ASN Graduation Preparation
Yeah!! – Congratulations!! It’s almost time for you to graduate.
There are several things that you still must do.
Please review all of the information on this webpage. If you have questions that you can not clarify with your site coordinators or course faculty, please contact Elaine Taylor at letaylor@ngcsu.edu or come to the meeting with the Dept. Head on 4/1/09 at noon.
TO DO LIST
Before graduation:
___ 1. Complete GBON application for permission to take NCLEX
___ 2. Order final transcript from Registrar’s Office
___ 3. Complete Exit Survey
___ 4. Complete “Exit Loan Counseling” survey
___ 5. Complete all of your required ATI and final exams –
check the schedule and make sure you are scheduled to take all of your required exams
___ 6. Practice taking ATI “non-proctored/practice” exams
___ 7. Bring proof of Exit Survey completion and “unsecured” Comprehensive Predictor exam report
(showing an overall score of 90%) with you when scheduled for the Comprehensive RN exam.
___8. Score at or above the 97% predicted probability of passing NCLEX on the proctored
ATI Comprehensive RN exam.
After graduation:
___ 1. Pick up your transcript and send it with your application to the GBON and
register for the NCLEX examination
___ 2. Take NCLEX review course and prepare for exam
___ 3. Complete online modules on
a. Emerging Threats in Public Health and
b. Nursing Scope of Practice Issues, Patient Safety
(for b. login as a "guest", no password, then enter “nursing” in the search field)
___ 4. Take the NCLEX and notify Margaret Largent mplargent@ngcsu.edu of your results
___ 5. Sign RN after your name when you have passed NCLEX!!!
Complete GBON application for permission to take NCLEX
Fill out an application for the Georgia Board of Nursing (GBON) to obtain permission to sit for the NCLEX-RN exam. Bring the completed application with you on Leadership Day.
In preparation for taking the NCLEX, you need to first download and print the “application for licensure by exam – US graduate” from the GBON website
(http://www.sos.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/plbforms.asp?board=38).
Fill out the application and obtain a passport photo. Sign your full legal name on the front of the photo at the bottom of the picture (not on the white space). Tape the photo to the application as directed (only at the top). Toni Barnett, our Dept. Head, will need to sign the back of the photo and fill out a portion of the application. You will need to bring your completed application with photo with you when you come to the main campus on Leadership Day and leave it with Linda Stover in the Nursing Dept. Your completed application will be returned to you when you successfully complete the ATI-Comprehensive RN Exam.
You will also need to contact or go by the registrar’s office to order a transcript.
To expedite your NCLEX application process – you need to complete your application and order your transcript before graduation. After graduation, you can pick up your transcript and send it with your application to the GBON and also register for the NCLEX examination with Pearson VUE once your application has been approved by the GBON. To register for the NCLEX go to the Pearson VUE website at http://www.vue.com/nclex If you do not want to register over the web and want to mail in your payment, contact Ann Reed areed@ngcsu.edu for an envelope and form. After you sit for NCLEX and obtain your results, please notify Margaret Largent mplargent@ngcsu.edu at the school of your results.
Complete an Exit Survey click --> Here for Survey.
Your overall feedback about the entire program is very important to the faculty and the school. In past years, input from the survey has instigated many changes that have been made in the program. Print out the confirmation sheet to show that you have completed this survey and bring it with you to your Comprehensive RN exam.
Complete “Exit loan Counseling” on the NGCSU – Office of Student Financial Aid Website
click --> Here for Exit Loan Counseling. You must do this even if you have not received financial aid.
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Complete all of your required ATI and final exams.
According to the ATI Guidelines - all students are required to take the Comprehensive RN, Leadership, Community Health, Pharmacology, and Critical Thinking/exit exams in the last semester of their clinical nursing course(s). The ATI fees that you have already paid covers the cost of all ATI exams. Please review the schedule [link to schedule] for your date, time and location. Please check the schedule and make sure that you have a time slot to take all of your required exams: Comprehensive RN, Leadership, Community health, Critical Thinking/exit, Pharmacology, and content mastery for your clinical courses. If you are taking any test on the main campus, you must have a Novell login and password in order to print your test results. Please contact the IT dept. @ 706.864.1922 and obtain this before the testing time.
Practice ATI “non-proctored/practice” exams --> ATI Practice-1 ATI Practice-2
To help you in assessing the amount of preparation that you need to do for the Comprehensive RN and other Predictor exam – every student will take an “unsecured” version of the Comprehensive Predictor Exam at www.atitesting.com. This can be done at a location of your choice, but you must print the results of your exam session. The PC that you use to take this exam must have Internet Explorer (5.0 or higher). The ATI test is not compatible with Netscape or AOL. This test is a timed test and should be “closed book”. Use this as an opportunity to assess how prepared you are for boards. If you score below 90 on the overall “unsecured” exam or below 75 on any sub-content area, you are encouraged to study your areas of deficiency and retake the test. Results on the “unsecured” exam (showing an overall score of 90%) must be turned in at the time you take the “secured” comprehensive exam.
The Test ID for the “unsecured” version of the Comprehensive Predictor Exam is 550054
and the password is 02N5441R56.
You are encouraged to practice non-proctored versions of the ATI exams prior to taking your secured ATI and final exams to help you identify potential areas of weakness. If you have technical issues, call ATI at 1.800.667.7531. You can take these practice tests as many times as you would like and they will continue to be available to you as you are preparing for NCLEX.
The Exit Survey confirmation page and your “unsecured” Comprehensive Predictor exam report (showing an overall score of 90%) is your “admission ticket” to take your RN Comprehensive exam.
Also, be prepared to show a picture ID, if requested by the proctor. You must score at or above the 97% predicted probability of passing NCLEX on the proctored ATI Comprehensive RN exam.
For the “secured” or proctored version of the RN Comprehensive exam, students must score at or above the 97% predicted probability of passing NCLEX in order to be cleared to graduate. This means that you must make >77% on your individual composite score. Students not achieving at or above the 97% predicted probability of passing NCLEX after the second attempt must meet with the Nursing Department Head prior to receiving approval to graduate. (See – ASN Handbook - ATI policy).
Please check the schedule for the Comprehensive RN exam retake date/time TBA.
Prior to sitting for the NCLEX-RN exam complete online modules on Emerging Threats in Public Health and Nursing Scope of Practice Issues, Patient Safety (see directions below)
To access the Nursing Scope of Practice Issues, Patient Safety online module – go to www.usgshare.org Login as a guest (no password) and then enter “nursing” in the search field. Nursing Scope of Practice Issues, Patient Safety will come up on the list of resources that are available to you. The content will focus on common issues faced by new graduates in practice: effective delegation and supervision, patient safety, identification, communication, and reduction of medical errors.
Since 9/11/01, Disaster Nursing is an area that has received considerable attention on the NCLEX exam. To augment the ASN curriculum these modules will be helpful to you in preparing for this area of nursing:
• Bioterrorism
• Chemical terrorism
• Radiologic and nuclear terrorism
• Explosives
• Pandemic influenza
• Pandemic influenza planning: The reality of implementation in the southeast
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