Assessment of student nurses in practice: A comparison of theoretical and practical assessment results in England

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-355

  Hunt, Louise A ^a   McGee, Paula ^a   Gutteridge, Robin ^b   Hughes, Malcolm ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Educational measurement; Failure to fail; Professional competence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; NURSING THEORY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84859651492     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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