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Monica Flowers1, Maria Olenick, Tatayana Maltseva
1About the Authors Monica Flowers, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, is clinical associate professor; Maria Olenick, PhD, FNP, RN, FAAN, is chair of undergraduate nursing and associate professor; Tatayana Maltseva, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, is clinical assistant professor; Sharon Simon, PhD, MSN, RN, is clinical assistant professor; and Ana Diez-Sampedro, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, is clinical associate professor, Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida. Lois Ryan Allen, PhD, RN, ANEF, is professor emerita of nursing, Widener University School of Nursing, Chester, Pennsylvania. For more information, contact Dr. Flowers at mflower@fiu.edu.
Abstract:
This retrospective study examined the relationships among 10 academic predictors and first-time success on the NCLEX-RN in a sample of 92 bachelor of science in nursing minority and culturally diverse generic/traditional students at a large minority-serving, urban, public university. Predictors included the Test of Essential Academic Skills (overall, science, and reading), science grade point average (GPA), cumulative GPA, and scores on various standardized exams: Kaplan, HESI, and ATI. Discriminant analysis found science GPA of >3.50 and ATI B of 60 or above to be the best predictors of passing NCLEX-RN. Based on statistically significant differences between NCLEX-RN pass and fail scores, good indicators of NCLEX-RN success were scores of 50 or above on Kaplan and 950 or above on HESI. Overall, the Test of Essential Academic Skills did not predict students' NCLEX-RN outcomes.
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