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Walden University
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Abstract
Healthhcarehprofessionalshandhnurseheducatorsharehconcernedhabouthincreasinghpercentageho
fhfirsthtimehtesthtakershfailinghthehNCLEX-
RNhexam.hThehpurposehofhthishretrospectivehstudyhwashtohexaminehpredictivehaccuracyhofhth
ehAssessmenthTechnologieshInstituteh(ATI)hRNhComprehensivehPredictorhforhpassinghorhfai
linghthehNCLEX-
RNhexamhinhahcohorthofhnursinghstudentsh(Nh=h195).hSouthhEasternhTechnicalhCollegehinhSo
uthhCarolinahishinhjeopardyhofhlosinghaccreditationhforhtheirhnursinghprogramhbecausehofhtheh
lowhpercentagehofhfirsthtimehtesthtakershfailing.hThehcollege’shpasshratehonhthehNCLEX-
RNhexamhhashbeenhbelowhthehnationalhandhstatehaverageshforhthehlasth2hyears.hGuidedhbyhBl
oom’shtaxonomyhandhKnowles’handragogicalhmodelhofhlearninghashthehtheoreticalhmainstay
,hfactorshthathpredicthsuccesshwithhthehNCLEX-
RNhexamhforhfirsthtimehtesthtakershwerehexamined.hInferentialhandhdescriptivehstatisticshwer
ehusedhtohdeterminehifhahrelationshiphexistedhbetweenhNCLEX-
RNhscoreshandhthehindependenthvariables.hAhPearsonhrhcorrelationhtesthwashconductedhtohad
dresshwhetherhthehATIhComprehensivehPredictorhaccuratelyhpredicthstudenthsuccesshwithhth
ehNCLEX-
,RNhexamhonhfirsthattempt.hMultiplehregressionhwashemployedhtohtesthforhahsignificanthrelatio
nshiphbetweenhprenursinghGPA,hfinalhGPA,hage,hgender,handhATIhpredictorhscores.hRegress
ionhanalysishresultshshowedhATIhPredictorhscoreshtohsignificantlyhpredicthstudenthsuccesshwith
h thehNCLEX-
RNhexamhonhfirsthattempt.hBasedhonhthesehFindings,hthehStructuredhLearninghAssistancehPro
gramhwashproposedhtohassisthinhpreparinghstudentshforhNCLEX-
RNhsuccess.hPositivehsocialhchangehoccurshwithinhthehcommunity,hnursinghprograms,handhh
ealthhcarehbyhincreasedhNCLEX-
RNhpasshrateshenhancinghthehnumberhofhnurseshenteringhintohhealthhcare.
,NCLEX-RNhPredictorhTesthScoreshandhNCLEX-RNhSuccess
forhFirsthAttempthTesthTakers
by
AnniehRuthhGrant
MSN,hMedicalhUniversityhofhSouthhCarolina,h2002hBSN,hMe
dicalhUniversityhofhSouthhCarolina,h1992hADN,hSouthhEaster
nhTechnicalhCollege,h1988
DoctoralhStudyhSubmittedhinhPartialhFulfillment
ofhthehRequirementshforhthehDegreehof
DoctorhofhEducation
WaldenhUniversity
Decemberh2015
, Dedication
Gods’hgracehandhmercyhbroughthmehthroughhthishjourneyhalonghwithhprayershandhe
ncouragementhfromhmyhfamilyhandhfriends.hIhwouldhlikehtohdedicatehmyhprojecthstudyhtohm
yhlatehparents,hRoberthEmanuelhandhAnniehLeehForehforhteachinghandhshowinghmehthathhar
dhworkhandhdeterminationhgetshresults.hIhseehthemhsmilinghdownhfromhheaven.hIhwouldhlike
h tohthankhmyhhusband,hClaytonhGrant,handhmyhchildrenhandhgrandchildren,hClaytonhJarrett,
h AliciahNicole,hTalayahhZemirah,handhAmericahDava’hforhtheirhsmileshandhencouragement.
h Lastly,hIhwouldhlikehtohthankhmyhsister,hBernisehBelcerhandhbrother-in-
law,hDerrickhBelcerhforhtheirhtimehandhpatiencehproofinghmyhwork.
