CHAPTER 05: NCLEX-RN® EXAMINATION

CHAPTER 05: NCLEX-RN® EXAMINATION AND THE NEW GRADUATE The graduate nurse understands the purpose of the NCLEX-RN® exam when stating which of the following? a. "The exam provides feedback to the candidate regarding areas of weakness in nursing practice." b. "The exam determines the candidate's ability or inability to meet minimum standards for safe practice." c. "The exam gives employers an opportunity to hire graduates who have scored highest among firsttime licensure candidates." d. "The exam prepares new graduates as efficient, effective staff nurses." . - correct answer -ANS: B The purpose of the NCLEX-RN® Exam is to determine whether a candidate is competent to perform safe, effective, entry-level nursing care. It does not prepare nurses but rather measures their performance on a test. Candidates who are unsuccessful receive information about their weak areas on the test, but this is not the purpose of it. Employers want to know if the person has passed because there is no specific score given other than pass or fail Which statement by the nursing professor is accurate about the NCLEX-RN® exam? The purpose of the NCLEX-RN® test plan is to ensure that all a. "test takers answer items of comparable difficulty." b. "test takers answer approximately the same number of items." c. "test items are job related." d. "clinical specialties will be equally represented." - correct answer -ANS: