Category: NCLEX Success

Writing NGN-Style Trend Questions

 

Writing NGN NCLEX test questions.
By Susan Sportsman, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN

Over the last several years, as we prepared for the implementation of the Next Generation NCLEX, the Collaborative Momentum Blog has intermittently focused on strategies to write test questions that mirror clinical practice. Now that the NGN has been implemented, we believe it might be helpful to review some of the types of questions the students must answer. This month we will focus on one of the clinical judgment standalone questions, the Trend question. This type of question provides an opportunity for the test-taker to Continue reading “Writing NGN-Style Trend Questions”

Infusing Clinical Judgment Into All Corners of the Nursing Curriculum

 

clinical judgment
Susan Sportsman, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN

April 2023 marks the first time that new nursing graduates complete the Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Examination. The results of the work of the National Council of State Board of Nursing (NCSBN) in developing the NGN and the responses of nurse educators who are preparing students for this innovative licensing approach will be documented in the test results over the next year. All nurse educators and regulators are hopeful that the NGN will more accurately differentiate among new graduates who are prepared to make clinical judgments required for today’s nursing practice and those who are not. In addition, Continue reading “Infusing Clinical Judgment Into All Corners of the Nursing Curriculum”

Setting Students Up for Success

nursing student set for successBy Susan Sportsman, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN

Ashley’s Story

Regular readers of the Collaborative Momentum Consulting blog may remember the November 2020 story of Ashley, a high school dropout who wanted to be a nurse. A single mother of a small boy, Ashley had been working at low paying jobs when she was encouraged by a friend to complete a GED and take prerequisite courses necessary for a nursing degree. Grades in these courses, although not outstanding, were sufficient for admission to the nursing program.  Ashley struggled her first year in the nursing program—making low C’s in all her nursing courses, although she performed well in during her clinical experience.

We all have had students like Ashley. Continue reading “Setting Students Up for Success”

Does your Nursing Program Prepare Students to Use Clinical Judgment?

by Susan Sportsman, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN

Does your nursing program prepare students to effectively use clinical judgment?  How will you know? 

These are the questions that we are all asking ourselves as the National Council for State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) continues its work in developing the Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) initiative. Continue reading “Does your Nursing Program Prepare Students to Use Clinical Judgment?”

W.A.I.T.: Impact on Teaching Clinical Judgment

by Susan Sportsman, RN, PhD, ANEF, FAAN

After being a faculty for many years, I find that I often want to “instruct” my family and friends. This urge is particularly prevalent with my husband. Being a very nice man, when I begin to “instruct” him, he appears to be listening (he looks my way), but the look in his eyes says very clearly,  “I have no intention of doing whatever it is that she is saying.” When I see this look, I always say, “W.A.I.T.—Why Am I Talking?” Continue reading “W.A.I.T.: Impact on Teaching Clinical Judgment”