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July/August 2018 - Volume 43 - Issue 4

  • Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
  • 0363-3624
  • 1538-9855
  • 6 issues / year
  • 1.372

Evaluation of student performance in clinical practice remains a challenge. It is often difficult to collect sufficient data on each student in a clinical group to rate their performance. Seldomridge and Walsh examined the presence of grade inflation in clinical courses 9 years after implementing strategies to improve grading precision. The results showed statistically lower grades after the interventions, suggesting some reduction in grade inflation but not to the extent anticipated. The authors provide practical suggestions for changing the way clinical experiences are planned and evaluated. Have you tried using examination wrappers? If not, be sure to read the article by Butzlaff et al. The authors used wrappers after each exam to help students reflect on their test performance. Using examination wrappers encouraged students to self-evaluate and adjust their study strategies. School counselors can influence career development among middle and high school students interested in nursing. Williams and Dickstein-Fischer examined 204 school counselors' perceptions about nursing and the types of secondary educational preparation that students needed for a career in nursing. Another article presents an educational model to increase the number and diversity of RN-BSN graduates in a rural community. If this is a goal in your school, don't miss reading this article. Prisons provide an ideal learning experience to prepare prelicensure nursing students. Bouchaud et al share results from a retrospective analysis of the perceptions and experiences of nursing students during their community clinical rotation in an all-male maximum security prison. You will enjoy reading that article and the other articles in this issue of the journal. ​

Marilyn H. Oermann, Editor-in-Chief

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Personal self-care should be an expectation of the professional nursing role. Dr. Ashcraft and faculty integrated curricular interventions to promote students’ self-care behaviors. She discusses her study in this video​. Although few statistically significant changes were found, findings indicate that changes were beginning to occur and self-care behaviors were not declining: the curricular interventions are having a positive impact on self-care behaviors in nursing students. Read the full article, too, to learn more about the curriculum strategies used in this nursing program to promote students’ self care.

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Any error made in health care can cause the health care provider to become a second victim. The role that nursing education can play in preventing nurses from becoming second victims has not been well explored. The authors conducted a study on the perceptions of recent BSN graduates about their preparation for medication administration, medication errors, and their personal experience with error making and second victimhood. Watch this video and read the article ​on this interesting study with implications for your curriculum.​
NNE_43.2_White.jpgAre you concerned about grade inflation in your nursing program? If you are, be sure to watch this video and read the article. The authors conducted a retrospective, comparative study on the effects of increasing objectivity of evaluation methods on grade inflation in a graduate nursing research course. Multiple-choice testing and increased precision in grading rubrics were added to the course. Outcome measures of student grade distributions for the course were measured pre/post course revision. Statistically significant reductions in grade distributions were observed after evaluation methods in the course were revised (U = 4575.0, P < .001).
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How should schools of nursing transition clinicians to nursing faculty? Learn how this school did it through a Junior Faculty Teaching Fellowship. In the video and article, the authors describe an innovative, collaborative program for supporting transition and development of critical skills for novice faculty. They share the format they used in the Fellowship for nursing faculty. Here is your chance to learn about the Junior Faculty Teaching Fellowship and the value of this experience to new nursing faculty.
NNE_43.2_Raymond.jpgResearchers who study nursing education often encounter difficulties when trying to recruit and retain nurse educator participants. In this video, Dr. Raymond-Seniuk discusses effective and ineffective sampling strategies and methods to increase the efficiency of the research process. Also read the article, which outlines the struggles and successes encountered with a mixed methods study that examined nurse educators’ critical thinking. The author shares insights and future recommendations for researchers in nursing education. The article is OPEN ACCESS so share it with other nurse educators.
NNE_43.2_Cockroft.jpg​As nurses provide more services in clients’ homes, nurse educators face challenges in preparing students for transitioning to the home setting. This video and article describe an innovative home visit simulation designed to prepare prelicensure nursing students for making home visits. Students apply nursing knowledge and critical thinking as they demonstrate skills related to assessment, communication, safety, and health education when caring for clients in their homes. Concepts from medical-surgical, pediatrics, maternity, psychiatric mental health, and public health nursing courses are integrated into the simulation.

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