TITLE:
Research on the Reform and Practice of “Basic Nursing Skills Practice” Course Assessment
AUTHORS:
Zhuoqing Wu, Hong Zhou, Aiping Gong, Liping Li, Fang Peng
KEYWORDS:
Basic Nursing Skills, Nursing Education, Assessment Mechanism, Reform, Curriculum
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.13 No.6,
June
14,
2023
ABSTRACT: Objective: “Basic Nursing Skills Practice” is a key
course connecting classroom and clinical teaching in nursing specialty
teaching. Nursing practice ability is one of the core abilities of nurse
practitioners. Therefore, the teaching quality of this course is directly
related to the quality of nursing work. To improve the teaching quality of
practical course, the assessment reform of the “Basic Nursing Skills Practice”
course was carried out among the nursing undergraduates to explore a reasonable
and fair assessment mechanism. Method: In the assessment of “Basic Nursing
Skills Practice” course, the assessment
included individual skill operation assessment, virtual simulation assessment and team comprehensive skill assessment. The assessment proportion was adjusted
from 100% for the final examination to 50% for the middle and final examinations respectively. The assessment method was changed from individual skills assessment at the end of the term to a combination of individual skills assessment at the midterm and virtual
simulation assessment and team skills assessment at the end of the term.
The method has changed from summative evaluation to a combination of formative
evaluation and summative evaluation, and self-made questionnaire was used to
investigate the effect. Results: After implementing the assessment reform,
86.84% of the students were satisfied with the assessment reform, and the
percentage of students with scores above 80 reached 100%. The
highest score is 93.0, while the lowest score is 83.0, and the average score
was 88.0. Conclusions: High satisfaction of students with basic nursing skills
examination reform promoted the learning effectiveness and professional
emotions, cultivated comprehensive quality and ability, promoted the
realization of talent training objectives.