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  • PDF File transcript_2023_regulatory-achievement.pdf

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    They have served on the NCSBN Board of Directors as representatives and in leadership positions. Kansas Board members and staff have also been involved with numerous NCSBN meetings, committees, knowledge networks, and task forces. The Kansas Board of Nursing was the first to implement real-time online license renewals in the year 2001, and for their progressive actions received the Centers for Digital Government National Award. The Board shared best practices and lessons learned from creating their automated nurse licensure information system with NCSBN during the development of Nursys e-Notify.

  • Locked PDF File skao.pdf

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    . • High-ability o Candidates will receive more difficult items because easy items provide less information about a high performer’s ability • Low-ability o Candidates will receive fewer difficult items. o Reduce guessing on items that are too difficult What is “Adaptive” testing? (Cont.) • The goal is to estimate your true ability with great precision. • If you answer an easy item correctly, the CAT algorithms will select a more difficult item for you to try. • If you answer a difficult item incorrectly, the CAT will select a less difficult item. • Every time you answer an item, CAT re- estimates your ability based on all questions you have responded to. • The more questions you answer, the more precise your ability estimate becomes.

  • PDF File REx-PN-CAT.pdf

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    REx-PN™ Academic Workshop Webinar Series Part 3: Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) Presenter Shu-chuan Kao, PhD Manager, Measurement & Testing Objectives By the end of the session, participants will be able to: • Explain how CAT (computerized adaptive testing) works in REx-PN. •Discuss why candidates receive variable-length CAT exams. •Describe how CAT exam assure content balancing. • Explain how pass/fail decision is made for the REx-PN. Terminology • Candidates: graduates, students, examinees • Items: test questions with scoring rules o Operational (OP) items: test questions used to score candidates o Pretest (PT) items: newly developed items not used to score candidates What is an Adaptive Test?

  • Locked PDF File Microsoft Word - August 5,2005 Minutes.doc

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    Mentor Assignments The following were assigned to mentor new board members: Myra Broadway – Martha Bursinger Connie Kalanek – Rolf Olson Mary Blubaugh – Faith Fields Review of DA Schedule The Board discussed the Annual Meeting and made suggested additions to the post-meeting e-survey for attendees. Adjournment: The Board adjourned at 11:30 A.M. Approved by the Board of Directors: August 30, 2005 Date Attest: Secretary on: 09/01/05 Date

  • ORBS_Back_Office_Job_Aid-Work_Queues.docx

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    ORBS Back Office Job Aid Work Queues This is a Job Aid on the Work Queue feature. Work Queues Work Queues help Board of Nursing staff to keep track items (Licenses, Complaints, Cases, etc.) by creating a list for each user or role within ORBS Back Office . Work Queues are displayed as 2 groups: Work Queues and My Work Queues . Next to the name of the Work Queue is the number of work items within that Work Queue . Work Queues are categorized using Work Queue Types : 1.

  • Locked PDF File FY25_July_LSC_Minutes.pdf

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    MEMBERS PRESENT Cathy Dinauer, NV Janice Hooper, TX Linda Kmetz, PA Cindy Smith, Saskatchewan RN Adrian Guerrero, KS MEMBERS ABSENT Maureen Bentz, ND Patricia Motl, NE FY2025 COMMITTEE CHARGE: Present a slate of candidates through determination of qualifications and geographic distribution for the inclusion on a ballot for the election of the Board of Directors and the Leadership Succession Committee. Welcome Cathy Dinauer welcomed all committee members to the meeting. The Committee reviewed the meeting’s agenda and interview process. Approve LSC Minutes The committee reviewed the minutes from July 7-9, 2025, and adopted them as presented.

  • PDF File Transcript_itemselection.pdf

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    Here, let's look at a hypothetical example of someone taking the exam, just to illustrate how all this work. So here you see the x-axis, the horizontal axis, that represents the order of the items. So we have the 1st item to the 15th item, and then the y-axis here is the difficulty of the item. So for the first item that was administered to this particular person, it's a little bit under the passing standard. The red line is how much you need to have to pass. Person answers this item, she got it correct. From that, we got an ability estimate, and the line going through the ability estimate is our 95% confidence interval.

  • PDF File NCSBN_FY16_Annual_Report.pdf

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    National Council of State Boards of Nursing FY16 Annual Report FY16 Annual Report Table of Contents NCSBN Values 3 About NCSBN 4 2015–2016 Board of Directors 5 NCSBN Committees 6 NCSBN Staff 8 FY16 Operating Statements 11 — 2 NCSBN Values Our Values arise out of our purpose as an organization They help us define our culture and beliefs and guide our actions as we face challenges and opportunities Collaboration Forging solutions through respect, diversity and the collective strength of a ...

  • Locked PDF File Microsoft Word - 08_04_2006Draft_BoDMinutes.doc

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    Assign Committee Liaisons Board Members were assigned as Board Liaisons to the following committees: APRN Advisory Panel – Faith Fields Bylaws Committee – Laura Rhodes CORE – Rose Kearney-Nunnery Continued Competence Advisory Panel – Rolf Olson Disciplinary Resources Advisory Panel – Kathy Malloch Exam Committee – Myra Broadway Member Board Leadership Development Advisory Panel – Myra Broadway Nursys Advisory Panel – Ruth Ann Terry Nursys Business Design Task Force – Mary Blubaugh TERCAP Task Fo ...

  • Locked PDF File 2019MYM_LSC.pdf

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    ADVANCING POTENTIAL DISCOVER THE LEADER WITHIN Leadership Succession Committee Leadership Succession Committee • Chair: Kaci Bohn, Member-at-Large, Arkansas, Area III • Susan Odom, Area I Member, Idaho • Melissa Hanson, Area II Member, North Dakota • Sara Griffith, Area III Member, North Carolina • Jennifer Laurent, Area IV Member, Vermont • Tracy Rude, Member-at-Large, Washington, Area I • Patricia Dufrene, Member-at-Large, Louisiana RN, Area III Our Charge . . . Present a slate of candidates t ...