BACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT - Revised
[111006]

Test Specifications (PDF)

Purpose: Measures students’ competencies in various aspects of nursing practice. The 125-individual items are designed to measure students' ability to utilize critical thinking skills and the nursing process in addressing health care needs of clients, families, communities, and aggregates. Includes questions on community focus skills, health promotion and care strategies, resource management, leadership skills, research application, educational approaches, outcome evaluation, and collaborative strategies in a variety of community settings. This test is comprehensive in scope, incorporating questions on adult, children’s, women’s, and mental health topics, and community health practice areas.

Format: 125-item, four-option, multiple-choice. Twenty-five of these items are for experimental purposes and are not included in the scoring. Available in online and paper formats.

Administration: Schedule at the completion of the nursing program.

Scoring: A total score and three subscores are provided.

Health Promotion and Outcome Determination: 30 items
Selection of Care Strategies: 32 items
Application of Leadership Skills, Education Strategies, and Research Findings: 38 items

Normative data are based on the performance of students in in baccalaureate nursing degree programs; however, this test is applicable to all RN programs.

NLN Member Price $15
Non-NLN Member Price $20

PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT - Revised
[151406]

Test Specifications (PDF) 

Purpose: This test assesses students' understanding of general health assessment and physical examination techniques used to evaluate the health status of adults and children. Addresses general health assessment in the areas of interviewing, health-history taking, general surveying, and documentation. Health status and developmental stage of clients are also considered. The test reflects nurse-client encounters in a variety of primary, secondary, and teriary health care settings and requires students to use their knowledge of the nursing process.

Format: 125-item, four-option, multiple-choice. Twenty-five of these items are for experimental purposes and are not included in the scoring. Available in online and paper formats.

Administration: Schedule after completion of all learning experiences in health and physical assessment.

Scoring: A total score and two subscores are provided.

General Health Assessment: 19 items
Physical Examination: 81 items

Normative data are based on the performance of students in in baccalaureate degree nursing programs; however,this test is applicable to all RN programs.

NLN Member Price $15
Non-NLN Member Price $20

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING  
[572303]

Test Specifications (PDF) 

Purpose: Assesses students' understanding of contemporary community health nursing practice.  Emphasis on care of individuals, families, and groups in the context of promoting and preserving the health of the community.  Reflects content essential for preparing nurses for entry-level community health nursing practices as recommended by the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE).

Format: 125-item, four-option, multiple-choice. Twenty-five of these items are for experimental purposes and not included in the scoring. Available in online and paper formats.

Administration: Schedule after completion of course work in community health nursing.

Scoring: A total score and two subscores are provided.

Framework of Community Health Nursing: 52 items
Community as Client: The Nurse Generalist Perspective: 48 items

Normative data are based on the performance of students in RN programs.

NLN Member Price $15
Non-NLN Member Price $20

COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC NURSING EXAMINATION
[532203]

Test Specifications (PDF) 

Purpose: Assesses students' understanding of key mental health concepts and application of critical thinking skills in the care of clients with mental health disorders. Uses stimulated nurse-client interactions to address theoretical frameworks of practice, behavioral adaptation, therapeutic modalities, and application of mental health and mental illness concepts. Incorporates relevant items on pharmacology.

Normative data are based on the performance of students in baccalaureate nursing programs; however, this test is applicable to all RN programs.

Format: 125-item, four-option, multiple-choice. Twenty-five items are for experimental purposes and are not included in the scoring. Available in online and paper formats.

Administration: Schedule at the completion of all course work in psychiatric-mental health nursing.

Scoring: A total score and three subscores are provided.

Knowledge and Concepts: 14 items
Assessing, Analyzing, and Evaluating: 46 items
Planning and Implementing: 40 items

Normative data are based on the performance of students in RN programs. 

NLN Member Price $15
Non-NLN Member Price $20

HEALTH AND ILLNESS: ADULT CARE - Revised
[585206]

Test Specifications (PDF)

Purpose: Assesses students’ understanding of the care of adult clients across the health-illness continuum. The 125-individual items are designed to measures students' ability to utilize critical thinking skills and the nursing process to address the health care needs of adult clients and their families. The test incorporates relevant items on nutrition and pharmacology. Community focus skills, health promotion and care strategies, resource management, leadership skills, research application, educational approaches, outcome evaluation, and collaborative strategies in a variety of community setting are all included.

Format: 125-item, four-option, multiple-choice. Twenty-five of these items are for experimental purposes and are not included in the scoring. Available in online and paper formats.

Administration: Schedule after completion of course work in adult health nursing.

Scoring: A total score and three subscores are provided.

Health Promotion and Outcome Determination: 35 items
Selection of Care Strategies: 32 items
Application of Leadership Skills, Educational Strategies, and Research Findings: 33 items

Normative data are based on the performance of students in baccalaureate degree nursing programs; however, this test is applicable to all RN programs.

NLN Member Price $15
Non-NLN Member Price $20

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