title: Undergraduate students as standardized patients to assess advanced practice nursing student competencies.
abstract: Evaluating clinical skills of students in an online distance education program can be challenging because of the diverse location of students. The authors describe a unique and cost-efficient method of using standardized patients to evaluate these skills. The project involved undergraduate students representing standardized patients for graduate advanced practice nurse students.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA. richardson@duq.edu
authors.forename: Luann
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Lenore
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Resick
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leonardo
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pearsall
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D020375:Education, Distance; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D016544:Patient Simulation; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing