title: Implementation of Mock Competency Skill Assessments to Improve Student Outcomes.
abstract: A primary responsibility for nurse educators is to provide students with theoretical knowledge and clinical skills for professional nursing. In this study, laboratory faculty developed a creative pedagogical strategy to reduce nursing student stress during assessment of skill performance. Mock competencies were structured so that students participated in peer-to-peer evaluations in simulated competency assessments. The purpose of this study was to determine whether this pedagogical strategy had an impact on first-round pass rates for skills competency assessments.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Professor (Dr Payne), Lecturer (Ms Ziegler), Lecturer (Ms Baughman), Associate Professor (Dr Jones), WellStar School of Nursing, Kennesaw State University, Georgia.
authors.forename: Camille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: M Penny
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ziegler
authors.forename: Diana M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Baughman
authors.forename: Jackie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010379:Peer Group; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*