“Healthcare will generate 3.2 million new wage and salary jobs between 2008 and 2018, more than any other industry, largely in response to rapid growth in the elderly population.” 1 With hospitals making up roughly 40% of this new job Read more »

The Joint Commission Board of Commissioners has approved the National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) on the reconciliation of medication information. This revision will go into effect July 1, 2011. The NPSG.08.01.01 has been under review since the second quarter of Read more »

One question that tops the FAQs for NurseTesting.com is – Can you send me a study guide for that exam? Learn the reasoning behind why certain exams either do, or do not, come complete with a manual. Read more »

Core Mandatories Parts I and II have been updated today to reflect questions with new content. If these are attached to a profile currently, your profiles have been automatically updated with the new content. The only difference you will see Read more »

On Friday, Feb 1st, NurseTesting had changed the name of the Age Specific Mandatory to: Population Specific Mandatory in response to information received from our healthcare facilities about the change in name. However, upon further investigation and speaking directly with Read more »

Core Mandatory Part I and II, now have an updated scoring category. Questions missed within the core mandatory exam will now be labeled according to the area of the manual in which they were missed. For example, if a candidate Read more »

In an effort to assist you in obtaining or maintaining your 2008 Joint Commission Certification for Healthcare Staffing Services (HCSS), NurseTesting now features Core Mandatories Parts I and II. These new Core Mandatories will assist you in meeting or exceeding Read more »