National Exam Validation

Our nationally validated exams were developed with the purpose of determining a nurse or healthcare professional's skill and qualification in their specialty, and their capacity to utilize and apply their knowledge to deliver safe and effective patient care.

NurseTesting.com's exams identify the most important aspect of each clinical specialty and are used by hospitals, healthcare staffing firms, and other healthcare institutions worldwide.

Our exams may be used as pre-screening tools to assess clinical skill and knowledge for new hire or current clinicians. To find out more information about our exams, and how to utilize them at your facility/company, please contact us.

Abridged Validation Report

updated 5-1-2008

For client companies undergoing surveys or reviews by accreditory organizations, you may request a comprehensive validation report by contacting our Chief Nursing Officer, Jim Ostmann. To contact Jim just fill out our contact form and be sure to choose clinical for the department.

Validity:

The content of our clinical nursing exams was developed and refined through many sources: clinical experience, interviews with staff nurses, clinical experts and nursing educators at leading national healthcare facilities. Validity for each of our exams was established by a panel of experts using results from sample tests filled out by nurses with experience ranging from new graduates to those with over 20 years of experience.

Content:

Clinical Exam questions contain multiple choice options and measure the recall of information and the application of basic knowledge in practice situations. Exams are updated annually to reflect the most current trends in Nursing Practice.

Reliability:

To test reliability for each clinical exam, NurseTesting.com applied Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha and the Kuder-Richardson Formula 21 to measure internal consistency.

The KR-21 Reliability Algorhythm is an alternative formula for calculating how consistent subject responses are among the questions on an exam. When used in conjunction with Cronbach's Alpha, reliability and validity are enhanced. K-R 21 assumes that all of the questions are equally difficult.

Sample Test Score Graphs:

NICU:

Emergency Room: