NCSBN Learning Extension | E-Learning for the Nursing Community

Course Catalog

NCSBN's Learning Extension features online courses for nursing students, nursing educators, and practicing nurses. Visit the course information pages, review the course syllabi and register anytime. More courses will be added soon so check back often!

Choose the type of courses you would like to browse from the menu below, or simply scroll down the page to look at all courses that are available.


Students: NCLEX® Preparation	Price Per Person
Course	Single User	Multi-User*
LPN/LVN: NCSBN's Review for the NCLEX-PN® Exam v2.0 About \| Register
15 weeks	$159	$143

8 weeks	$99	$89
5 weeks	$69	n/a

3 weeks	$49	n/a

RN: NCSBN's Review for the NCLEX-RN® Exam v2.0 About \| Register
15 weeks	$159	$143

8 weeks	$99	$89

5 weeks	$69	n/a
3 weeks	$49	n/a


Nurses: Continuing Education	Price Per Person
Course	Single User	Multi-User*
Acclimation of International Nurses into U.S. Practice (new!) 3 weeks \| 6.6 contact hours About \| Syllabus \| Register	$40	n/a

Confronting Colleague Chemical Dependency (new!) 3 weeks \| 3.3 contact hours About \| Syllabus \| Register	$20	n/a

Delegating Effectively (new!) 3 weeks \| 4.2 contact hours About \| Syllabus \| Register	$20	n/a

Disciplinary Actions: What Every Nurse Should Know 3 weeks \| 4.8 contact hours About \| Syllabus \| Register	$29	n/a

Diversity: Building Cultural Competence 3 weeks \| 6.0 contact hours About \| Syllabus \| Register	$36	n/a

Documentation: A Critical Aspect of Client Care 3 weeks \| 5.4 contact hours About \| Syllabus \| Register	$32	n/a

End-of-Life Care and Pain Management 3 weeks \| 3.0 contact hours About \| Syllabus\| Register	$18	n/a

Ethics of Nursing Practice 3 weeks \| 4.8 contact hours About \| Syllabus \| Register	$29	n/a

Medication Errors: Detection & Prevention 3 weeks \| 6.9 contact hours About \| Syllabus \| Register	$41	n/a

Nurse Practice Acts CE Courses (IA, ID, KY, MA, MN, MO, NC, ND, NM, NV, OH, VA, WV-PN, WV-RN) 3 weeks \| 2.0 contact hours About \| Register	$12	n/a

Patient Privacy 3 weeks \| 5.4 contact hours About \| Syllabus \| Register	$32	n/a

Professional Accountability & Legal Liability for Nurses 3 weeks \| 5.4 contact hours About \| Syllabus \| Register	$32	n/a

Respecting Professional Boundaries (new!) 3 weeks \| 3.9 contact hours About \| Syllabus \| Register	$23	n/a

Sharpening Critical Thinking Skills for Competent Nursing Practice 3 weeks \| 3.6 contact hours About \|Syllabus \| Register	$22	n/a


Faculty: Test Development & Item Writing	Price Per Person
Course	Single User	Multi-User*
Assessment Strategies for Nursing Educators: Test Dev. & Item Writing v3.0 6 weeks \| 17.5 contact hours About \| Syllabus \| Register	$175	$156

Advanced Assessment Strategies: Assessing Higher Level Thinking v2.0 6 weeks \| 15.6 contact hours About \| Syllabus \| Register	$156	$140

*Multi-User Discounts - 10% off the course tuition if 10 or more students are signed up through an organization (for the Review course 15 or 7 week sections and the Assessment Strategies course only). Refer to the Multi-User sign up rules below.

Registration Instructions

Registering with credit card (single user registrations)

Registering and paying for the course is simple - it is all done online! You simply provide your credit card information and submit it through our secured server. To register:

Click on the "New Users Register Here" link at the top.
Complete our registration form.
Click on the "Registrar" button at the top of the screen and follow the instructions to register for the course. You will be able to access the course materials once you have completed the registration process.

Please Note: Your course starts immediately after you register, so please register when you are ready to begin studying.

Registering with check/money order (single user registrations)

If you are unable to pay with a credit card online, please send check or money order, payable to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, to:

National Council of State Boards of Nursing
Attention: NCSBN Learning Extension

111 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 2900
Chicago, IL 60601
fax: 312.279.1032

Included with payment should be your full name, your email address, the name of the course and your desired start date.

Registering Multiple Users

New Convenient Online Purchasing Options

Institutions paying on behalf of learners may use our automated online process with a credit card. Simply go to http://ncsbn.myncsbnlx.com and then follow the steps below. Organizations wishing to purchase with checks or purchase orders must use an alternative submission process.

1. Create a new NCSBN Learning Extension profile.

Go to: http://ncsbn.myncsbnlx.com
Click the “Create Your User Profile” link below the login box.
Follow the instructions on-screen to create your profile

2. Login to http://ncsbn.myncsbnlx.com with your new login and password.

3. Select the course(s) you want on the Course Catalog page (a green box appears in the shopping cart when the course has been selected).

Click the “order” button (you may have to scroll down).
Follow the directions within the shopping cart to complete the transaction.

4. After your purchase, look for an e-mail with course activation codes for distribution to students. Included with this e-mail is information about course access that should be distributed to each student along with the activation code. If you are having trouble finding this email, please check your spam or junk mail boxes. Often times our emails get caught in spam blockers.

Activation codes expire if unused after six months. No refunds are provide for expired activation codes.
Students' time within courses starts at the moment they use the activation codes and students are given the full subscription period listed for each course.