Prerequisites and Target Audience

This web-based seminar is targeted to nursing educators and administrators who participate in program evaluation activities or have an interest in analyzing their NCLEX Program Reports.

Attendees must have completed the

• 101 Seminar "An Introduction to the NCLEX^® Program Reports", or the 100-series equivalents (1001 Seminar "A Brief Introduction to the NCLEX^® Program Reports", 1002 Seminar "Understanding the Overall Performance of your Candidates", and 1003 Seminar "Understanding the Topic Area Performance of your Candidates")
• 201 Seminar "Analyzing and Interpreting the NCLEX^® Program Reports" or the 200-series equivalents (2001 Seminar "The Basic NCLEX^® Program Reports Analysis Process" and  2002 Seminar "Analyzing The NCLEX^® Test Plan & Content Dimension Reports")

Purpose

The purpose of this seminar is to familiarize educators with Categories of Clients of Needs, the NCLEX^® Test Plan, and the detailed NCLEX^® Test Plan information.

This seminar is the first part of a four-part seminar series intended to be the online counterpart to the face-to-face 210 Seminar "Using the NCLEX^® Test Plan & Content Dimensions to Understand NCLEX® Program Reports Outcomes".

Learning Outcomes

Upon seminar completion, participants will be able to:

• describe the value and attributes of a good framework
• appreciate the rigor associated with the NCLEX^® Practice Analysis
• describe the reasons for using the categories of clients needs framework to describe the practice of entry-level nursing
• identify the activity statements associated with low performing NCLEX^® Test Plan Areas

Topics

The topics covered during the NCLEX^® Program Reports 210.1 Seminar are:

1. Nursing Frameworks
   1. Definition & Purpose
   2. Attributes of Useful Frameworks
   3. Nursing Frameworks 
2. NCLEX^® Test Plan
   1. NCLEX^® Practice Analysis
   2. History of the NCLEX^® Test Plan
   3. NCLEX^® Test Plan Implementation
   4. Inferences that can be made from Chapter 4
   5. Relationship between Education, Licensure, & Practice
3. NCLEX^® Detailed Test Plan
   1. Related Content
   2. Activity Statements
   3. Sample Questions

Format

The NCLEX^® Program Reports 210.1 Seminar is delivered as a 50-minute lecture, with some large group activities and a 10-minute Question and Answer session. Participants are expected to independently complete a 10-minute end-of-course assessment immediately after the seminar concludes.

Materials

All participants are strongly encouraged to have a copy of their NCLEX^® Program Reports ready to follow along with the Presenters.

Continuing Education

1.2 contact hours are awarded through the Alabama Board of Nursing (Provider Number ABNP1516 Expires 1/31/2021) to all individuals completing the seminar and the end-of-course assessment.