In 2014, the licensure exam passage rates for Florida's nursing programs varied by program type. Florida's practical nursing and bachelor's degree graduates performed about the same as their counterparts nationally, while graduates from associate's degree programs performed slightly lower than graduates nationally.
Florida law requires approved nursing education programs to have a minimum graduate licensure exam passage rate. If a program's passage rate falls 10 percentage points below the national average for two consecutive calendar years, the program is placed on probation.
More than one-third (36%) of Florida nursing education programs that had graduates taking the licensure exam had passage rates that were 10% or more below the national average in 2014. Most of the nursing programs performing below the required passage rate were created since 2009 and are unaccredited.

Approximately 42% of Nursing Programs Had Licensure Exam Passage Rates Below the Required Legislative Standard in 2016
Report 17-07 June 2017
Review of Florida's Nursing Education Programs, 2016
Report 17-03 January 2017
Approximately 42% of Nursing Programs Had Licensure Exam Passage Rates Below the Required Legislative Standard in 2015
Report 16-05 July 2016
Florida's Nursing Education Programs Continued to Expand in 2015
Report 16-02 January 2016

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