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NCLEX RN CANDIDATES SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU! There is a unique opportunity extended to select few of the NCLEX RN candidates who are appearing the NCLEX RN Examination between July and September 2017. After the completion of the scored examination questions, a new section called as the Special Research section will appear on the computer screen. It is not mandatory that the candidate appears for this section and in no way will it affect the scores of the examination. This special section is aimed at collecting data regarding developing scoring rules, provide evidence of item characteristics and to determine how much time candidates spend on each item. This section is in phase one as of now and in the future, there are plans of including the NCLEX PN candidates also in this research section. This does not change anything in the NCLEX RN exam. The new section will take approximately 30 minutes and the candidate can at any time choose to quit the section or not complete i...

Modern research suggests that memories that trigger anxiety or stress can be virtually erased without affecting normal memory. It has been understood that long term memories are stored by increasing the length of neural connections in the brain that are called synapses. In order to strengthen different memories, different proteins are used by the body. During the experiment, researchers were able to delete one memory by blocking a specific protein without harming other memories.  It was also noted during a four year old study on mice that sleep actually helps make some neural connections stronger and larger. On the other hand, the weak connections are destroyed in order to make more space for new memories. This strengthening of neural connections helps increase learning but also increases the brains energy consumption and may cause an overload of its information processing capacity. Sleep is necessary to normalise the overall strength of the neural connections in the brain....

Have you tried attempting the NCLEX-RN exam with a view to working in Ontario but failed three times in a row? Now there is good news for all those candidates who have been heartbroken as the Ontario government has approved of regulation changes for NCLEX-RN examination. In the past, a maximum of three attempts were allowed for each candidate in order to clear the NCLEX-RN examination. However, now that cap has been made obsolete. What this means is that there are no maximum number of attempts to clear the NCLEX-RN examination. One can continue to appear for this test as long as it is not cleared. For those candidates who have appeared the examination but have not been able to clear it in the first three attempts, this article will mean a breakthrough in their careers. Such ones can now appear the test again without having to redo the nursing degree course as was required in the past. Also, those who have probably attempted the exam twice and have failed do not need to ...