Nursing students' experiences of assessment by the Swedish National Clinical Final Examination

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Lilja Andersson, PetraLund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper,Medicinska fakulteten,Department of Health Sciences,Faculty of Medicine,Department of Health Science, Lund university,Lund Univ, Dept Hlth Sci, Lund, Sweden. (författare)

The Swedish National Clinical Final Examination (NCFE) was established in 2007 in order to examine nursing students' clinical competence upon completing their Bachelor's degree in nursing. The NCFE constitutes an innovative method of examination, divided into two parts: a written and bedside test. The aim of this study was to evaluate nursing students' experiences of being assessed by means of the NCFE, in order to obtain information that could be used to improve the examination. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire with open-ended questions concerning the written and the bedside part of the NCFE. The answers from 577 third-year nursing students were analysed using content analysis. The nursing students regarded the NCFE as promoting further learning and as an important means of quality assurance. Its comprehensive nature was perceived to tie the education together and contributed to the students' awareness of their own clinical competence. The strengths of the NCFE especially highlighted were its high degree of objectivity and the fact that it took place in a natural setting. However, the students felt that the NCFE did not cover the entire nursing programme and that it caused stress. It thus appears to be important to reconsider the written theoretical part of the examination and to standardise the bedside part. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Ahlner-Elmqvist, MarianneLund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper,Medicinska fakulteten,Department of Health Sciences,Faculty of Medicine,Department of Health Sciences, Lund University,Lund Univ, Dept Hlth Sci, Lund, Sweden.(Swepub:lu)oron-mah (författare)
Johansson, Unn-BrittSophiahemmet Högskola,Karolinska Institutet,Sophiahemmet University College, Stockholm,Sophiahemmet Univ Coll, Stockholm, Sweden.;Karolinska Inst, Dept Clin Sci, Danderyd Hosp, Div Med, Stockholm, Sweden.(Swepub:shh)unnbrittjo (författare)
Larsson, Maria,1968-Karlstads universitet,Avdelningen för omvårdnad,Karlstad Univ, Dept Nursing, Karlstad, Sweden.(Swepub:kau)marilars (författare)
Ziegert, Kristina,1957-Högskolan i Halmstad,Centrum för forskning om välfärd, hälsa och idrott (CVHI),School of Social and Health Sciences, Halmstad University, Halmstad(Swepub:hh)krzi (författare)
Institutionen för hälsovetenskaperMedicinska fakulteten (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Nurse Education Today: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE33:5, s. 536-5400260-69171532-2793

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