Date of Award
2005
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
College
Graduate School of Education and Professional Development
Type of Degree
Ed.D.
Document Type
Dissertation
First Advisor
Powell E. Toth
Second Advisor
Teresa Eagle
Third Advisor
Lynne B. Welch
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mean student program scores on standardized pre-graduation nursing tests, program attendance policies, grading scales, policies on repeating nursing courses, faculty turnover, degree, teaching experience, clinical nursing experience, part-time faculty, national certification, and NCLEX-RN success in West Virginia nursing programs from 1991-2000. A causal comparative and correlational design was used to investigate the relationship between the dependent variable of NCLEX-RN pass rates and the independent variables. The population of this study consisted of 19 undergraduate nursing programs preparing graduates for entry into practice as registered nurses. Data collection tools utilized were a nursing program survey mailed to the administrative heads of the 19 nursing programs and tool for collecting data from the 187 annual reports submitted to the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Nurses. Significant relationships were found between mandatory classroom attendance policies and pass rates on NCLEX-RN, between mandatory clinical attendance policies and pass rates on NCLEX-RN, between the number of times that students were allowed to repeat nursing courses and pass rates on NCLEXRN, and between the number of years of clinical nursing experience of faculty outside teaching and pass rates on NCLEX-RN for the graduating class. No significant relationships were identified between standardized pre-graduation comprehensive tests, program size, program grading scales, faculty turnover, years of teaching experience, faculty degree, percentage of part-time faculty, faculty national board certification, and pass rates on NCLEX-RN.
Subject
Nurses - Licenses - West Virginia
Subject
Nursing - Ability testing - West Virginia
Recommended Citation
Turner, Lynda F. Skinner, "Faculty and Program Predictors of Pass Rates of Graduates of Nursing Programs in West Virginia on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses 1991 to 2000" (2005). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 134.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/134
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