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<li> | <li>Test/exams are defined as 50 or more questions that evaluate the application of content from this course and previous coursework to patient situations. Each didactic course will give a minimum of 2 tests/exams. Nurse in Professional Practice I: Intro to Nursing, Nurse in Professional Practice II: Evidence-Based Practice and Leadership in Nursing, Nurse in Professional Practice III: Policy and Issues in Healthcare Delivery and Population-Centered Care I are exempt from this exam requirement. </li> | ||
<li>The Cross-campus Course Coordinator group shall be responsible for ensuring the consistency of Test/exams across all divisions. This includes the determination of the number of exams per semester, total question count, and number of items per concept/exemplar and whether to include lab values within the question stem. </li> | |||
<li>The Cross-Campus Course Coordinator group will create a faculty exam blueprint for each exam per course. </li> | |||
<li>Category tags in the categories of concept, exemplar, Blooms level and NCLEX Category shall be entered in the exam software so that student strengths and opportunities reports can be generated. This tagging information will also be used to map curricular gaps and demonstrate areas of opportunity. </li> | |||
<li>Faculty will create and post a student exam blueprint indicating the concepts and number of questions per concept to be shared with students at least one week before the exam. </li> | |||
<li>Exam questions shall be peer reviewed for content applicability, spelling and grammatical errors, and appropriate distractors/responses. </li> | |||
<li>All questions shall mirror NCLEX style questions (e.g., no true/false, negative worded questions, avoid always/never responses). </li> | |||
<li>Exam questions should include a client scenario. The word client will be used in place of patient for all questions. </li> | |||
<li>For each exam item, a rationale shall be provided. </li> | |||
<li>Exam questions shall be retired after 5 years of use, or if exam statistics analysis does not support continued use of the question. </li> | |||
<li>Faculty will include a minimum of 10% to a maximum of 20% nextGEN style questions (insert hyperlink to NSCBN) </li> | |||
<li>Time allotted for each item will be 1.5 minutes for all question types </li> | |||
<li>Extra credit or bonus items are not allowed. </li> | |||
<li>Randomized responses and/or question order are encouraged. </li> | |||
<li>Questions shall not include “slang”, prejudicial statements, biases, or stereotyping. </li> | |||
<li>Highlighting is not allowed for exam questions. </li> | |||
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===Pre-Exam=== | ===Pre-Exam=== | ||
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