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Hampton University School of Nursing Test Plan for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN® Examination)

A comparison of plans- 2010-2013- “Be in the know!”

Deborah E. Jones, PhD, RN, CNE 1 Dean

The content of the NCLEX-RN Test Plan is organized into four major Client Needs categories. Two of the four

categories are divided into subcategories.

2010

NCLEX- RN Test Plan Content

Percentage of Items from Each

Category/Subcategory

THEN!

Percentage of Items from Each

Category/Subcategory

NOW!

2013

NCLEX-RN Test Plan Content

Safe and Effective Care

Environment

Safe and Effective Care Environment

Management of Care 16-22% 17-23% Management of Care

Safety and Infection

Control

8-14% 9-15% Safety and Infection Control

Health Promotion and

Maintenance

6-12% 6-12% Health Promotion and

Maintenance

Psychosocial Integrity 6-12% 6-12% Psychosocial Integrity

Physiological Integrity Physiological Integrity

Basic Care and Comfort 6-12% 6-12% Basic Care and Comfort

Pharmacological and

Parenteral Therapies

13-19% 12-18% Pharmacological and Parental

Therapies

Reduction of Risk Potential 10-16% 9-15% Reduction of Risk Potential

Physiological Adaptation 11-17% 11-17% Physiological Adaptation

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Hampton University School of Nursing Test Plan for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN® Examination)

A comparison of plans- 2010-2013- “Be in the know!”

Deborah E. Jones, PhD, RN, CNE 2 Dean

Types of Items on the NCLEX-RN® Examination

(Information from Test Plan Booklets)

2010

Then

2013

Now! Candidates may be administered multiple choice items as well as items written in

alternate formats.

These formats may include but are not limited to:

1. multiple response

2. fill-in-the-blank calculation

3. ordered response 4. And/or hot spots

All item types may include multimedia such as

charts, tables, graphics, sound and video.

All items go through an extensive review process before being used as items on the

examination.

During the administration of the NCLEX-RN examination candidates will be required to respond to items in a variety of formats.

These formats may include, but are not limited to:

1. multiple response 2. fill-in-the-blank calculation

3. drag and drop

4. And/or hot spots

All item types may include multimedia, such as charts, tables, graphics, sound and video.

An alternate item format (previously known as an innovative item format) is an examination item, or

question, that uses a format other than standard, four-option, multiple-choice items to assess candidate ability. Alternate item formats may include:

Multiple-response items that require a candidate to select one or more than one response

Fill-in-the-blank items that require a candidate to type in number(s) in a calculation item Hot spot items that ask a candidate to identify one or more area (s) on a picture or graphic

Chart/exhibit format where candidates will be presented with a problem and will need to read the information

in the chart/exhibit to answer the problem

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Hampton University School of Nursing Test Plan for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN® Examination)

A comparison of plans- 2010-2013- “Be in the know!”

Deborah E. Jones, PhD, RN, CNE 3 Dean

Ordered Response items that require a candidate to rank order or move options to provide the correct

answer

Audio item format where the candidate is presented an audio clip and uses headphones to listen and select the option that applies

Graphic Options that presents the candidate with graphics instead of text for the answer options and they will be required to select the appropriate graphic answer

Any item formats, including standard multiple-choice items, may include multimedia, charts, tables or graphic images.

Items defined:

1. Multiple choice-

2. Multiple-response items that require a candidate to select one or more than one response;

Multiple response items are described as having five or six options with a minimum of two correct (key) options. Items contain the statement “Select all that apply”.

3. Fill-in-the-blank items that require a candidate to type in number(s) in a calculation item;

4. Drag-and-drop item type that requires a candidate to rank order or move options to provide the correct answer (sounds like ordered response from 2010)

5. Hot spot items that ask a candidate to identify an area on a picture or graphic Rounding Answer:

Do calculator items have a decimal place? Yes, unless the item requests that the candidate records their answer using a whole number. If asked to record to one (or two) decimal places, the candidate must enter the decimal point for the answer to be correct.

When should a candidate round a calculation item?

Calculation items should be rounded at the end of the calculation.