TY - JOUR
T1 - Competency-based evaluation
T2 - Collaboration and consistency from academia to practice
AU - Jenkins-Weintaub, Edith
AU - Goodwin, Michal
AU - Fingerhood, Marianne
N1 - Funding Information:
The need to secure preceptors is ubiquitous across nursing schools, medical and physician-assistant programs, and all clinical professionals who must ensure appropriate clinical experiences to meet the workforce's needs (). discussed the challenge of creating sustainable clinical learning opportunities to address the challenge facing APRN education. The preceptors were involved in a longitudinal experience that included input into student placement and increased clarity of their responsibilities and that of the program faculty. The one area that was not improved, and has been a long-term challenge with clinical education, is the lack of support at the practice level. At the same time, meeting the needs of clinical preceptors through other means like free continuing education, adjunct faculty appointment, and formal recognition for career advancement is essential for optimizing APRN competency development (. stressed the importance of clinical placements for APRN students to develop competencies necessary for successful practice. Using evidence-based clinical practice guidelines helps to bridge the gap between clinical practice and academia ( described the establishment of academic service partnerships to increase the number of clinical placements for APRN students. The funded project through CMS provided financial support for practice sites to several levels of students, including PA and medical students who received priority placements. The competition for clinical sites often finds NP students lacking the critical hands-on education they need to be successful. Recruitment of preceptors involves increasing awareness of the role and establishing support from colleagues and administrators (). Schools of Nursing require faculty to have a patient practice to maintain national certification and clinical competency. Faculty clinical practice can also support establishing partnerships that enhance APRN learning opportunities (.
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PY - 2023/2/12
Y1 - 2023/2/12
N2 - Competency-based evaluation is not a new concept in nursing education. The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (AACN Essentials), published in 2021, and the NONPF Nurse practitioner Role Core Competencies (2022) have provided us with the most recent roadmap for curriculum development and student evaluation. Using these two national guidelines and the Standards for Quality Nurse practitioner Education (2022), we examined ways to unify curriculum and competency in clinical practice. Through a review of the available literature, the lack of standardization in evaluating competency in clinical practice was evident. A framework for evaluation was developed including concepts from other health care discipline competency models. This article presents the resulting evaluation of a tool across academia and practice. Clinical preceptors are an extension of the faculty and play a significant role in developing practice competencies in advanced practice nursing students. Providing preceptors with a comprehensive framework we derived from the already existing PRIME model, and which we use with simulated patients, allows for the evaluation of clinical competencies in a variety of clinical settings. Consistency of evaluation across settings assures the attainment of the competencies necessary to perform safely and effectively in the practice environment.
AB - Competency-based evaluation is not a new concept in nursing education. The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (AACN Essentials), published in 2021, and the NONPF Nurse practitioner Role Core Competencies (2022) have provided us with the most recent roadmap for curriculum development and student evaluation. Using these two national guidelines and the Standards for Quality Nurse practitioner Education (2022), we examined ways to unify curriculum and competency in clinical practice. Through a review of the available literature, the lack of standardization in evaluating competency in clinical practice was evident. A framework for evaluation was developed including concepts from other health care discipline competency models. This article presents the resulting evaluation of a tool across academia and practice. Clinical preceptors are an extension of the faculty and play a significant role in developing practice competencies in advanced practice nursing students. Providing preceptors with a comprehensive framework we derived from the already existing PRIME model, and which we use with simulated patients, allows for the evaluation of clinical competencies in a variety of clinical settings. Consistency of evaluation across settings assures the attainment of the competencies necessary to perform safely and effectively in the practice environment.
KW - Clinical competency
KW - competency evaluation
KW - nurse practitioner
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U2 - 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000830
DO - 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000830
M3 - Article
C2 - 36633928
AN - SCOPUS:85147879006
SN - 2327-6886
VL - 35
SP - 142
EP - 149
JO - Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
JF - Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
IS - 2
ER -