title: Strategies to promote success on the NCLEX-RN for students with English as a second language.
abstract: Faced with an increasingly diverse population and a shortage of nurses, US schools of nursing need to educate nurses from diverse backgrounds. These students may use English as a second language (ESL), leading to challenges that can place them at risk for not passing the NCLEX-RN. The authors present several challenges for ESL students preparing for the NCLEX-RN and successful strategies to coach them. These preparation issues and strategies may also help foreign-educated nurses prepare for the NCLEX-RN.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Learning Resource Center, School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-0420, USA. helene@nursing.umass.edu
authors.forename: Helene
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: Jeanne-Marie R
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Stacciarini
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Towle
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D019303:Multilingualism; D012649:Self Concept; D012660:Semantics; D012944:Social Support; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D017748:Time Management