Table 1.

NCLEX Pass Rates Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Examination	Pre-Pandemic		During Pandemic
	2018	2019	2020	2021
NCLEX-RN	88.29% N = 163,238	88.18% N = 171,387	86.57% N = 177,407	83.75% N = 104,298
NCLEX-PN	85.91% N = 47,031	85.63% N = 48,234	83.08% N = 45,661	80.01% N = 21,808