The latest 2017 NCLEX statisticsshow that foreign-trained nurses are taking and passing NCLEX at the highestrates since the peak years of 2006-2007. Almost 10,000 foreign-trained nurses have taken and passed the NCLEX in2017. US NCLEX pass numbers have been tickingupward since 2014, although at a much smaller rate than foreign-trained nurses
These numbers are considerablylower than the peak years of last decade. In 2006, 20,907 internationally educated RNspassed the NCLEX exam. In 2007, the volume jumped; 22,827 internationallyeducated nurses passed the NCLEX exam. With the onset of retrogression, 2008saw a slight decline; 18,905 internationally educated RNs passed the exam.
|
Year
|
US
|
Fgn
|
|
2014
|
149,980
|
4,555
|
|
2015
|
154,955
|
5,382
|
|
2016
|
154,749
|
8,332
|
|
2017
|
157,000
|
9,200
|
Notethat the 2017 statistics are MU Law generated estimates. The 2017 results will not be published untilJanuary.