RN Predictor Test Scores and NCLEX
h h h h h
-RN Success h
Walden University
h
Abstract
Healthhcarehprofessionalshandhnurseheducatorsharehconcernedhabouthincreasinghpercentageho
fhfirsthtimehtesthtakershfailinghthehNCLEX-
RNhexam.hThehpurposehofhthishretrospectivehstudyhwashtohexaminehpredictivehaccuracyhofhth
ehAssessmenthTechnologieshInstituteh(ATI)hRNhComprehensivehPredictorhforhpassinghorhfai
linghthehNCLEX-
RNhexamhinhahcohorthofhnursinghstudentsh(Nh=h195).hSouthhEasternhTechnicalhCollegehinhSo
uthhCarolinahishinhjeopardyhofhlosinghaccreditationhforhtheirhnursinghprogramhbecausehofhtheh
lowhpercentagehofhfirsthtimehtesthtakershfailing.hThehcollege’shpasshratehonhthehNCLEX-
RNhexamhhashbeenhbelowhthehnationalhandhstatehaverageshforhthehlasth2hyears.hGuidedhbyhBl
oom’shtaxonomyhandhKnowles’handragogicalhmodelhofhlearninghashthehtheoreticalhmainstay
,hfactorshthathpredicthsuccesshwithhthehNCLEX-
RNhexamhforhfirsthtimehtesthtakershwerehexamined.hInferentialhandhdescriptivehstatisticshwer
ehusedhtohdeterminehifhahrelationshiphexistedhbetweenhNCLEX-
RNhscoreshandhthehindependenthvariables.hAhPearsonhrhcorrelationhtesthwashconductedhtohad
dresshwhetherhthehATIhComprehensivehPredictorhaccuratelyhpredicthstudenthsuccesshwithhth
ehNCLEX-
,RNhexamhonhfirsthattempt.hMultiplehregressionhwashemployedhtohtesthforhahsignificanthrelatio
nshiphbetweenhprenursinghGPA,hfinalhGPA,hage,hgender,handhATIhpredictorhscores.hRegress
ionhanalysishresultshshowedhATIhPredictorhscoreshtohsignificantlyhpredicthstudenthsuccesshwith
h thehNCLEX-
RNhexamhonhfirsthattempt.hBasedhonhthesehFindings,hthehStructuredhLearninghAssistancehPro
gramhwashproposedhtohassisthinhpreparinghstudentshforhNCLEX-
RNhsuccess.hPositivehsocialhchangehoccurshwithinhthehcommunity,hnursinghprograms,handhh
ealthhcarehbyhincreasedhNCLEX-
RNhpasshrateshenhancinghthehnumberhofhnurseshenteringhintohhealthhcare.
,NCLEX-RNhPredictorhTesthScoreshandhNCLEX-RNhSuccess
forhFirsthAttempthTesthTakers
by
AnniehRuthhGrant
MSN,hMedicalhUniversityhofhSouthhCarolina,h2002hBSN,hMe
dicalhUniversityhofhSouthhCarolina,h1992hADN,hSouthhEaster
nhTechnicalhCollege,h1988
DoctoralhStudyhSubmittedhinhPartialhFulfillment
ofhthehRequirementshforhthehDegreehof
DoctorhofhEducation
WaldenhUniversity
Decemberh2015
, Dedication
Gods’hgracehandhmercyhbroughthmehthroughhthishjourneyhalonghwithhprayershandhe
ncouragementhfromhmyhfamilyhandhfriends.hIhwouldhlikehtohdedicatehmyhprojecthstudyhtohm
yhlatehparents,hRoberthEmanuelhandhAnniehLeehForehforhteachinghandhshowinghmehthathhar
dhworkhandhdeterminationhgetshresults.hIhseehthemhsmilinghdownhfromhheaven.hIhwouldhlike
h tohthankhmyhhusband,hClaytonhGrant,handhmyhchildrenhandhgrandchildren,hClaytonhJarrett,
h AliciahNicole,hTalayahhZemirah,handhAmericahDava’hforhtheirhsmileshandhencouragement.
h Lastly,hIhwouldhlikehtohthankhmyhsister,hBernisehBelcerhandhbrother-in-
law,hDerrickhBelcerhforhtheirhtimehandhpatiencehproofinghmyhwork.
