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Program Type: Nursing
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Ensuring NCLEX® readiness through Clinical Judgment Exams
In April 2023, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) launched the NextGen NCLEX. This updated exam utilizes real-world case studies and innovative item types to better assess the clinical judgment an...
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6 New Question Types You Will Find on the Next Gen NCLEX® Exam
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing set the national standard for nursing licensure with the NCLEX® exam. They update it periodically — sometimes with significant changes to reflect major shifts in p...
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Educating with Intention: An Outcomes-Based Approach to Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Learn how category tagging from ExamSoft can help you educate with intention by connecting exam items to customizable categories, such as learning outcomes and course objectives. With category tagging in place, you’ll...
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Guidebook: Using Category Tagging for Nursing Education
How Data-Driven Assessment Supports Intentionality in Education Whether planning a course or developing a curriculum for nursing programs, educators have specific goals in mind for student learning. While it can be ch...
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Anticipating Accreditation for Nursing
5 Steps for a Smooth Accreditation Visit Learn Strategies for Streamlining the Accreditation Process Read the ExamSoft eBook, Anticipating Accreditation, for a set of preemptive measures administrators can use to prep...
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ExamSoft Supports Intentional and Informed Decision-Making
The goal of any school or program is to prioritize student performance above all else. This is particularly true for programs in healthcare fields, which are tasked with preparing students to make important, sometimes...
On-Demand Webinars
On-demand Webinar: Creating Next Gen NCLEX® Test Items
On November 2, 2022, Dr. Tim Bristol of NurseThink® discussed how to promote NCLEX-readiness with your test items. NurseTim® shares tips, tools, and templates for building assessments that focus on clinical judgment u...
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Infographic: Benchmarking Reports with ExamSoft and Clinical Judgment Exams
Take advantage of pre-written assessments that accurately gauge student learning and competency. Category-based reporting at the program level and student level will measure students’ true mastery of concepts against ...
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Skills Development for Nursing Students
When we think of a nurse going about their day at work, we usually think of the “hard skills” they’ve learned in nursing school: inserting an IV, checking blood pressure, and administering medication. But these scient...
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What are Power Skills & How Can We Assess Them in Higher Education?
Modern workplace dynamics are shifting. Employee demands are changing as individuals are expected to collaborate effectively, even in remote situations, while demonstrating skills and values such as empathy, flexibili...
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Utilizing the Build-Your-Own Question Bank from Clinical Judgment Exams
Healthcare is more dynamic than ever, with nurses providing care in the face of unprecedented challenges and constantly developing tech solutions. To ensure public safety and successful careers in nursing, an increase...
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Promoting Equity with Outcomes-Based Assessment
When we talk about equity in assessment, it’s important to understand what the term equity means. Some educators use equity and equality interchangeably, but there are vast differences between the two terms. Equ...
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3 Things You Need in Your Assessment Software
There are many assessment solutions out there, but before selecting one, it’s important to ask a few crucial questions: Does the solution offer the features and tools that you need, both at the course level and as an ...
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3 Ways to Future-Proof Nursing Education with ExamSoft
A digital solution for assessment can help nursing programs solve immediate, pandemic-related challenges and develop long-term solutions to create a more sustainable learning environment with increased potential for c...
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From Content Memorization to Critical Thinking with Digital Assessment
Critical thinking is a key skill that empowers learners in their academic and professional careers. For educators to teach critical thinking skills applicable to students’ goals, learners must first gain a strong comm...
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Using Digital Assessment to Support Academic Research & Publishing
For faculty at many academic institutions, research and publication in peer-reviewed journals is a precursor to employment, a necessary step for promotion, and a requirement to secure and maintain tenure. But the impo...
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3 Pandemic-Related Challenges Facing Admissions Testing Around the World
The COVID-19 pandemic created many challenges in education and brought many others to light. One of the most notable challenges was the inability of students to take standardized admissions tests due to testing center...
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Infographic: Paving the Way to Efficiency
Four Real Examples of How Institutions Gained Efficiencies Through ExamSoft Paperless Assessments Pay Off One client administered 76,000 digital exams in a single semester, saving an estimated $800,000 in printing cos...