Use of Standardized Mastery Content Assessments During the First Year of a Baccalaureate Nursing Program – Questions and Answers 2026

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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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Theses and Dissertations



5-2012

Use of Standardized Mastery Content Assessments
Given During the First Year of a Baccalaureate
Nursing Program For Predicting NCLEX-RN
Outcomes
Deanna Jan Emory
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville




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Program For Predicting NCLEX-RN Outcomes" (2012). Theses and Dissertations. 410.
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Use of Standardized Mastery Content Assessments Given During the First1 Year
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of a Baccalaureate Nursing Program For Predicting NCLEX-RN 2026/03/29
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USE OF STANDARDIZED MASTERY CONTENT ASSESSMENTS GIVEN DURING THE
FIRST YEAR OF A BACCALAUREATE NURSING PROGRAM FOR PREDICTING
NCLEX-RN OUTCOMES




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of a Baccalaureate Nursing Program For Predicting NCLEX-RN 2026/03/29
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Predicting
Predicting
NCLEX-RN
NCLEX-RN
Outcomes.pdf
Outcomes




USE OF STANDARDIZED MASTERY CONTENT ASSESSMENTS GIVEN DURING THE
FIRST YEAR OF A BACCALAUREATE NURSING PROGRAM FOR PREDICTING
NCLEX-RN OUTCOMES




A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction




By




DeAnna Jan Emory
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 1986
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
Master of Science in Nursing, 1994




May 2012
University of Arkansas




Use of Standardized Mastery Content Assessments Given During the First3 Year
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of a Baccalaureate Nursing Program For Predicting NCLEX-RN 2026/03/29
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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between standardized content

specific mastery assessments and NCLEX-RN outcomes. Three content-specific standardized

assessments testing Fundamentals, Pharmacology and Mental Health concepts were used to

explain the dichotomous NCLEX-RN outcome of pass or fail. The three assessments were

developed by Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC (ATI). The assessments were

administered to baccalaureate nursing students (N = 119) during the first year of a nursing

program in one public university over a period of five consecutive semesters. Group comparisons

between those passing and those failing NCLEX-RN on the first attempt and correlations were

calculated using SAS, Version 9.2. Multivariate analysis of the quantitative data was completed

using the logistic regression procedure. The Stepwise iterative method to determine the most

accurate model revealed the Pharmacology assessment score predicted the NCLEX-RN outcome

of the sample with 73.7% accuracy. Use of the Pharmacology content assessment can assist

nurse educators in early identification of at risk students for implementation of a comprehensive

remediation plan to decrease NCLEX-RN failures.




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of a Baccalaureate Nursing Program For Predicting NCLEX-RN 2026/03/29
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