Nurse Education Today
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 373-377 , May 2011

The costs of NCLEX-RN failure

  • Michelle Roa

      Affiliations

    • Nursing and Health Sciences, Good Samaritan College, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220, United States
    • Tel.: +1 513 862 7765.
    • ,
  • Debra Shipman

      Affiliations

    • Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Salem VA, 1970 Roanoke Blvd, Salem, VA 24153, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 540 982 2463x1508.
    • ,
  • Jack Hooten

      Affiliations

    • Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Salem VA, 1970 Roanoke Blvd, Salem, VA 24153, United States
    • Tel.: +1 540 982 2463x2492.
    • ,
  • Matthew Carter

      Affiliations

    • English Department, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36830, United States
    • Tel.: +1 405 269 4176.

,Accepted 27 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.07.009

Nurse Education Today
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