The second component of this question was open-ended and asked the participants to provide the “passing” percentage
grade to be achieved on the examination. Of those participants that chose to respond the breakdown was as follows:
passing percentage grade varied between 70-100%. The individual responses were: 4.5% (N=10) required between
70-79%, 21.9% (N=49) required between 80-89%, 43.8% (N=98) required between 90-99% and 29.5% (N=66) required
100% on the medication calculation exam in order to “pass.” Sixteen participants did not answer this item. Two
respondents provided narrative information indicating that the passing percentage grade varied based upon the nursing
students academic level in the program.