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Standardized Predictive Testing: Practices, Policies, And Outcomes, Lisette Barton, Pamela Willson, Rae Langford, Barbara Schreiner Dec 2014

Standardized Predictive Testing: Practices, Policies, And Outcomes, Lisette Barton, Pamela Willson, Rae Langford, Barbara Schreiner

Administrative Issues Journal

The aims of this study were to describe current policy practice related to the use of the HESI™ Exit Exam in schools of nursing and to determine which policies result in higher HESI Exit Scores. Deans and directors of nursing schools that administered Elsevier HESI Exit Exam to students during the 2010 academic year were queried. Data were collected regarding students’ HESI Exit Exam results, national nursing licensure examination outcomes, and the schools’ standardized testing policies. A stratified random sample of schools and a total of 5438 student records were obtained, 3084 from Associate Degree (AD) and 2354 from Baccalaureate …


Unravelling The Complexities Of Nursing Students' Feedback On The Clinical Learning Environment: A Mixed Methods Approach, Yenna Salamonson, Bronwyn Everett, Elizabeth J. Halcomb, Marie Hutchinson, Debra Jackson, Judy Mannix, Kathleen Peters, Roslyn Weaver Jan 2014

Unravelling The Complexities Of Nursing Students' Feedback On The Clinical Learning Environment: A Mixed Methods Approach, Yenna Salamonson, Bronwyn Everett, Elizabeth J. Halcomb, Marie Hutchinson, Debra Jackson, Judy Mannix, Kathleen Peters, Roslyn Weaver

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

Background Clinical placement is an essential part of nursing education, and students' experiences on clinical placement can affect the quality of their learning. Understanding nursing students' positive and negative perceptions of clinical placement experience is therefore important. Objectives To describe nursing students' satisfaction with their clinical placement experiences and identify any variations in satisfaction based on demographic characteristics. Design Mixed methods - online survey with qualitative items. Setting Four universities in Australia. Participants Students (n = 213) enrolled in an undergraduate nursing degree. Methods Between 2010 and 2012, students completed online surveys following their clinical placement experiences. The surveys included …