Elizabeth Anne Young

Name:

Elizabeth Anne Young

Title:

Professor

Department:

College of Nursing - Houston

Phone:

713-794-2109

Email address:

eyoung@twu.edu

Description of research activities: Research activities center in two major areas:  Educational Testing and End of Life issues. In terms of educational testing, I have served as the principal investigator on two studies examining the predictive validity of the Health Education Systems Incorporated (HESI) Exit Exam (E²) and its ability to predict nursing student passage of the NCLEX-RN, the licensure examination for registered nurses.  Additionally, I have supervised six dissertations examining attributes of the HESI E².  End of life issues are a second area research interest involving studies on oncology nurses attitudes regarding assisted suicide, family presence during resuscitation, intensive care nurses experiences with end life care, and advance care planning.  

Keywords: Educational Testing, HESI Exit Examination, Predicting NCLEX Success, End of Life Care, Family Presence during Resuscitation, Advance Care Planning