[Taiwan nursing student assessment of the value of a competence-based medical-surgical clinical performance examination model].

Background: Assessment of nursing student abilities with regard to competent nursing practice has played an important role in the clinical nursing education revolution.

Purpose: This study was designed to evaluate the value to Taiwanese BSN graduates of a competence-based clinical performance examination model for medical-surgical nursing.

Methods: Four semi-structured questions were used to explore the learning experience of 30 nursing students through their performance on a medical-surgical nursing clinical performance examination (CPE).