The Effect of Evaluator Training on Inter- and Intrarater Reliability in High-Stakes Assessment in Simulation.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a training intervention in achieving inter- and intrarater reliability among faculty raters conducting high-stakes assessment of clinical performance in simulation.

Background: High-stakes assessment of simulation performance is being adopted in nursing education. However, limited research exists to guide best practices in training raters, which is essential to ensure fair and defensible assessment.

Interprofessional Education and Team-Based Learning in a Research Methods Course.

This article describes team-based pedagogical strategies for a hybrid, four-credit research methods course with students from nursing, exercise, and nutrition science. The research problem of concussion in football, a socially relevant and controversial topic, was used to explore interprofessional perspectives and develop shared problem solving. The course was designed using permanent teams, readiness assurance, application exercises, and peer evaluation to facilitate student achievement of competencies related to interprofessional collaboration and research application.

Curriculum evaluation. Using National League for Nursing accrediting commission standards and criteria.

Systematic curricular evaluation is essential to assure integrity of nursing programs.A holistic approach to evaluation using the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) Standards and Criteria provides a comprehensive perspective for nursing faculty and administrators.A conceptual framework illustrating the dynamic relationship of curricular context, content, and conduct is presented.

Nursing student caring behaviors during blood pressure measurement.

The purpose of this multisite, nonexperimental study was to examine, using a repeated measures design, the effects of a teaching intervention designed to promote caring behaviors as students learn the psychomotor skill of blood pressure measurement. Watson's theory of human caring and a combination of cognitive and connectionist learning theories were used as the organizing construct. Baccalaureate nursing student participants were videotaped and evaluated at two points in time while performing the psychomotor skill of blood pressure measurement on a role-player.