Responsible for test construction and test question (item) writing?
Want to learn the nitty-gritty aspects of test writing from the developers of the NCLEX® exam?
Want to extend your nursing education online?

As a nursing faculty member, developing fair examinations that objectively measure student competence and improve student problem solving ability can be challenging. In this course for nursing professors, you’ll learn how to write, review and revise multiple-choice items using the "NCLEX®-style." Are you in a position of leadership in your school? If you are currently training new faculty due to shortages of nursing faculty and nurses, this course can help. These materials supplement your existing nursing instructor guides, teaching your faculty how to confidently write, administer and evaluate testing.

You will receive six weeks of unlimited, 24-hour access to the course and receive 17.5 contact hours for only $175!  Add to your Nursing Instructor credentials by signing up today!

Designed for Busy Nursing Faculty and Nursing Faculty Educators

Learning the principles that guide testing can make a big difference in how skillfully, quickly and confidently you can build an examination. You’ll come away a more confident nurse educator after mastering these course objectives:

• Use the NCLEX model to create a test plan.
• Understand the principles of psychometrically sound test questions.
• Use relevant statistical indices when evaluating test items.
• Identify techniques for writing items measuring various cognitive levels.
• Construct test items that use alternate formats including stem, correct response, and distractors for multiple-choice questions.
• Identify potential test question bias.
• Critique multiple-choice items.

Progressive Learning References that Build Your Nursing Instructor Resources

• Learn a step-by-step test development and item writing process.
• Explore alternate item types, such as multiple response, true-false and test questions incorporating computer technology.
• Access related online sources of information through “Links To Knowledge.”
• Quickly obtain in-depth information through additional information links.
• Recap lessons quickly with IQ - Item Quotes at the end of every lesson.
• Clarify terms with a built-in glossary that makes getting a definition just one click away.
• Take advantage of a comprehensive reference section with online links for each entry.
• Reinforce learning with interactive exercises.
• Practice writing "NCLEX-style" items using practice drill workbook exercises.
• Access free, printable NCLEX-RN® Examination and NCLEX-PN® Examination Test Plans, Detailed Test Plans, and Practice Analyses.
• Receive an invitation to complete the NCLEX® Item Writer application.
• Guide yourself through the course and complete assignments at your own leisure in this self-paced format. Access the Test Development and Item Writing course syllabus here (PDF 63kb).
• Evaluate your understanding of key concepts by completing the Posttest. Score 75% or above to receive your contact hours!

Purchasing Information for Nursing Professors

Our online course, developed exclusively for nursing educators, is only $175 for six weeks of unlimited access to the course materials.
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Group Registration Discounts Available

You’ll receive a 10% discount off the course tuition if 10 or more courses are purchased at one time (just $156 per participant).
Find out how to enroll large groups using a credit card, check or purchase order.

More About Your Test Development and Item Writing Author

Since 1992, Anne Wendt, PhD, RN, has been in NCLEX® content management for NCSBN. She has also been influential in the publication of such documents as The NCLEX® Process and The NCLEX® Manual and Assessment Strategies for Nursing Educators. She is the author and co-author of numerous articles, publishing in a variety of journals such as the Journal of Nursing Education, Nurse Educator, Imprint, Popular Measurement, Nursing Outlook, Computers in Nursing, and Rasch Midwest Objective Measurement.