Predictive Validity of Preadmission Assessment on Early Nursing Academic Readiness: Impact of COVID-19.

IF 2.4 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

Nurse Educator Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI:10.1097/NNE.0000000000001891

Hanwook Yoo, Xuechun Zhou, Beth Phillips

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Abstract

Background: While numerous studies have predicted early nursing school success to determine the criterion-related validity of admission tests, few studies have evaluated the predictive validity of these tests in the context of the impact of COVID-19.

Purpose: This study examined the predictive validity of the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) scores on early academic success in nursing programs across pre-pandemic, during-pandemic, and post-pandemic periods.

Methods: Data for more than 100 000 students who took both TEAS and Content Mastery Series Fundamentals assessments were evaluated using correlation and regression analyses.

Results: All TEAS content area scores significantly predicted early academic success with Reading and Science being the strongest predictors. Slightly weaker predictive relations were observed across all areas during the pandemic. These relationships improved in the post-pandemic period.

Conclusions: The findings support the inclusion of standardized tests in evidence-based admission criteria despite the impact of COVID-19 on students' learning and assessment during the pandemic period.

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入院前评估对早期护理学业准备的预测效度：COVID-19的影响

背景：虽然许多研究预测了护理学校的早期成功，以确定入学考试的标准相关效度，但很少有研究在COVID-19影响的背景下评估这些测试的预测效度。目的：本研究检验了基本学术技能测试（tea）分数对大流行前、大流行期间和大流行后护理项目早期学术成功的预测有效性。方法：采用相关分析和回归分析的方法对10万多名参加了tea和Content Mastery Series Fundamentals测评的学生的数据进行评估。结果：所有的tea内容领域分数都能显著预测早期的学业成功，其中阅读和科学是最强的预测因子。在大流行期间，所有地区观察到的预测关系略弱。这些关系在大流行后时期有所改善。结论：尽管新冠肺炎疫情对学生的学习和评估产生了影响，但研究结果支持将标准化考试纳入循证录取标准。

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Nurse Educator 医学-护理

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

7.70%

发文量

300

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Nurse Educator, a scholarly, peer reviewed journal for faculty and administrators in schools of nursing and nurse educators in other settings, provides practical information and research related to nursing education. Topics include program, curriculum, course, and faculty development; teaching and learning in nursing; technology in nursing education; simulation; clinical teaching and evaluation; testing and measurement; trends and issues; and research in nursing education.