Submitter Information

Author: JoAnn Mulready-Shick, EdD, RN, CNE
Title: Undergraduate Nursing Program Director
Institution: University of Massachusetts- Boston
Email: joann.mulreadyshick@umb.edu

Competency Category(s)
Evidence-Based Practice, Informatics, Patient-Centered Care, Quality Improvement, Safety, Teamwork and Collaboration

Learner Level(s)
Pre-Licensure ADN/Diploma, Pre-Licensure BSN

Learner Setting(s)
Clinical Setting

Strategy Type
General Strategy

Learning Objectives

This tool may be utilized to evaluate students in the clinical setting.  Examples for the first clinical experience and the final clinical experience are included.  This tool incorporates beginner level KSAs for all QSEN competencies for the first Clinical Evaluation Tool (#1 Freshmen Level)   and incorporates advanced level KSAs for all QSEN competencies for the second Clinical Evaluation Tool (#2 SEnior Level)

Strategy Overview

These clinical evaluation tools were created from a number of sources. First, to enhance reliability and performance ratings, a variation of the rating scale as published by S.D. Holaday and K. M. Buckley, A Standardized Clinical Evaluation Toolkit: Improving Nursing Education and Practice, was employed. Second, the ANA Standards of Practice criteria for Professional Behaviors. Third, faculty determined the most relevant QSEN competencies to include in clinical evaluation. The tool was piloted in 2009 and minor modifications have been made subsequently based on faculty feedback.

Submitted Materials

123.Clinical-Evaluation-Tool-1-Freshmen-Level.doc
123.Clinical-Evaluation-Tool-2-Senior-Level.doc

Additional Materials

Evaluation Description

Faculty inter-rater reliability has improved through faculty development sessions and use of role plays of different scenarios for rating clinical performance with each tool.   Additional tools for intermediate level courses are also available.