2014 NCLEX-PN Test Plan Summary of Proposed Changes Janice I. Hooper, PhD, RN, FRE NCLEX Examination Committee, Chair
Outline FY13 NEC & NIRSC members, NCSBN Staff NCSBN Mission & NEC Charge FY13 Accomplishments RecommendaBon to the Delegate Assembly RaBonale for the 2014 NCLEX- PN Test Plan RecommendaBons Proposed 2014 NCLEX- PN Test Plan Proposed ImplementaBon Timeline Future AcBviBes
FY 2013 NCLEX ExaminaBon CommiWee (NEC) Janice I. Hooper, PhD, RN Texas Pamela Autrey, PhD, MSN, MBA, RN Alabama (Board Liaison) M. Lynn Ansardi, RN Louisiana PN Janine Baxter, MS, RN Idaho Tammy Claussen, MSN, RN, CNE Arkansas Ohio Roseann Colosimo, PhD, MSN, RN Nevada Catherine Dearman, PhD, RN Alabama Patricia Kennedy, Ed.D, RN Maryland Linda Francine Kirby, MSN, RN West Virginia PN Judith M. PelleBer, MSN, RN, CNE MassachuseWs Lesleigh Robinson, MS, RN Rhonda Taylor, MSN, RN Washington
FY 2013 NCLEX Item Review SubcommiWee (NIRSC) Janzie Allmacher, MSN, RN, CEN, ACNS- BC Virgin Islands William L. Anderson, JD, RN, BSN Kansas KrisBn Benton, MSN, RN Texas Diane D. Blier, MSN, RN, NP- C Rhode Island Mariclaire England, RN, PHN, BSN Minnesota Debra Funk, BSN, RN, PLNC Missouri Sara Griffith, MSN, RN, PCCN North Carolina Georgina R. Howard, MPA, RN- BC New York Janet Jacobs, LPN Kansas Jennifer Lewis, RN, MSN, MBA, CI North Carolina Nancy McCarthy, RN Louisiana- PN Deborah Meyer, LPN Virginia Cecilia Mukai, PhD, APRN, FNP- BC Hawaii Gene Pingle, RN, BSN, BC, CEN Washington
FY 2013 NIRSC ConBnued Rebecca Reese, LPN Idaho Brenda Rowe, JD, MN, RN Georgia Felicia Stokes, JD, BSN District of Columbia Rhigel (Jay) Tan, DNP, RN, APN, PMHNP, ANP Nevada Julie Traynor, MS, RN North Dakota Jennifer Wheeler, MS, RN Ohio
NCSBN ExaminaBons Staff Philip Dickison, PhD, RN Chief Officer Ada Woo, PhD Associate Director, Measurement & TesBng Katherine Carlson, MSN, MHA, RN Content Associate Melissa Cunningham AdministraBon Coordinator Jessica Dangles, MS Coordinator Melissa Franke AdministraBon Manager Jennifer Gallagher OperaBons Manager Daniel Hydzik OperaBons Coordinator Chelsea Kelley Associate Lorraine Kenny, MS, RN Content Associate
NCSBN ExaminaBons Staff ConBnued Xiao Luo, MS Senior StaBsBcian Bridget MarBn, MBA OperaBons Coordinator Michael Monardo, MS StaBsBcian Elizabeth Moxley, PhD, RN Content Associate Samantha Noworul OperaBons Coordinator Hong Qian, PhD Psychometrician Jolene Riordan Content Coordinator Logan West Senior OperaBons Coordinator Nicole Williams, MSN, RN- BC Nursing Content Manager Terrence Wright, MA Test Development Manager
NCSBN Mission and the NEC Charge NCSBN Mission: The NaBonal Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN ) is responsible to its members for the preparabon of a psychometrically sound and legally defensible examinabon. NEC Charge: To advise the Board of Directors on mawers related to the NCLEX examinabon process, including examinabon item development, security, administrabon and quality assurance to ensure consistency with the Member Boards need for examinabons, and To recommend test plans to the Delegate Assembly.
FY13 NEC Accomplishments Assessment of Member Board Review feedback Review Board of Directors (BOD) and Non- BOD NCLEX Policies & Procedures Reviewed results from 2012 Member Board NCLEX Program Survey Considered and took disposibon on candidate appeals Approved sensibvity items, incident reports and DIF reports The image cannot be displayed. Your computer may not have enough memory to open the image, the image may have been corrupted. Restart your computer, and then open the file again. If the red x still appears, you may have to delete the image and then insert it again.
FY13 NEC Accomplishments ConBnued Approved PN PracBce Analysis, PN acbvity statements, and reviewed PN Nursing Knowledge Survey Approved the 2014 NCLEX- PN Test Plan for recommendabon to the Delegate Assembly Developed and approved the 2013 NCLEX- PN Standard Sefng Panel of Judges Engaged in strategic discussions to gain new perspecbves for the future direcbon for NCLEX
RecommendaBon to the Delegate Assembly Adopt the proposed 2014 NCLEX- PN Test Plan
RaBonale for the 2014 NCLEX- PN Test Plan RecommendaBons RecommendaBons are based on: 2012 PN Prac7ce Analysis Expert Judgment Feedback from member boards
Proposed 2014 NCLEX- PN Test Plan Overall format is retained Minor edits for currency and clarificabon
NCLEX- PN Test Plan Comparisons Content Area Client Test Plan Category 2011 % Proposed 2014 % 1 Coordinated Care 16 19 2 Safety and InfecBon Control 14 13 3 Heath PromoBon and Maintenance 10 10 4 Psychosocial Integrity 10 11 5 Basic Care and Comfort 12 10 6 Pharmacological Therapies 14 14 7 ReducBon of Risk PotenBal 12 13 8 Physiological AdaptaBon 12 10
NCLEX- PN Test Plan Timeline August 2013: NCLEX ExaminaBon CommiWee present the Proposed 2014 NCLEX- PN Test Plan at the Annual MeeBng for approval September 2013: Approved 2014 NCLEX- PN Test Plan is published and placed on the NCSBN website. NCLEX Panel of Judges parbcipate in the NCLEX- PN Standard Sefng and make recommendabons to the Board of Directors. December 2013: Board of Directors evaluate and set the 2014 NCLEX- PN Passing Standard. April 2014: Approved 2014 NCLEX- PN Test Plan and 2014 NCLEX- PN Standard Sefng become effecbve.
Future AcBviBes ConBnue to monitor all administrabve, test development and psychometric aspects of the NCLEX examinabon program Evaluate all aspects of the NCLEX program and inibate addibonal quality assurance processes as needed Evaluate NCLEX informabonal inibabves, such as the NCLEX Conference, NCLEX Conference for Canadian Educators, NCLEX Regional Workshops and other presentabons
Future AcBviBes ConBnued Evaluate ongoing internabonal tesbng Host the 2013 NCLEX Conference Host the 2014 NCLEX Conference for Canadian Educators Research addibonal alternate format item types Explore addibonal item wribng strategies for the NCLEX