Implementing a clinical competency assessment model that promotes critical reflection and ensures nursing graduates’ readiness for professional practice
Nurse Education in PracticePublished 20 August 2010
Tracy Levett‐Jones, Jean Gersbach, Carol Arthur, Jan Roche
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The results of the SOAP approach supports the premise that quality clinical assessment requires nursing students' exposure to complex challenges undertaken in authentic clinical contexts, observed by registered nurses who are trained as assessors and have a strong educational and clinical background.
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The results of the SOAP approach supports the premise that quality clinical assessment requires nursing students' exposure to complex challenges undertaken in authentic clinical contexts, observed by registered nurses who are trained as assessors and have a strong educational and clinical background.
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