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Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | Volume 2
October 24-25, 2019 | Zurich, Switzerland
2nd European
Nursing Congress
International Conference on
Clinical Nursing & Practice
Joint Event
&
J Intensive Crit Care Nurs, Volume 2
Predictors of NCLEX-RN Success Among Internationally-Educated Nurses: A Case
Study for the Philippines
James Montegrico
University of North Carolina, USA
T
he Philippines has historically been the world’s largest
supplier of internationally-educated nurses (IEN) to more
than 80 countries (Li, Nie, Li, 2014; Marcus, Quimson, & Short,
2014; Ortiga, 2014). In the United States, more than half
(58%) of IEN come from the Philippines (Spetz et al., 2014;
Squires, Ojemeni, & Jones, 2016). IEN must pass the National
Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-
RN) prior to practicing nursing in the US. From 2002 to 2018,
the Philippines consistently led international applications for
the NCLEX-RN, accounting for 60% among its IEN applicants.
However, the NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate among the
Filipino nurses is below (46%) the international average pass
rate (51%) (NCSBN, 2019). There is a paucity of research
determining the factors affecting the NCLEX-RN performance
of IEN, and specifically, of Filipino nurses. Thus, this study will
analyze the contextual, academic, and post-licensure factors
that are predictive of NCLEX-RN performance among Filipino
nurses to enhance knowledge of this understudied area that
has important implications for nursing education and nursing
workforce in the Philippines and internationally. It will address
a gap in the literature by understanding the multifactorial
variables affecting IEN performance in the NCLEX-RN. This
retrospective correlational study will use logistic regression
analysis to determine the association of demographic,
contextual, and academic factors such as course grades,
initial licensure, employment, and test preparation strategies
in predicting NCLEX-RN success of IEN. It is hypothesized that
certain demographic, contextual, and academic factors are
associated with the performance of Filipino nurses in the
NCLEX-RN.
e
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jmontegr@uncc.edu