Predicting Licensure Success With a Computerized Comprehensive Nursing Exam The HESI Exit Exam

摘要

This study was designed to determine the accuracy of computerized comprehensive nursing exams, HESI Exit Exams (E~2s), in predicting registered nurse and practical nurse students' success on the licensing exam. Schools of nursing that administered E~2s during the academic year 1996-97 were surveyed to determine how many students (n = 2809) predicted by the E~2 to pass the licensure exam had failed, and if the exam administration was monitored or proc-tored. Based on the findings of this study, the E~2 was determined to be an accurate predictor of students' success on the licensing exam. However, it was significantly more accurate (P = .05) when the exam was monitored (99.49%) than unmonitored (96.82%). The E~2 was determined to be highly predictive of students' success on the licensing exam for all groups tested: associate degree, baccalaureate, diploma, and practical nursing students.