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Future Directions in Knowledge Development The knowledge base to guide nursing practice and healthcare has expanded dramatically in the past two decades in a number of regions of the world. As a critical mass of doctorly prepared nurses has built major research programs focused on priority nursing and health problems in their countries, substantiated bodies … Read more

Content of Doctoral Education Unsteady foundations and Uncertain futures A doctoral program is a preparation in research. All are agreed on this. However, in a changing world there are perhaps grounds for reflecting on what this means. There is a sense in which this means training to be a researcher. In the past, the student … Read more

Implications for Doctoral Preparation in Nursing It will be clear from the previous section that there are a number of trends confronting nursing in the new millennium.  They are issues that are relevant to the profession as a whole. However, the matter of how we address these issues is of vital importance. The decisions made … Read more

Trends That Will Affect Doctoral Education Questions Begged About the Nature of Education What is good about doctoral education? What is bad about doctoral education? How will doctoral preparation evolve in the future? These questions are amenable to comparatively simple answers. Yet these are questions that have been posed before, certainly over some decades in … Read more

Substance of Doctoral Education In Nursing In addressing this, it is necessary to consider the context within which such education takes place and the wider emerging trends that may influence future directions. We have identified three issues: the content of doctoral programs; the context within which they develop; and nursing as the field of study … Read more

What Is Students Grading In Nursing Education The teacher’s assessment of students provides the basis for assigning a grade for the course. The grade is a symbol reflecting the achievement of students in that course. In addition to grading the course as a whole, grades are given for individual assignments, quizzes, tests, and other learning … Read more

Interpreting of  Tests Scores Is Made? As a measurement tool, a test results in a score—a number. A number, however, has no intrinsic meaning and must be compared with something that has meaning to interpret its significance. For a test score to be useful for making decisions about the test, the teacher must interpret the … Read more

Issues Related To Testing, Grading and Other Evaluation Concepts Social, Ethical and Legal Issues Educational testing and assessment have grown in use and importance for students in general and nursing students in particular over the last decade. One only has to read the newspapers and watch television to appreciate the prevalence of testing and assessment … Read more

What is Clinical Evaluation In Nursing Education After establishing a framework for evaluating students in clinical practice and exploring one’s own values, attitudes, and biases that may influence evaluation, the teacher identifies a variety of methods for collecting data on student performance. Clinical evaluation methods are strategies for assessing learning outcomes in clinical practice. That … Read more

Clinical Practice and Clinical Evaluation What is Clinical Evaluation Nursing as a practice discipline requires development of higher level cognitive skills, values, and psychomotor and technological skills for care of patients across settings. Acquisition of knowledge alone is not sufficient; Professional education includes a practice dimension in which students develop competencies for care of patients … Read more