Who performed the statistical analysis?

NurseCompetency's test validation and statistical analysis was carried out by Gregory J. Zarow, PhD. Dr. Zarow is a psychometrician, formally trained in measurement theory and test construction at the University of California at San Diego.

Dr. Zarow has published in Journal of Neurosurgery, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and co-authored the Spacelab Life Sciences-1 Final Report for NASA. Dr. Zarow has presented to The World Space Congress, The American Heart Association, and The Society for Medical Decision Making.

Dr. Zarow's lengthy biostatistical consultant list includes National Institute of Health and National Science Foundation grants, UCSF Neurosurgery Research, Veteran's Administration Medical Center San Francisco, UCSD School of Medicine, and NASA.

How is NurseCompetency different from other online testing sites?

NurseCompetency.com is different in several ways:

  • We provide unlimited access to our system - no points or tokens to track
  • We offer open candidate registration, so you do not need to register each employee every time you want them to take an exam
  • We provide immediate feedback, including the correct answer for questions missed, so in addition to testing, you improve your employee's understanding of clinical concepts
  • We provide you with "real-time" statistics specific to your company's performance. This will allow each facility/organization the ability to determine areas of weakness which can then be a focus for your organization’s continuing education program.
  • We provide you the choice of enabling or disabling exam timers for each exam
  • We provide your employees with 24/7 access to all educational topics that can be reviewed at their convenience, instead of being forced to review the topics only moments prior to taking an exam

What type of security does NurseCompetency.com provide?

Security is one of our top priorities. We have implemented several procedures to insure your information is secure. Each NurseCompetency.com customer has their own distinct portal and database on one of our company's Microsoft Windows based dedicated servers.

Every portal comes with:

  • Built in role-based security
  • Unique account/password combinations for portal access
  • Password encryption with a unique encryption key for each portal
Your data is safe with our:
  • MS Windows 2003/2008 Servers
  • MS SQL Server 2008 database
  • Cisco hardware firewall and Windows software firewall
  • Data backup plans to backup and transfer your data every 24 hours to one of our backup servers
  • RAID hard drive mirroring (protection from hard disk failure)
  • Professionally managed, secure, climate controlled, redundantly powered data center

What is Test To Teach (TTT)?

We at NurseCompetency.com want to assist you in providing the most competent, well prepared clinicians to your end customers. To accomplish this, our Test To Teach concept provides your employees a review of each exam after completion to show them which questions they answered incorrectly and provides them with the correct response. So, in addition to measuring competency, you also provide your clinicians with a meaningful review of relevant content.

How can NurseCompetency.com assist with JCAHO HCSS Certification?

"The competency assessment can be accomplished through a variety of methods including the assessment of information from current and previous employers, collecting peer feedback, verifying certification and licensure, reviewing test results with a written or oral competency, and observation of skills." JCAHO

NurseCompetency.com provides you the competency assessments and skills checklists written by our clinical experts to utilize collectively with your verification of the person's licensure, employment history and references to make the best possible hiring decision. In addition, our parent company, NursingCorp provides additional forms and consulting to assist with all of the JCAHO HCSS performance measurements. We have customers nationwide that have earned the JCAHO HCSS Gold Seal of Approval!


How much does it cost?

For only $2500 per year (or $250/month) $99/month, your employees have unlimited access to our exams, skills checklists and education. There are no points or tokens to track, and no extra per test or hidden fees. As former healthcare staffing business owners ourselves, we know how important it is to cash flow management to have fixed, predictable costs when running a staffing business.


How do I sign up?

We are excited to earn your business. To get started, please call Elease Caracci at (888) 607 - 1492 or direct at (602) 903 - 2118.