Predicting success for baccalaureate graduates on the NCLEX-RN

The purpose of this retrospective study was to identify predictors of succe ss for baccalaureate nursing graduates on the National Council Licensure Ex amination-Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN). Subjects (505) were graduates of a b accalaureate nursing program in the southeastern United States from 1993 to 1998. The outcome variable was pass/fail on the NCLEX-RN on the first atte mpt. Predictor variables included type of student (freshman admission, tran sfer, second degree), age at the time of licensing examination, gender, per formance on selected prenursing courses, performance in all junior and seni or nursing courses, cumulative grade point average (GPA) at graduation and the Mosby AssessTest score, Results showed a significant relationship betwe en number of Cs, Us, and Fs in nursing courses and NCLEX-RN results, Studen ts who passed the NCLEX-RN had significantly higher average GPAs, made fewe r grades of C or below, acid scored higher on the Mosby AssessTest than stu dents who failed, Nontraditional college-age students tended to have a high er passing rate than did traditional age students. A logistic regression mo del was developed that correctly predicted 76 per cent of the students who failed based on the information available by the end of the end of the firs t semester of the senior year. Copyright (C) 2001 by W.B. Saunders Company.