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NCLEX failure rates expose gaps in nursing education

As a health care educator and patient advocate on the one hand, and a retired nurse on the other, the authors regularly correspond with doctors, nurses, and nurse practitioners. Richard Lawhern is a nationally recognized subject matter expert on pain…

As a health care educator and patient advocate on the one hand, and a retired nurse on the other, the authors regularly correspond with doctors, nurses, and nurse practitioners. Richard Lawhern is a nationally recognized subject matter expert on pain management. Debra Lewis is a retired nurse who shares stories here of some of the nurses who were referred to her for tutoring after graduating from nursing school but failing …

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NCLEX failure rates expose gaps in nursing education