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Nursing Students’ Nonacademic Barriers To Success On High Stakes Exams, Jennifer Bussen Bussen
Nursing Students’ Nonacademic Barriers To Success On High Stakes Exams, Jennifer Bussen Bussen
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Every nursing program wants its graduates to pass the NCLEX-RN licensure examination the first time they take it. For those who fail, entry into practice is delayed until they can pass the NCLEX-RN. The nursing programs that graduated students who fail may experience a loss of reputation, decreased numbers of potential applicants, and, ultimately, state board of nursing sanctions. In an effort to determine which students are likely to be successful in taking the NCLEX-RN, many programs have turned to end-of-program predictor exams such as the Health Education System Inc. (HESI) exit examination (E2) (Lauer & Yoho, 2013; Nibert & …