Learning Style as a Predictor of First-Time NCLEX-RN Success: Implications for Nurse Educators.
Improving NCLEX-RN® pass rates remains a priority for nursing programs. Many programs collect learning style inventory data, yet few studies have looked at relationships between these data and NCLEX-RN pass/fail rates. Learning style preferences (visual, auditory, tactile, individual, group) and NCLEX pass/fail results were examined for 532 undergraduates in a Midwestern university. A significant correlation between preference for group learning and failure of the NCLEX was found (χ = 5.99, P = .05).
Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr Lown), Department of Nursing, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne; Assistant Professor (Dr Hawkins), Division of Graduate Nursing, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana.
Susan G
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Lown
Lee Ann
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Hawkins
D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*