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Abstract In March 2020, prelicensure nursing programs quickly transitioned from traditional, face-toface instruction to remote online learning for classroom, lab, and clinical requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, many nursing students ready to graduate or recently graduated missed their last opportunity to prepare for the national registered nurse licensing exam, NCLEX-RN, in a familiar academic setting. In addition, direct clinical experiences with assigned clients were lost due to COVID-19 safety concerns for students, faculty, and clients. This created a challenge for nurse educators to provide instructional experiences that would engage students in ways to promote learning and result in acceptable NCLEX-RN pass rates. This study describes associate degree nursing students' perceptions of self- efficacy regarding the ability to pass NCLEX-RN and perform clinical skills after being transitioned from traditional, face-toface instruction to remote online learning during the pandemic.