Strategies for success: crisis management model for remediation of at-risk students.

Student success is a concern for all nursing schools. Accountability for NCLEX(®) pass rates, along with accountability for student attrition and progression, compel nursing schools to carefully select applicants and then actively manage their progress. One of the strategies of managing student progression is to use standardized, nationally normalized exit examinations to identify students at risk for NCLEX-RN failure.