This study was undertaken in response to concerns raised by Duffy (2003) that assessors of
practice were reluctant to fail student nurses in assessments. This generated doubts about …

Aims The aim of this study was to identify existing tools that purport to measure clinical
nursing competence through the use of a systematic literature review to consider the …

The purpose of this study was to compare the experiences of three groups of undergraduate
student nurses on the quality of clinical education over time. The study is part of a …

Assessing practice of student nurses: methods, preparation of assessors and student views
Aims. To describe the methods of measuring progress in achieving competence of …

Purpose: A rigorous process of collaboration among multilingual and multicultural nursing
faculties throughout Switzerland to define optimized learning goals for clinical assessment …

råholm m‐b., hedegaard bl, löfmark a. & slettebøå.(2010) Nursing education in Denmark,
Finland, Norway and Sweden–from Bachelor's Degree to PhD. Journal of Advanced Nursing …

Background Workplace-based learning and assessment are essential elements of all
nursing education programs. There is, however, limited evidence of validity and reliability …

Background Clinical examinations have a distinct focus, the overall aim being to
demonstrate through action whether nursing students have acquired the knowledge and …

The purpose of this study was to compare the experiences of a group of Swedish and two
Finnish groups of student nurses (n= 86) on the quality of clinical education over time. The …

This paper reports findings from a study funded by the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery
and Health Visiting for Scotland to test selected nursing and midwifery clinical competence …