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.

Submitted: July 21, 2007 · Accepted: September 16, 2007 · Published: April 1, 2008

Recommended Citation

Bondmass, Mary D.; Moonie, Sheniz; and Kowalski, Susan (2008) "Comparing NET^™ and ERI Standardized Exam Scores between Baccalaureate Graduates Who Pass or Fail the NCLEX-RN^©," International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship: Vol. 5 : Iss. 1, Article 16.
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ijnes/vol5/iss1/art16