About the Authors Monica Flowers, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, is clinical associate professor; Maria Olenick, PhD, FNP, RN, FAAN, is chair of undergraduate nursing and associate professor; Tatayana Maltseva, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, is clinical assistant professor; Sharon Simon, PhD, MSN, RN, is clinical assistant professor; and Ana Diez-Sampedro, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, is clinical associate professor, Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida. Lois Ryan Allen, PhD, RN, ANEF, is professor emerita of nursing, Widener University School of Nursing, Chester, Pennsylvania. For more information, contact Dr. Flowers at
Nurs Educ Perspect. 2022;43(2):112-114. doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000788.
This retrospective study examined the relationships among 10 academic predictors and first-time success on the NCLEX-RN in a sample of 92 bachelor of science in nursing minority and culturally diverse generic/traditional students at a large minority-serving, urban, public university. Predictors included the Test of Essential Academic Skills (overall, science, and reading), science grade point average (GPA), cumulative GPA, and scores on various standardized exams: Kaplan, HESI, and ATI. Discriminant analysis found science GPA of >3.50 and ATI B of 60 or above to be the best predictors of passing NCLEX-RN. Based on statistically significant differences between NCLEX-RN pass and fail scores, good indicators of NCLEX-RN success were scores of 50 or above on Kaplan and 950 or above on HESI. Overall, the Test of Essential Academic Skills did not predict students' NCLEX-RN outcomes.
本回顾性研究调查了在一所大型少数族裔服务城市公立大学中，92 名护理科学学士专业少数民族和文化多样化普通/传统学生样本中，10 项学术预测因素与 NCLEX-RN 首次通过之间的关系。预测因素包括基本学术技能测试（总体、科学和阅读）、科学绩点平均（GPA）、累计 GPA 以及各种标准化考试的分数：Kaplan、HESI 和 ATI。判别分析发现，科学 GPA 高于 3.50 和 ATI B 得分 60 或以上是通过 NCLEX-RN 的最佳预测因素。基于 NCLEX-RN 通过和失败分数之间的统计学显著差异，Kaplan 得分 50 或以上和 HESI 得分 950 或以上是 NCLEX-RN 成功的良好指标。总的来说，基本学术技能测试并不能预测学生的 NCLEX-RN 结果。
