Nurse Reporter Winter 2007 - Wyoming State Board of Nursing

Koski Appointed To Board Of
Directors, National Council
of State Boards of Nursing
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
(NCSBN) appointed Cheryl Koski, MN, RN,
Executive Director of the Wyoming State Board of
Nursing, as Director at Large of the Board of
Directors of the NCSBN effective December 18,
2006. Ms. Koski’s appointment is effective until
August 31, 2007. The NCSBN is comprised of a
nine-member Board of Directors, and the Executive
Director of the NCSBN who serves as the corporate
secretary. The goal of the NCSBN is to provide leadership
to advance regulatory excellence for public
protection along with the Delegate Assembly, which
is comprised of 60 boards of nursing (NCSBN web
site, http://ncsbn.org/242.htm). Ms. Koski stated that
she is very excited to be appointed to the leadership
team of the NCSBN and looks forward to working
with the Board and the Delegate Assembly in advancing
nursing regulation.
NCSBN Selects The Philippines
As An International Testing Site
For NCLEX ® Examinations
The National Council of State
Boards of Nursing (NCSBN ® ) has
selected Manila, the capital city of
the Philippines, as a new site for the
administration of the NCLEX ®
examinations. NCSBN's Board of
Directors made the decision to
expand the number of sites at its
Feb. 8, 2007, meeting.
Faith Fields, MSN, RN, president,
NCSBN Board of Directors,
comments, “The Philippine government
has shown a deep commitment
to ensuring a secure test center
in Manila and has been very
responsive to NCSBN concerns.
Placing a test site in the Philippines
will allow for greater customer service
to nurses without compromising
the goal of safeguarding the public
health, safety and welfare of
patients in the U.S.”
Offered abroad since January
2005, the current international sites
for NCLEX examinations are in
London, England; Seoul, South
Korea; Hong Kong; Sydney,
Australia; Toronto, Montreal, and
Vancouver, Canada; Frankfurt,
Germany; Mumbai, New Delhi,
Hyderabad, Bangalore, and
Chennai, India; Mexico City,
Mexico; Taipei, Taiwan; and
Chiyoda-ku and Yokohama, Japan.
Intended for the purposes of
domestic nurse licensure in U.S.
states and territories, all security
policies and procedures currently
used to administer the NCLEX
examination domestically will be
fully implemented at this new site.
At this time, no schedule of implementation
has been set.
The National Council of State Boards
of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN) is a notfor-profit
organization whose membership
comprises the boards of nursing in
the 50 states, the District of Columbia
and four U.S. territories.
Mission: The National Council of
State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN),
composed of Member Boards, provides
leadership to advance regulatory excellence
for public protection.
Media inquiries may be directed to
the contact listed above. Technical
inquiries about the NCLEX examination
may be directed to the
NCLEX information line at
1.866.293.9600 (domestic)
or nclexinfo@ncsbn.org.
+1.312.525.3750 (international)
NCSBN Web site
http://www.ncsbn.org/
Pearson VUE Web site
http://www.pearsonvue.com/
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