Development and Testing of an Instrument for Summative Assessment of Practical Skill Performance: A Generalizability Theory Approach.

Background And Purpose: Many newly graduated nurses lack proficiency in practical skill performance. Presently, nursing students' practical skill is assessed by summative instruments with overarching items. The purpose of this study was to develop a more detailed instrument to use in summative assessment of nursing students' practical skill performance and to assess its psychometric properties.

Improving the quality of nursing students' clinical placements in nursing homes: an evaluation study.

The aim of this study was to explore students' experiences during their clinical placements in five nursing homes after implementing measures to improve the learning environment. It is vital to stimulate more future nurses to consider a career within geriatric wards and nursing homes. One way to achieve this, is to enhance nursing students' learning experiences during clinical placements in these settings.

Nursing students' perceptions of their clinical learning environment in placements outside traditional hospital settings.

Aims And Objectives: To explore students' opinions of the learning environment during clinical placement in settings outside traditional hospital settings.

Background: Clinical placement experiences may influence positively on nursing students attitudes towards the clinical setting in question. Most studies exploring the quality of clinical placements have targeted students' experience in hospital settings.

From theoretical model to practical use: an example of knowledge translation.

Aim: To present a case of knowledge translation in nursing education and practice and discusses mechanisms relevant to bringing knowledge into action.

Background: The process of knowledge translation aspires to close the gap between theory and practice. Knowledge translation is a cyclic process involving both the creation and application of knowledge in several phases.