Abstract
The National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) has been the standard by which all undergraduate nursing programs are judged for program effectiveness. Consistent patterns of low pass rates can have serious implications for the academic institution, the nursing program, the nursing faculty, the program graduates, and the community at large. Preparing undergraduate nursing students for licensure is a major concern for undergraduate nursing faculty. Present pass rates for the graduate nursing baccalaureate students at a state university are currently below the national average. To address this problem, these researchers have identified interventions that predict success on the NCLEX-RN examination. The implementation of a five week online NCLEX-RN review course in conjunction with three workshops taught and designed by these researchers is used to increase the pass rate on the NCLEX-RN exam. The goal of the implementation of this assessment project is to provide the nursing student with the necessary tools to be successful on the NCLEX-RN. Furthermore, findings from this project have the potential to identify areas for the improvement in the nursing curriculum as well as the increase of the nursing program’s NCLEX-RN pass rate.
Highlights
Nursing faculty is continuously motivated to improve the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) pass rates for nursing students
The results indicated that preclinical science courses and clinical nursing courses are predictors that positively influenced the students’ scores on the National League for Nursing (NLN) Diagnostic Readiness Exam taken in preparation for the NCLEX-RN exam
To the researchers’ knowledge, no studies have identified the relationship of the National Council of State Board of Nursing (NCSBN) online review course as a predictor of success for the NCLEX-RN exam
Summary
Nursing faculty is continuously motivated to improve the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) pass rates for nursing students. Nursing programs that graduate small numbers of students have a greater probability of a lower NCLEX-RN pass rate; placing the program at a higher risk for failure. Acceptance to a nursing program is often based upon secondary education academic scores and nursing entrance examination scores These students who possess these qualifications have been less successful in nursing programs which is often surprising to the faculty (Carrick, 2011) [3]. These circumstances create a need for faculty to promptly identify these students and engage them in learning activities to improve academic achievement. Research indicates that the problem is with the student, but with the faculty’s teaching approach (Carrick, 2011) [3]
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