| dc.description.abstract | Preparing for the National Nursing Exam is a
challenging process that requires creative strategies. The aim of
this study is to evaluate the effect of progress test, a tailored
program to familiarize students with the National Exam test
system and questions, on the students’ performance in the
Nursing Exam Try Out. This study was a pre-experimental study
with one group pre and post-test design. Of the total 143 eligible
internship nursing students, 139 participated in the pretest and
125 finished the post-test within 2 months duration. During the
study, the students were practicing online through the progress
test program in their 6 different home-based hospitals in
Yogyakarta and Central Java. The 180 multiple choice questions
for progress test were developed based on the National Nursing
Exam Blue Print and have been reviewed by the internal
reviewers. The result of the study showed that there was a
statistically significant increase of the exam score from
43.75±9.59 to 48.49±SD 7.83 (p 0.000). With passing grade of 47,
only 57.6 % students passed the exam in the pretest while 62.5 %
passed the exam in posttest. The progress test can be used as an
effective strategy to prepare and increase the possibility to pass
the National Nursing Exam. | en_US |
