Faculty Experiences Developing and Implementing Policies for Exit Exam Testing. Issue 4 (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stonecypher, Karen; Young, Anne; Langford, Rae; Symes, Lene; Willson, Pamela
• Is Part Of: Nurse educator. Volume 40:Issue 4(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: exit examinations -- nursing program -- NCLEX-RN -- standardized tests -- testing policymaking; Nursing -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000152
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-3624

Abstract

Abstract : Nursing schools use standardized exit examinations to determine student readiness for the NCLEX-RN. Yet little is known about how nursing programs develop policies for using the examinations, set benchmarks scores, and implement remediation strategies with their students. In a phenomenological study, faculty identified a testing policy process that fell into the major themes of triggers for change, policy modification, and reactions to change.