Development and Implementation of a Capstone Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Nurse Practitioner and Nurse-Midwifery Programs.
Determining when advanced practice registered nurse students are safe and competent for beginning-level practice is challenging. This article describes the development and testing of a capstone objective structured clinical examination designed to evaluate the practice readiness of students enrolled in the family, adult-gerontology, women's health nurse practitioner, and nurse-midwifery tracks. Lessons learned from this process and how they were used to enhance the curricula are discussed.
Author Affiliations: Clinical Associate Professor (Drs Benbenek and Dierich); Professor (Drs Wyman and Avery); Associate Professor, retired (Dr Juve), University of Minnesota, School of Nursing; and Director, Interprofessional Education and Resource Center/AHC Simulation Center (Dr Miller), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Mary
M
Benbenek
Mary
M
Dierich
Jean
J
Wyman
Melissa
M
Avery
Catherine
C
Juve
Jane
J
Miller
D002983:Clinical Competence; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000193:education*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D015402:Nursing Education Research