Editorial policy
How we source, review, and update.
Nursing students rely on our content for decisions about school, licensure, and clinical practice. This page explains where our content comes from, who reviews it, how we correct errors, and how we stay independent.
Our commitment
Every page on NursingFloor exists to help a nursing student make a better decision or pass a harder exam. We do not publish filler. We do not publish content that we cannot stand behind. When we are unsure of a fact, we either source it or we do not state it.
Where our content comes from
Long-form guidance is written by editors with nursing and healthcare backgrounds, then reviewed against authoritative sources before publication. Clinical content (drug refs, lab refs, care plans, condition guides, clinical procedures) is reviewed by a licensed clinician before going live.
Statistics, salary signals, NCLEX pass rates, attrition figures, and program data come from the original issuing authority, never from our own knowledge. We cite the source on the page where it is used. See:
- NCSBN (National Council of State Boards of Nursing) for NCLEX test plans and pass-rate methodology
- AACN (American Association of Colleges of Nursing) for accreditation and academic standards
- BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) for salary and employment outlook
- HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) for loan repayment program details
- State Boards of Nursing for state-specific licensure rules and program approvals
- Peer-reviewed literature for clinical guidance
Who reviews clinical content
YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) pages, which on this site means anything clinical, financial, or licensure-related, are reviewed by a credentialed clinician before publication and re-reviewed annually thereafter. Every reviewed page carries a visible byline:
Medically reviewed by [Name, Credentials] · Last reviewed [Date]
The full review process and reviewer roster live on the medical review process page.
How we update content
Every published page has a reviewedAt and nextReviewAt date. When the next-review date arrives, the page goes back through review even if no errors have been reported. Clinical pages are re-reviewed sooner if a relevant guideline update lands (e.g., an NCSBN test plan revision, an FDA black-box warning, a new evidence-based protocol).
Major updates result in a fresh reviewedAt date and a note in the page footer when the change materially affects the guidance.
How we handle corrections
If you spot an error, email support@nursingfloor.com with the URL and the specific issue. We investigate every report. Confirmed errors are corrected, the page is re-reviewed, and the update is reflected in the next published version.
We do not silently overwrite content with material clinical implications. Where a correction changes guidance a student may have already acted on, we add a dated correction note at the top of the page.
Independence
NursingFloor is a for-profit company. We earn revenue from paid services (application review, hiring services, premium study tools) and, eventually, sponsored placements on commercial surfaces. We do not let advertisers or sponsors influence editorial content. If we ever introduce sponsored content, it will be labeled, it will live on dedicated commercial surfaces, and it will never alter recommendation ranking on editorial pages.
We do not accept payment to feature schools, programs, drug brands, or employer brands more favorably than the evidence supports.
What we will not do
- Invent clinical values, lab ranges, dosages, or pass rates from our own knowledge
- Quote NCLEX or licensing-exam questions verbatim from active item banks
- Provide medical advice for an individual situation (we publish education, not personalized care recommendations)
- Guarantee NCLEX passage or licensure outcomes
- Use AI to generate clinical content without clinician review
- Spin programmatic state or school pages with fabricated data