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Student Preparation for NCLEX

Sunday, 26 July 2015: 9:10 AM

Brenda Orazietti, MEd, BScN, RN
Faculty of Health, Dept of Nursing, Dr. Mina Singh, Toronto, ON, Canada
Mina Singh, PhD, RN
School of Nursing, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Purpose:

  Implementing a standardized testing program: preparing students for the NCLEX-RN.

Jacobs P1, Koehn ML.
Abstract

The undergraduate nursing faculty of a large Midwestern university initiated a program of standardized computerized testing for two purposes: to provide students experience with standardized computerized testing prior to taking the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) and to increase the students' NCLEX-RN passing rate.

Methods: This article chronicles the process of implementing a comprehensive testing program developed by the Assessment Technologies Institute

Results:  Although the first class of students to have taken the entire testing package has just graduated, midprogram results have demonstrated potential as key indicators for identifying at-risk students. The trends in scores on standardized computerized tests, grades in prerequisite science courses, and grades in medical-surgical courses are used to identify students who are at risk for failure in the program and on the NCLEX-RN

Conclusion:

 Faculty advisors meet with these students to develop individual plans of study and to provide additional resources. The testing process is going on smoothly, and faculty members are learning to use the extensive information on students' test scores to further assist them in passing the NCLEX-RN.17141722 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

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