Assessment of student's achievement to the goals of the fundamental of nursing course

Nursing as a profession focuses on the provision of help to people to achieve the maximum health. Nursing education is crucial to supply the necessary work force to meet the needs of the society through educating and training efficient graduates. To ensure the achievement to this goal, there is a need to provide feedbacks on the results of education. The purpose of this research was to assess the achievement of nursing students to the goals of the fundamental of nursing course. To assess the cognitive domains related to of the course syllabus and objectives, multiple-choice questions were selected. To assess the psycho-motor domain, a set of skills using the Likert scale was devised. To assess the emotional domain, an attitudes’ questionnaire was developed. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data gathering. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used for data analysis. It was shown that in the cognitive domain (68.2%), emotional domain (71.4%) and psycho-motor domain (52.4%), the students were in a relatively condition good. None of the students were in the bad condition in the psycho-motor and cognitive domains. In addition, none of them was in the very good condition in the emotional domain. There is a need to the curriculum revision in order to meet students’ emotional needs during education. Opportunities should be provided for students to improve their knowledge and skills to reach the desired educational condition.