Nursing Concepts exams

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I thought I saw on this forum that you have to get a 70 percent in each section to pass. How are the concepts exams REALLY scored?

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

You can read the EC Technical Handbook for exam scoring info:

https://www.excelsior.edu/Excelsior_College/Publications/Excelsior_College_Exams_Technical_Handbook_2007.pdf

You'll probably have to be logged in to an EC account to pull that up. The test are developed and scored using Item Response Theory (IRT). When you get your results, you might score less than 70% in some areas, but the overall grade is derived using IRT.

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Specializes in Med surg and Psych.

Interesting. I was wondering the same thing. Thanks Akanini for posting this, and as always Thanks Lunah. Traci

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