title: Use of the professional nurse case study as a method to earn credit in an RN to BSN program.
abstract: This article describes the author's experience in developing a professional nurse case study as a means of allowing registered nurse students enrolled in a baccalaureate degree nursing program to satisfy the clinical requirement at a public institution in New Jersey. The author used a survey to assess the lower level competencies of their RN students. In addition, a survey was mailed to the BSN graduates who completed the program within the past five years to determine if they would have selected an alternative to the clinical examination. Results showed that the PNCS could validate prior learning of basic nursing competencies for RNs returning to obtain a BSN degree.
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009515:New Jersey; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009737:Nursing Records; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods