Early Predictor of NCLEX-RN Success: The Critical Role of First-Year Pharmacology Assessment Scores

University of Arkansas, Fayeveville
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5-2012

Use of Standardized Mastery Content Assessments G
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iven During the First Year of a Baccalaureate Nursin
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g Program For Predicting NCLEX-RN Outcomes
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Deanna Jan Emory
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University/+ of/+ Arkansas,/+ FayeDeville




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d/ + Teaching/+Commons,/+and/+the/+Other/+Nursing/+Commons

Recommended/ + Citation
Emory,/+Deanna/+Jan,/+"Use/+of/+Standardized/+Mastery/+Content/+Assessments/+Given/+During/+the/+First/+Year/+of/+a/+Baccalaureate/+Nursi
ng/+Program/+For/+Predicting/+NCLEX-RN/+Outcomes"/+(2012)./+meses/+and/+Dissertations./+410.
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E/+FIRST/+YEAR/+OF/+A/+BACCALAUREATE/+NURSING/+PROGRAM/+FOR/+PREDICTING/+
NCLEX-RN/+OUTCOMES

,USE/+OF/+STANDARDIZED/+MASTERY/+CONTENT/+ASSESSMENTS/+GIVEN/+DURING/+TH
E/+FIRST/+YEAR/+OF/+A/+BACCALAUREATE/+NURSING/+PROGRAM/+FOR/+PREDICTING/+
NCLEX-RN/+OUTCOMES




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Doctor/+of/+Philosophy/+in/+Curriculum/+and/+Instruction




By




DeAnna/+Jan/+Emory
University/+of/+Oklahoma/+Health/+Science/+Center
/+Bachelor/+of/+Science/+in/+Nursing,/+1986/+Univer

sity/+of/+Oklahoma/+Health/+Science/+Center/+Maste
r/+of/+Science/+in/+Nursing,/+1994




May/+2012
University/+of/+Arkansas

, ABSTRACT

The/+purpose/+of/+this/+study/+was/+to/+evaluate/+the/+relationship/+between/+standardized/+conte

nt/+specific/+mastery/+assessments/+and/+NCLEX-RN/+outcomes./+Three/+content-

specific/+standardized/+assessments/+testing/+Fundamentals,/+Pharmacology/+and/+Mental/+Health/+con

cepts/+were/+used/+to/+explain/+the/+dichotomous/+NCLEX-

RN/+outcome/+of/+pass/+or/+fail./+The/+three/+assessments/+were/+developed/+by/+Assessment/+Technolog

ies/+Institute,/+LLC/+(ATI)./+The/+assessments/+were/+administered/+to/+baccalaureate/+nursing/+student

s/+(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/+N

CLEX-

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/+a

ssessment/+score/+predicted/+the/+NCLEX-

RN/+outcome/+of/+the/+sample/+with/+73.7%/+accuracy./+Use/+of/+the/+Pharmacology/+content/+assessme

nt/+can/+assist/ + nurse/+educators/+in/+early/+identification/+of/+at/+risk/+students/+for/+implementation/+of/+

a/+comprehensive/+remediation/+plan/+to/+decrease/+NCLEX-RN/+failures.