O'Neill Thomas R, Marks Casey, Wendt Anne
National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Chicago, IL 60601, USA.
JONAS Healthc Law Ethics Regul. 2005 Apr-Jun;7(2):56-8. doi: 10.1097/00128488-200504000-00005.
The purpose of this research was to provide sufficient information to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) to make a defensible recommended passing standard for English proficiency. This standard was based upon the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). A large panel of nurses and nurse regulators (N = 25) was convened to determine how much English proficiency is required to be minimally competent as an entry-level nurse. Two standard setting procedures were combined to produce recommendations for each panelist. In conjunction with collateral information, these recommendations were reviewed by the NCSBN Examination Committee, which decided upon an NCSBN recommended standard, a TOEFL score of 220.
本研究的目的是向美国国家护士委员会理事会（NCSBN）提供足够的信息，以制定一个关于英语水平的合理推荐及格标准。该标准基于托福考试（TOEFL）。召集了一个由护士和护士监管人员组成的大型专家小组（N = 25），以确定作为一名入门级护士，最低限度的英语能力要求是多少。结合了两种标准设定程序，为每位小组成员生成建议。连同相关信息，这些建议由NCSBN考试委员会进行审查，该委员会确定了NCSBN推荐标准，即托福成绩220分。
