05-06 Graduate Student Handbook.pdf - University of Kentucky
05-06 Graduate Student Handbook.pdf - University of Kentucky
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Comprehensive Examination - <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kentucky</strong> College <strong>of</strong> Nursing<br />
http://www.mc.uky.edu/nursing/StuResources/grads/handbook20<strong>05</strong>-<strong>06</strong>/comp_exam.htm<br />
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August respectively.<br />
• Six weeks prior to the comprehensive exam date, you should request approval from your<br />
faculty advisor to sit for the examination. If your advisor judges you ready for the exam,<br />
a recommendation is forwarded to the assistant dean for advanced practice nursing. A<br />
recommendation for you to take the exam must be forwarded by the assistant dean for<br />
advanced practice nursing to the <strong>Graduate</strong> School at least two weeks prior to the exam<br />
date.<br />
• The assistant dean for advanced practice nursing is notified <strong>of</strong> the results <strong>of</strong> your<br />
examination within two weeks after the exam date. The assistant dean for advanced<br />
practice nursing notifies you and the <strong>Graduate</strong> School in writing <strong>of</strong> those results.<br />
• If you do not pass the comprehensive exam, a second examination may be scheduled<br />
upon the recommendation <strong>of</strong> the faculty committee during the regularly scheduled<br />
examination period the following semester. <strong>Student</strong>s may not retake the examination<br />
more than once (<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kentucky</strong> <strong>Graduate</strong> School policies).<br />
Helpful Hints:<br />
Preparation strategies:<br />
• Study in groups.<br />
• Anticipate questions.<br />
• Quiz each other.<br />
• Relate theory to clinical phenomena.<br />
• Relate research to clinical phenomena.<br />
• Practice organizing and writing answers to questions you've developed.<br />
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