1. You are planning the clinical experience for your students this semester, and you want to give your students excellent feedback on their performances. Which of the following activities would help you meet that goal?

Keeping good notes to use as evidence when awarding the course grade
Talking with fellow faculty about their favorite ways to provide feedback
Speaking to students privately about how they worked with their patients for the day
Conducting an excellent post conference to clarify the pathophysiology of patients that students have cared for

2. You require students to write in a reflective journal after each clinical day. How can you use their journals to award a clinical grade?

Ask students to write about how their attitudes changed throughout the course.
Ask students to write about what they did each day to remind you of their progress by the end of the course.
Ask students to write about their feelings about caring for their patients throughout the course.
Ask students to write about how they met the learning outcomes by the end of the course.

3. Your curriculum committee is planning a major curriculum change, and you need to at least inform your state regulatory body, as well as your nursing accreditor. Why would these organizations need to be considered?

There would be financial aid problems for students if the state and accreditor do not approve.
Regulatory bodies and accreditation agencies might require that the school has sufficient funds to make a major curricular change.
Both regulatory bodies and accreditation agencies need to be informed of major curricular changes that could affect the interests of students and stakeholders.
Regulatory bodies would need to be informed of changes in clinical requirements, and accreditation bodies would need to be informed of any changes in outcomes and content.

4. You are deciding upon the method you will use to determine whether your students have achieved the clinical competencies you set for them in their women and children course. What type of assessment would be the most appropriate?

Formative assessment
Criterion-referenced assessment
Norm-referenced assessment
Summative assessment

5. Which of the following represents criterion-based assessment?

A student received a score of 89% on a reading comprehension standardized test.
A student receives a score of 825 on a NCLEX® preparation test.
A student had a grade point average of 3.15 after first semester.
A student performed a dressing change in the clinical simulation lab with 90% competency.