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Students' Perceptions Of Clinical Reasoning Development, Rebecca S. Jensen

Rebecca S Jensen

Scores on a survey measuring students’ perceptions of clinical reasoning skills were compared across a curriculum and across programs to determine if differences existed. Scores increased significantly from beginning to end of the curriculum; differences between programs, associate (AS) and baccalaureate (BS), were realized; and the survey discriminated among students in three different programs: AS, BS, and registered nurse to BS.

Nursing Student's Clinical Reasoning During Simulation, Rebecca S. Jensen

Rebecca S Jensen

Statement of problem While debriefing is considered essential for student understanding of the concepts embedded in a simulation, the measurement of clinical reasoning before and after debriefing has been minimally published. Students typically rate their performance as better than ratings by faculty, and the largest disparity is between self and faculty ratings for poorer performing students (Davis et al., 2006). Debriefing may be a method of attenuating students’ self-assessment by explicating their actions and reasoning during the simulation (Dreifuerst, 2012).

Hypotheses

1. There will be no difference in student self-ratings and lab personnel ratings of student performance during simulation using the …