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NCSBN’s 2024 NCLEX numbers: 91.2% of first-time U.S. candidates passed.
NCSBN’s 2024 exam statistics put first-time U.S.-educated NCLEX-RN pass rates at 91.2%, with much lower rates for repeat and internationally educated candidates, and a decline across the four quarters.
nclexlicensure
Jul 1, 2025 · 5 min readRead

New grad to ICU: how hiring actually works right now
New-grad ICU hiring runs on residency cohorts and trajectory signals, not the med-surg-first rule everyone repeats. How to read the postings, which credentials actually move, and the honest adjacent paths.
new_gradicu
Jul 9, 2026 · 4 min readRead
Open nursing roles
See all →Current listings from source postings — the next step after the reading.