CLINICAL LEARNING ASSESSMENT OF NURSING STUDENTS

Abstract

Abstract

The clinical learning assessment is an important step in the process of preparing nursing students to be professional nurses that must be done properly. The aim of assessment is to obtain essential information for providing effective feedback to nursing students in order to enhance their nursing practice. This ensures quality and safety care. Learning outcome evaluations in clinical teaching for nursing students can be assessed both during and after clinical practices. The evaluations consist of observing students’ clinical practices, nursing conference, nursing care plan’s quality, clinical skills based on objective structured clinical examination, an examination after clinical practices and nurse mentors’ feedback. In clinical learning assessment, nurse lectures should do as follows: evaluating clinical learning directly related to learning objectives or learning outcomes, selecting quality instruments, retesting and continuing clinical learning assessment and concerning fairness and effectiveness. These assure that nursing students will gain required competencies and be ready to enter the nursing profession.