Classroom Innovation Using the NCJMM: Preparing Nursing Students for the Next Generation NCLEX

There is a growing demand for classroom creativity to increase engagement and build clinical judgment skills for nursing students. This article describes the design and implementation of an interactive classroom activity to enhance the development of clinical judgment while simultaneously orienting students to the new NCLEX Next Generation testing model.

Faculty developed an interactive unfolding case study incorporating the six dimensions of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model. The case study question types were adapted to use an interactive learning platform for first-year nursing students. Students' perceptions of learning, engagement, and clinical judgment were surveyed.

Student responses regarding the case study implementation indicated this method was effective in maintaining engagement and persistence, as well as promoting nursing decision making.

The time used for building innovative classroom activities is well spent to meet the objective of enhancing clinical judgment in the next generation of nursing students. [.