Nursing teacher evaluation tools

This was in 92 and I don't think there are many more nurse scientists who are an expert in this area now. The sad part is that we have so many nurse educators and the evaluation tools being utilized may not be supported by research.

Any comments or information would be appreciated as this is a very strong interest of mine. I developed my own clinical evaluation and faculty evaluation tools. Some are good and some are not Feb 19, Mar 29, I have been searching for a clinical teaching evaluation tool! Thank you so much- do you have a citation for this so I can credit it appropriately? Sign In Register Now! Search Search.

Specialties Educators. Teaching Evaluation Tool Posted Sep 16, Poster presentation. The mean self-rating of skill proficiency. Hensel, D. The QSEN attitudes were internalized to varying degrees.

Book: Quality and Safety in Nursing, 3rd Edition. Do the pediatric clinical and simulation settings offerthe opportunity to practice the six competencies set forth byQSEN initiative? The mean self-rating of skill proficiency 2. Psychometric evaluation of the Nursing Quality and Safety Self- Inventory: A self-report measure of nursing quality and safety- Poster presentation.

To develop and instrument to measure nursing quality knowledge, skills and attitudes for practicing pediatric nurses. Bradley, K. Davies champions the use of self-evaluation, suggesting it can be both formal and informal and does not always need to involve completing templates or forms. Despite its advocates, self-evaluation can be controversial and causes much debate Lord, A major concern is whether people are able to recognise their own areas of weakness.

Self-appraisal bias is known to exist and research by Kruger and Dunning has found that less competent people often have great difficulty evaluating themselves accurately and sometimes overestimate their competence. Clearly, these factors have serious implications for the use of self-evaluation, but self-evaluation does have its place within nurse education and is regularly used in higher education DeStephano et al, Peer evaluation can be formal or informal and involves a nurse educator being observed and evaluated by a colleague or peer Hughes and Quinn, Many variations of peer evaluation are used in education, depending on the formality of the process and the relationship between the two parties.

For example, it can involve being evaluated by a peer of equal status or a more senior colleague, such as head of department or team leader DeStephano et al, ; findings from one such review process are outlined in Box 2. Mager et al stated that peer evaluation would traditionally involve observation by a senior colleague and would typically be very stressful. It is also questionable whether an evaluation completed during a single pre-arranged visit can be representative of how a nurse educator usually practices Mager et al, Bennett et al evaluated a paired peer review process using both paper and online feedback forms with 20 university nurse teachers in Australia.

The teachers were paired randomly and went through a reciprocal peer evaluation process. Results were promising, with many participants describing the experience as:. Participants also thought the process would improve their delivery and planning of teaching Bennett et al, It is unclear, however, whether participants amended their teaching practice as a consequence of the paired peer review process.

Given the strengths and limitations of the different evaluation methods, a more integrated approach to evaluation may be more effective. DeStephano et al investigated the acceptability of degree multisource evaluation within nurse education. Their small-scale study integrated different evaluation methods, including self, peer, student, and module leader.

Overall, the multisource approach appears acceptable to nurse educators and is a sensible option for those keen to develop their practice DeStephano et al, However, while there are advantages to using multiple evaluation methods it is important nurse educators do not over-evaluate their teaching practice. This means nurse educators need to use evaluation methods sparingly and strategically to avoid monotony and to ensure high-quality feedback is maintained Stead, Recent changes mean all nurses and midwives are now required to revalidate with the NMC every three years.

This involves meeting a range of responsibilities, including:. All nurse educators now need to consider how to meet their revalidation requirements if they wish to maintain their NMC registration. Nurses in education and clinical settings are often required to deliver education and training, so it is important to evaluate their practice and assess the quality of their work as educators.

No evaluation method is perfect, and an integrated multisource approach is recommended. This will help overcome some of the reliability and validity issues associated with individual evaluation methods Mager et al, and is likely to lead to improved practice. Nurse educators are encouraged to consider using evaluation methods to help review their practice, gain feedback on performance and improve the quality of education.

In addition, using different evaluation methods in their education practice can provide evidence of practice-related feedback, and be used to generate written reflective accounts and in the reflective discussion required for revalidation. Sign in or Register a new account to join the discussion. You are here: Nurse educators.