Tutoring for Success: Empowering Graduate Nurses After Failure on the NCLEX-RN.

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Professional Licensure Examinations

Background:

• NCLEX-RN failure is a significant issue for registered nursing graduates.
• Existing research primarily focuses on predicting and preventing failure, with limited attention to remediation strategies.
• Over 20,000 nursing graduates fail the NCLEX-RN annually, highlighting a gap in post-failure support.

Purpose of the Study:

• To describe an individualized tutoring approach for NCLEX-RN remediation.
• To present strategies for supporting nursing graduates who have failed the NCLEX-RN.

Main Methods:

• An individualized tutoring model was developed.
• The approach emphasizes building a trusting relationship between tutor and student.
• Two core remediation strategies were incorporated: the nugget method and a six-step question analysis technique.

Main Results:

• The described individualized tutoring method was implemented by three nursing faculty members.
• This approach resulted in a 95% success rate for participants on their NCLEX-RN retake attempt.

Conclusions:

• The individualized tutoring method demonstrates high success rates for NCLEX-RN remediation.
• Further research is recommended to identify specific components of this tutoring approach that contribute to success.