title: Using the NCLEX-RN to argue for BSN preparation: barking up the wrong tree.
authors.affiliation: The Institute for Nursing Healthcare Leadership, 10 Holworthy Place, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Eloise Balasco
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Cathcart
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate / Q000592:standards; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards; D004510:Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States