Author:
Conner Ruthie,Cormack Carrie,Fowler Terri,Durham Cathy
Abstract
Background:
This article describes one school of nursing's successful approach to augmenting Doctor of Nursing Practice students' diagnostic and clinical reasoning skills.
Method:
Faculty convened a taskforce to evaluate the current clinical tracking system to expand the clinical log and develop a formative assessment tool.
Results:
The clinical log enhancement allowed faculty to assess students' learning, clinical decision making, and readiness for clinical progression throughout the program.
Conclusion:
The expansion of the clinical log system resulted in students' heightened understanding of documentation and clinical practice, and also allowed faculty to comprehensively assess students in diagnostic and clinical reasoning.
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J Nurs Educ
. 2023;62(2):109–111.]
Subject
Education,General Nursing