FGCU’s nursing students scored a perfect 100 percent on their N-CLEX exam, or National Council Licensure Examination, not only this year but last year as well.
The N-CLEX is the test a nurse needs to pass to get a license. There are separate tests for registered nurses, or RNs, and practical nurse, or PNs.
While 100 percent is a notable statistic under any circumstance, even more impressive is that the state of Florida overall had the lowest pass rate on the 2024 exam of all 50 states, according to a report recently released from the Florida Center for Nursing.
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The first-time pass rate for Florida RNs overall was 84.9 percent, a drop of more than 6 percentage points below the national average. For PNs, the first-time pass rate was 80.78 percent, a gap of more than 7 percentage points below the national average.
After FGCU’s 100 percent, the next lower score was a 98 percent tie from the University of Florida and the University of West Florida.
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