Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2008
Publication Title
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
Volume
5
Issue
1
First page number:
1
Last page number:
15
Abstract
In the United States, nursing programs are commonly evaluated by their graduates success on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). The purpose of this paper is to describe a change in NCLEX-RN success rates following the addition of standardized exams throughout our program's curriculum, and to compare these exam scores between graduates who pass NCLEX-RN and those who do not. Our results indicate an 8.5% change (p < 0.000) in the NCLEX-RN pass rate from our previous 5-year mean pass rate, and significant differences in standardized test scores for those who pass the NCLEX-RN compared to those who do not (p < 0.03). We conclude that our selected standardized exam scores are able to significantly identify graduates who are more likely to pass NCLEX-RN than not.
Keywords
Baccalaureate Nursing Graduates; Education; Nursing; Baccalaureate; Educational Measurement/standards; Educational Measurement/statistics & numerical data; Educational tests and measurements; Educational tests and measurements—Standards; ERI; National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses; NCLEX-RN©; NET™; Nurses—Education; Nursing—Education; Pass Rates; United States
Disciplines
Community-Based Research | Education | Nursing
Language
English
Permissions
Copyright Berkeley Electronic Press. Used with permission.
Repository Citation
Bondmass, M. D.,
Moonie, S.,
Kowalski, S.
(2008).
Comparing NET and ERI Standardized Exam Scores between Baccaulureate Graduates who Pass or Fail the NCLEX-RN.
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 5(1),
1-15.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/env_occ_health_fac_articles/119
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