Linking competency-based assessment to successful clinical practice

Competence is essential for health care professionals; graduates must meet the responsibilities associated with a particular position. At one community college, nursing faculty have used a competency-based approach to educate and evaluate associate degree nursing students. The nursing curriculum is...

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Published in:The Journal of nursing education 2006-09, Vol.45 (9), p.379-383
Main Author: Klein, Colleen J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Blood pressure
Clinical Competence - standards
Clinical medicine
Colleges & universities
Community colleges
Competency-Based Education - organization & administration
Course Content
Critical thinking
Curriculum - standards
Education, Nursing, Associate - organization & administration
Educational Measurement - methods
Educational Measurement - statistics & numerical data
Faculty, Nursing - organization & administration
Hospitals
Humans
Interactive learning
Licensure, Nursing - statistics & numerical data
Models, Educational
Models, Nursing
Nurse's Role
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing care
Nursing education
Nursing Education Research
Nursing Students
Nursing Theory
Program Evaluation
Psychiatric-mental health nursing
Skills
Students, Nursing
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Summary:Competence is essential for health care professionals; graduates must meet the responsibilities associated with a particular position. At one community college, nursing faculty have used a competency-based approach to educate and evaluate associate degree nursing students. The nursing curriculum is designed to allow for the inclusion of laboratory experiences for each nursing course and requires students to complete a clinical performance examination before advancing to the next level. The examination is designed as a clinical scenario with three to four responsibilities completed in random order. Critical elements developed by faculty are used to assess student competence. The increase in graduates' abilities to complete these skills has been valuable to both employers and graduates. Since 1992, with the implementation of a competency-based curriculum, the program's NCLEX-RN pass rates (98%) have been consistently above the national and state averages.
ISSN:0148-4834
1938-2421
DOI:10.3928/01484834-20060901-09