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Predicting NCLEX-PN success with the HESI Exit Exam.

Anne Young¹, Pamela Willson

¹Elsevier, Assessment/HESI, USA.

The Journal of Practical Nursing

|May 4, 2011

Summary

The HESI Exit Exam for Practical Nurses (E2-PN) accurately predicts success on the NCLEX-PN exam. Remediation strategies, like tutoring, further enhance student outcomes when benchmark scores are not met.

Area of Science:

Nursing Education
Assessment and Evaluation

Background:

Practical nursing programs prepare students for the NCLEX-PN licensure exam.
Standardized exit exams are used to assess student readiness for licensure.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the predictive accuracy of the HESI Exit Exam for Practical Nurses (E2-PN) for NCLEX-PN success.
To examine the benchmarking and remediation policies in practical nursing schools.

Main Methods:

Surveys were distributed to directors of 72 randomly selected practical nursing schools.
Data collected included student NCLEX-PN outcomes and school policies on benchmarking and remediation.
Exam versions 1, 2, and 3 of the E2-PN were analyzed for predictive accuracy.

Main Results:

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The initial version of the E2-PN demonstrated 99.48% accuracy in predicting NCLEX-PN success.
Subsequent versions of the E2-PN also showed high predictive accuracy, particularly for remediated students.
A benchmark score of 850 on the E2-PN was common, with 73% of schools requiring remediation for scores below this threshold.
Tutoring was the most frequently utilized remediation strategy.

Conclusions:

The E2-PN is a highly accurate predictor of NCLEX-PN licensure exam success.
School-implemented remediation policies, such as tutoring, are associated with improved student outcomes.
The E2-PN serves as an effective tool for identifying students needing additional support to pass the NCLEX-PN.