Establishing progression policies with the HESI exit examination: A review of the evidence

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 539-545

  Spurlock Jr , Darrell R ^a   Hanks, Carole ^b  

^a Mount Carmel College of Nursing   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FORECASTING; LICENSING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FACULTY, NURSING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REMEDIAL TEACHING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SCHOOLS, NURSING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14644402524     PISSN: 00223158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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