It's been a busy time at the PNCB, and we wanted to share important updates to benefit you and your students.

If you have questions at any time, please contact us at programreview@pncb.org.

The PNCB developed the Student Exam Performance Report in response to your needs. This Report gives feedback needed to potentially strengthen your program. Our Report supports national nursing education accreditation requirements and has been reviewed by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) to meet national certification accreditation standards. The PNCB has produced this Report for you for the last five years. You will now be able to access the Report online 24/7. This Report is updated weekly. View a sample Report>>

Your individualized Report includes a snapshot of aggregate, anonymous student performance, as early as 1977. This Report provides your program's average passing score per year compared to PNCB's national average. The Report also provides information about student performance in exam content areas.

Student Performance Reports on Demand. We have created a secure log-in process to give faculty access to real-time reports, which are updated weekly and available on demand. Please look for our email with your user ID and password within the next few days. We strongly suggest that you limit the number of people who have access to this sensitive information.

Maintaining Program Data Electronically. We also updated our program review procedures to streamline the process for you and your staff. The secure log-in will allow you online access to update and change your program's contact information, add new faculty and remove faculty who are no longer with your program.

We have added a faculty section to our website that includes resources for students, including application checklists, and how to request free materials to share with students plus...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): We recently launched a joint effort with the Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Programs (AFPNP) called the Partnership for Success Program to create a Frequently Asked Questions section for our faculty area of website. These FAQs were created to address your questions about curriculum design and other important program and student-related concerns.

Faculty Resource Library: Based on our Partnership for Success Program, we have also created an electronic resource library where you'll find links to documents including the APRN Consensus Model, Criteria for Evaluation of Nurse Practitioner Programs, AACN's Essentials documents, and more.

The start of 2010 saw a change to the PNCB's eligibility requirements for our Pathway II exam candidates (those who graduated more than 24 months prior to submission of application). To align with requirements of the new APRN Consensus Model, an updated Documentation of Education Form was launched. We will collect the course name, number and title of the Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology, Advanced Pharmacology and Advanced Health Assessment courses on the updated Documentation of Education Form.

We also prefer to accept the Documentation of Education Forms electronically. If you do not have an electronic signature, please type your name and title in the appropriate section of the form and send directly from your email address to exam@pncb.org. If you are not able to electronically submit these forms, you can fax these to 301-330-1504.

Tested
754 Primary Care PNP Graduates
116 Acute Care PNP Graduates

Certified
698 Primary Care CPNPs
101 Acute Care CPNPs

Pass Rates
Primary Care CPNP = 86%
Acute Care CPNP = 77%

We're always glad to send posters and trifold brochures about the exams to faculty for sharing with students. Contact us at info@pncb.org with your needs so we can help.