX-RN pass rates at 91.2%, with much lower rates for repeat and internationally educated candidates, and a decline across the four quarters.

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Jul 1, 2025 · 5 min readRead

Editorial still life with nursing study materials and financial-aid notes

MSN and DNP loans changed after the July 10 clarification. Here’s what to check.

A federal court order changed the interim treatment of some graduate nursing programs. Your credential level and exact CIP code now matter more than the label on the brochure.

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Jul 10, 2026 · 5 min readRead