Use of focus groups to elicit student perception of NCLEX-RN preparation.
Focus groups are an appropriate data collection method when one wants to listen to and gather information from a homogenous group of participants. Faculty members from a baccalaureate program used this technique to learn more about their students' perceptions of NCLEX-RN preparation practices. Themes were identified that could lead to more controlled study and ways to effectively remediate those at risk for failure.
Deicke Center for Nursing Education, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois, USA. pabstm@elmhurst.edu
Mary K
MK
Pabst
Jan
J
Strom
Penny J
PJ
Reiss
D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing