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Consequences For Nursing Graduates Of Failing The National Council Licensure Examination (Nclex), Julius Atemafac
Consequences For Nursing Graduates Of Failing The National Council Licensure Examination (Nclex), Julius Atemafac
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Little information is available regarding the consequences of new nursing graduates who fail the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). The purpose of this study was to understand how these graduates could successfully pass this examination in subsequent attempts. Guided by Fisher's personal change model, the key research questions addressed the consequences of failing the NCLEX-RN exam and the actions the new graduate took after failing it. A phenomenological design was employed with a purposive sample of 17 new nursing graduates in the metropolitan area who had failed the NCLEX-RN. An inductive approach using a constant comparison, content …