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<li>Exam questions shall be peer reviewed for content applicability, spelling and grammatical errors, and appropriate distractors/responses. </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>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>Exam questions should include a client scenario. The word client will be used in place of patient for all questions. <ol type="a"> | ||
<li>Italics and all caps will not be used. </li> | |||
<li>Only words identified by the NCSBN will be bolded. </li> | |||
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<li>For each exam item, a rationale shall be provided. </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>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>Faculty will include a minimum of 10% to a maximum of 20% nextGEN style questions (insert hyperlink to NSCBN) | ||
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<li>When available in the exam testing platform, exam questions will be scored using +/- scoring. If +/- scoring is not available for the type of question, then partial credit scoring is to be used. </li> | |||
<li>By PCC III, students will be introduced to one Nextgen Case Study style exam question with 3 to 6 parts. </li> | |||
<li>PCC IV will have one Nextgen Case Study style exam question per exam with 3 to 6 parts. </li> | |||
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<li>Time allotted for each item will be 1.5 minutes for all question types </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>Extra credit or bonus items are not allowed. </li> | ||