Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10316487 | Nurse Education Today | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Making the decision to pass or to fail a nursing student is difficult for nurse educators, yet one that all educators face at some point in time. To make this decision, nurse educators draw from their past experiences and personal reflections on the situation. Using the qualitative method of critical incident technique, the authors asked educators to describe a time when they had to make a decision about whether to pass or fail a student in the clinical setting. The findings describe student and faculty factors important in clinical evaluation decisions, demonstrate the benefits of reflective practice to nurse educators, and support the utility of critical incident technique not only as research methodology, but also as a technique for reflective practice.
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Authors
Jacqueline Kayler DeBrew, Lynne Porter Lewallen,