TABLE 1.

Board of Nursing Examination Results (June 1, 2001 – July 3, 2010)

1 2
Total Passing Rate Growth Rate Passing Rate No. of Working
Total Passers
Examinees (%) by Year (%) Rise by Year Days Released
Date of Board 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd
Examination Exam Exam Exam Exam Exam
Exam in Exam in Exam in Exam in Exam in Exam in Exam in
in a in a in a in a in a
a Year a Year a Year a Year a Year a Year a Year
Year Year Year Year Year
06/12/2001 & 12/02/2001 4,430 3,851 2,405 2,025 54.29 52.58 # # # # 5 4
06/03/2002 & 12/08/2002 4,931 4,522 2,292 1,936 46.48 42.81 11.31 17.42 - - 4 4
06/02/2003 & 12/07/2003 7,992 7,632 4,217 3,311 52.77 43.38 62.08 68.77 + + 6 5
06/07/2004 & 12/04/2004 13,225 12,100 7,371 5,210 55.74 43.06 65.48 58.54 + - 9 5
06/05/2005 & 12/04/2005 26,000 24,287 12,843 13,108 49.40 53.97 96.60 100.7 - + 11 11
06/12/2006 & 12/02/2006 42,006 40,147 17,821 19,712 42.42 49.10 61.56 65.30 - - 27 28
06/10/2007 & 12/01/2007 64,909 67,728 31,275 28,924 48.18 42.71 54.52 68.70 + - 56 57
06/01/2008 & 11/29/2008 64,459 88,649 27,765 39,455 43.07 44.51 -0.69 30.89 - + 35 53
06/06/2009 & 11/29/2009 77,901 94,462 32,617 37,527 41.87 39.73 20.85 6.56 - - 34* 40*
07/03/2010 & 12/19/2010 91,008 85,802 37,679 Awaiting 41.40 Awaiting 16.83 Awaiting - Awaiting 42 Awaiting
LEGEND:
* = Estimate number of working days released. This is obtained by counting the number of government working days
(Monday to Friday) excluding official holidays. This is done because the one who did this table found no data
officially released by the PRC from various sources.
1
= Growth rate by year considering 2 consecutive years
2
= Passing rate change (rise or fall) considering 2 consecutive years. If + then rise but if – then fall.

NOTE: Number of examinees in the table may compose of first takers, repeaters and conditional.

TABLE 2. Checking Ratio of Board of Nursing Examination Results (June 1, 2001 – July 3, 2010)

Total Examinees No. of Working Days CHECKING RATIO * 100

Date of Board Released (Releasing Days)
Examination 1st Exam 2nd Exam 1st Exam 2nd Exam 1st Exam in 2nd Exam in
in a Year in a Year in a Year in a Year a Year a Year
06/12/2001 & 12/02/2001 4,430 3,851 5 4 0.11286682 0.1038691
06/03/2002 & 12/08/2002 4,931 4,522 4 4 0.08111945 0.0884564
06/02/2003 & 12/07/2003 7,992 7,632 6 5 0.07507508 0.0655136
06/07/2004 & 12/04/2004 13,225 12,100 9 5 0.06805293 0.0413223
06/05/2005 & 12/04/2005 26,000 24,287 11 11 0.04230769 0.0452917
06/12/2006 & 12/02/2006 42,006 40,147 27 28 0.06427653 0.0697437
06/10/2007 & 12/01/2007 64,909 67,728 56 57 0.08627463 0.0841602
06/01/2008 & 11/29/2008 64,459 88,649 35 53 0.05429808 0.0597863
06/06/2009 & 11/29/2009 77,901 94,462 34* 40* 0.04364514 0.0423451
07/03/2010 & 12/19/2010 91,008 85,802 42 Awaiting 0.04614979 Awaiting 1
0.06740661 0.0667209
AVERAGE
0.067081823

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