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Undergraduate Students as Standardized Patients to Assess Advanced Practice Nursing Student Competencies

Richardson, Luann PhD, RN; Resick, Lenore PhD, RN; Leonardo, Maureen MN, RN; Pearsall, Catherine PhD, RN

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Nurse Educator 34(1):p 12-16, January 2009. | DOI: 10.1097/01.NNE.0000343397.26695.89

Abstract

Evaluating clinical skills of students in an online distance education program can be challenging because of the diverse location of students. The authors describe a unique and cost-efficient method of using standardized patients to evaluate these skills. The project involved undergraduate students representing standardized patients for graduate advanced practice nurse students.

© 2009 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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