Evaluating Nursing Students, performance with on Objective Structured Clinical Examination

  Considering the importance and   necessity of  conducting valid exam to evaluate the practical skills of nursing  also advantages of the nursing  process  but no reviewing this process in clinical evaluation  this study has been done to investigate the feedback and performance of nursing students in the evaluation of Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) based on the nursing process in 2019.

 This study was conducted on 35 nursing students in their sixth  semester which were selected by consensus method in Neyshabour university of medical sciences.Design of the OSCE stations  was based on nursing processes. Data collection tools were a questionnaire of students’ feedback to the OSCE test and a researcher- made checklist for reviewing performance. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, T-test and Pearson correlation through SPSS.

% 68.6 of students received the overall score of the OSCE test at a good level. The lowest mean score (7.39 ± 3.41) was related to the nursing diagnosis station and the highest mean (19.21 ± 0.97) was related to the vital signs station. The minimum overall score of the test was 10.70 and the maximum total score was 17.75. . Most students (58.6%) find this test a useful practical experience , It is a good measuring clinical skills scale for 61.5%,   60% of students considered this a better diagnostic method to find out their weaknesses in clinical , 62.9% consider it an opportunity to learn more, 54.3% considered participating in this test as strengthening their self-confidence . While this test was a stressful experience for 77% of students

The findings of this study show the positive feedback of most students on this test and the importance of nursing processes in increasing the quality of nursing care. Therefore, it is recommended to use this method in evaluating the clinical skills of nursing students.