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

Failure on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) is a devastating experience. Most research related to NCLEX-RN is focused on predicting and preventing failure. Despite these efforts, more than 20,000 nursing school graduates experience failure on the NCLEX-RN e...

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Published in:The Journal of nursing education 2017-12, Vol.56 (12), p.758-761
Main Authors: Lutter, Stacy L, Thompson, Cheryl W, Condon, Marian C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College graduates
Credentialing
English (Second Language)
Faculty Workload
Failure
Grade Point Average
Graduates
Long Term Memory
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing licensure
Reading Readiness Tests
Remedial Instruction
Standardized Tests
Study Skills
Success
Teaching Methods
Test Anxiety
Tutoring
Underachievement
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Summary:Failure on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) is a devastating experience. Most research related to NCLEX-RN is focused on predicting and preventing failure. Despite these efforts, more than 20,000 nursing school graduates experience failure on the NCLEX-RN each year, and there is a paucity of literature regarding remediation after failure. The aim of this article is to describe an individualized tutoring approach centered on establishing a trusting relationship and incorporating two core strategies for remediation: the nugget method, and a six-step strategy for question analysis. This individualized tutoring method has been used by three nursing faculty with a 95% success rate on an NCLEX retake attempt. Further research is needed to identify the elements of this tutoring method that influence success. [J Nurs Educ. 2017;56(12):758-761.].
ISSN:0148-4834
1938-2421
DOI:10.3928/01484834-20171120-11