title: Failure to fail: assessing nursing students' competence during practice placements.
abstract: The aim of this article is to provide a critical overview of the issues relating to the reluctance of registered nurses or mentors to fail students in their competencies and to identify possible causes for this at the practice level.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, London Chest Hospital, Barts and the London Trust, London. krzysztof_rutkowski@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rutkowski
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004282:Documentation; D004521:Educational Measurement; D008611:Mentors; D013338:Students, Nursing