Predicting NCLEX success with the HESI exit exam: Fourth annual validity study

Computers in Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 261-267

  Nibert, Ainslie T ^a   Young, Anne ^b   Adamson, Carolyn ^b  

^a HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum evaluation; Evaluation; NCLEX PN; NCLEX RN; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LICENSING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

BENCHMARKING; EDUCATION, NURSING, ASSOCIATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, DIPLOMA PROGRAMS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING, PRACTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036832707     PISSN: 07368593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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