NCLEX/NGN Item Writer – Part-Time Contract
Job Description:
- Write new NCLEX-style questions for Baseline and Summative exams across nursing school courses
- Review and revise existing questions for clinical accuracy, clarity, difficulty, quality, and course-content alignment
- Develop NGN standalone items using varied NGN question types and formats
- Create clinically coherent scenarios assessing cue recognition, analysis, prioritization, decision-making, and evaluation
- Revise QBank questions based on beta testing results and editorial feedback
- Adjust item difficulty, address content gaps, and reduce unnecessary overlap or duplication
- Develop clear, accurate, educational rationales and appropriate answer options, scoring, or response structures
- Incorporate editorial and clinical feedback through final acceptance
- Follow Archer Review’s item-writing standards, style guidelines, workflows, and required content formats
- Help develop launch-ready nursing school assessment content for the Spring 2027 semester
Requirements:
- Demonstrated experience writing high-quality NCLEX-style nursing assessment items
- Strong experience with Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) item development
- Familiarity with multiple NGN item types, formats, and scoring structures
- Strong understanding of clinical judgment and ability to assess application and clinical reasoning rather than simple recall
- Ability to work across a range of nursing school course content and adjust question difficulty to the intended learner level
- Excellent written communication skills
- Exceptional attention to clinical accuracy, clarity, and detail
- Ability to independently incorporate feedback
- Ability to consistently meet established quality standards and deadlines
Benefits:
- Onboarding
- Item-writing standards and style guidance
- Assigned curriculum topics and lessons
- Beta testing feedback where applicable
- Platform support
- Ongoing editorial and clinical feedback
