newnurse201222

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1. School's hidden agenda, "NCLEX pass rate: Weed out students who will not pass"

   newnurse201222 replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Students

   I read the summary of the article you quoted earler. It looks like the tome is a study of whether what's asked on the NCLEX correlates with nursing reality. Fair enough, and thanks for the info, but I...

2. School's hidden agenda, "NCLEX pass rate: Weed out students who will not pass"

   newnurse201222 replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Students

   If the NCLEX did in fact measure nursing ability, nobody would distinguish between preparing for the NCLEX and "learning to be a nurse." That's the rub for me, anyway. I wonder whether anyone has...

3. School's hidden agenda, "NCLEX pass rate: Weed out students who will not pass"

   newnurse201222 replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Students

   Apologies if I'm beating a dead horse, but NCLEX is stuck in my craw. For the life of me, I can't figure out why that's the best way to determine the quality of one's nursing ability. Why not give...