title: Comparing NET and ERI standardized exam scores between baccalaureate graduates who pass or fail the NCLEX-RN.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA. mary.bondmass@unlv.edu
authors.forename: Mary D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bondmass
authors.forename: Sheniz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moonie
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kowalski
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States