Licensure exam readiness for internationally educated and New-graduate nurses: Structured employer-led preparation
A ready-made course you customise for your organisation, with a live session deck and two surveys. You only add the 13 details that are specific to your organisation.
- Length
- 40 min
- Lessons
- 6 lessons
- Frequency
- At onboarding of a new graduate or internationally educated nurse
- Last reviewed
- 21 Oct 2026
Four invented patients need you at once
Try it: this is one of 20 interactive activities in the course.
What's included
Three pieces that work together
Copy once, get everything. Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck.
Self-paced course
Short lessons with real workplace scenarios, not walls of text.
- 6 lessons, about 40 minutes
- Sorting activity, scenario, flashcards, process and quizzes
Live session deck
An AhaSlides presentation to run after the course, in person or online.
- 10 slides
- Quiz, word cloud, poll, scale slides
- A closing slide for your contacts
Two surveys
Find out what landed, and whether people use it on the job.
- Post-course feedback, about 2 minutes
- 30-day check-in
- Anonymous by default
- Results feed your next refresher
Learning objectives
At the end of this course, learners can
Each objective and the lesson that covers it.
| ID | Objective | Source | Where it's covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| TO 311.0 | Achieve ≥ 80% on the final assessment | None | Whole course |
| SO 311.1 | Describe how the exam is organised by client need category and which of your own areas need most practice + your info | Example: NCLEX-RN Test Plan (NCSBN); best practice | Whole course |
| SO 311.2 | Recognise the item types you will meet and read each stem carefully | Example: NCSBN, Next Generation NCLEX materials; best practice | Whole course |
| SO 311.3 | Apply a clinical judgement model (recognise cues, analyse, prioritise, act, evaluate) to a ward case | Example: NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model; best practice | Whole course |
| SO 311.4 | Use safe prioritisation and delegation reasoning in a case, under local policy + your info | Examples: NCSBN delegation guidelines; best practice | Whole course |
| SO 311.5 | Build a personal study plan with checkpoints agreed with your educator + your info | Best practice | Whole course |
Your part: what a template can't do for you
- Your workplace details: fill in the 13 highlighted fields so the course describes your own policies, contacts and locations.
- Records: record completion in your own LMS or record system.
Course outline
6 lessons, about 40 minutes
Minutes per lesson are an estimate, shared out by page count.
1Why structured preparation helps
3 pages
7 min
Why structured preparation helps
3 pages
2The test plan and item types
3 pages
7 min
The test plan and item types
3 pages
3Clinical judgement in a ward case
3 pages
7 min
Clinical judgement in a ward case
3 pages
4Priorities, delegation and traps
3 pages
7 min
Priorities, delegation and traps
3 pages
5Your study plan and support
3 pages
7 min
Your study plan and support
3 pages
6Final assessment
2 pages
5 min
Final assessment
2 pages
Live deck and surveys
10 slides to run live, two surveys to close the loop
Pink slides are interactive. Both surveys are anonymous; pink questions are written for this course.
Post-course feedback: 11 questions, about 2 min
- Overall rating 5 stars
- Relevant, realistic, right length, helpful activities agree/disagree grid
- What was most useful? multi-select
- Confidence before this course, and now 1-5 scale
- How confident are you applying the five judgement steps? 1-5 scale
- Which change have you tried? multiple choice
- What barrier have you met in trying it? short text
- I can ask for study time or support without fear of blame. 1-5 scale
- One thing we should change or add open text
- Would you recommend this course? NPS
30-day check-in
- Have you used what you learned since the course? multiple choice
- How confident are you today? Compare with day 1 1-5 scale
- Do you know where to find the local study support policy? yes / no / not sure
- A moment where the training helped, or where you weren't sure open text
- Which topics should the next refresher focus on? ranking
Results show whether people use the training on the job, not just whether they finished it.
Make it yours
13 fields to fill in, and you're ready
Everything else is done. These are the details only your organisation knows; each one is highlighted inside the course.
- Clinical education contact
{{CLINICAL_EDUCATION_CONTACT}} - Local policy link
{{LOCAL_POLICY_LINK}} - Incident reporting route
{{INCIDENT_REPORTING_ROUTE}} - Escalation route
{{ESCALATION_ROUTE}} - Regulator and standards
{{REGULATOR_AND_STANDARDS}} - LMS or record system
{{LMS_OR_RECORD_SYSTEM}}
Show all 13 fields
- Study leave policy link
{{STUDY_LEAVE_POLICY_LINK}} - Exam body and test plan link
{{EXAM_BODY_AND_TEST_PLAN_LINK}} - Wellbeing support route
{{WELLBEING_SUPPORT_ROUTE}} - Survey 1 URL
{{SURVEY_1_URL}} - Survey 2 URL
{{SURVEY_2_URL}} - Course URL
{{COURSE_URL}} - Live session URL
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FAQ
Common questions
Can I run licensure exam readiness for internationally educated and New-graduate nurses: Structured employer-led preparation training online?
Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.
How often is this training needed?
At onboarding of a new graduate or internationally educated nurse, and again before their planned exam date.
Who needs this training?
Internationally educated and new-graduate nurses employed or being onboarded by a hospital, care home or staffing agency who are preparing for their licensure exam; run by the nurse educator, clinical education lead or agency onboarding manager.
What records should I keep?
Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.
Can I edit the content?
Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.
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Ready to run it?
Open the live deck to see how the session runs alongside the course and both surveys.