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Let's take a look at the test plan for the
NCLEX RN 2023.
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Now, this is a big year because lots of
things have changed in this year.
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Now I want to point you to their website.
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There is a complete test plan available on
the NCSBN website.
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Now we're going to show you where that is.
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And this is the website that you want to use
as your source.
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Here are lots of rumors about the NCLEX and
people say that this experience or that
experience here is the gold standard.
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These this is the group that has written the
NCLEX exam.
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So if you need any information, this is
where you should go.
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Now you see the web address on the screen
ncsbn.org.
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So both students and faculty, this is a site
that you need to access when you have any
questions about the NCLEX exam.
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This is where the most up to date
information on the NCLEX RN will be.
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Now, during COVID and the pandemic, we
checked this site a lot because things change
as we walk through it.
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I hope we don't ever go through a season
like that again, but know that the latest
information will always be available to you
on that site.
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Now let's break the test plan down for a
little bit because it is a very long document
from the NCSBN.
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It is over 60 pages of information about your
exam.
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So it's a really comprehensive listing of
the content for each client needs category,
each sub category.
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You can read through all of that
information, but we're going to kind of walk
you through it together.
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Now we'll also give you sample items at the
end of each category so you can see what
they'll look like. And they include an item
writing guide that'll give sample case
scenarios and examples that faculty can use
to help write some test item questions that
you can practice with in your nursing
program.
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But don't worry, we are experts in NCLEX
exams and we're going to break this down for
you so you don't have to read that 60 page
document if you don't have the time to do
that. So let's start with what you need to
know about the RN test plan.
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Okay, so it's a guide helps you prepare for
the exam.
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That's really what it is.
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Also, item writers use it when they write
exam questions and to know how to classify
the test questions.
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So that's the purpose of that 60 page
document.
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Now for this next part, I want you to
remember three is the key.
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Okay? So remember, three is the key.
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First of all, who decides what the test plan
will be for my NCLEX?
We know they talk to 12,000 nurses.
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We know these people were involved.
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But how does that really come together?
Well, remember three, they take the recent
practice analysis of registered nurses, they
take expert opinions, and then they take the
staff and nursing regulatory bodies of the
NCSBN those state boards of nursing.
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Now, how often is that test plan changed?
I think you could guess every three years.
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So that's why I say three is the key.
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That's how the test comes together.
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That's who has input into it.
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And it's reviewed every three years.
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Now, what about final approval?
Even that group of three can't just say,
this is it, Here you go.
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And that shows up on your NCLEX There has to
be a final approval season.
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So following the endorsement of everything
that's proposed by the NEC, then the test
plan document is presented at this big
delegate assembly.
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Now that's the decision making body of the
NCSBN.
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So once they prepare it, it's got to be
presented and approved there.