Assessing the Necessity of Final Exam at the End of the Undergraduate Nursing Course from the Point of View of Faculty Members and Students of Mashhad and Torbat Heydariyeh in 2016: A Short Report

While nursing graduates are directly involved in nursing, they are required to ensure that they have the necessary clinical competence. The aim of this study was to determine the necessity of final examination at the end of the undergraduate nursing course from the point of view of faculty members and students of Mashhad and Torbat Heydariyeh.

In this descriptive study, the viewpoints of 20 faculty members and 78 students were collected by semi-structure interview and reseacher made questionnaire in 2016. The results were reported as descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, number, percentage).

Seventeen faculty members (88.20%) considered final nursing exam necessary and 41 students (52.91%) did not consider the existing evaluation to be sufficient.

It seems that paying attention to planning in order to change the current process of clinical evaluations and conducting comprehensive standard tests can enhance the nursing students' knowledge and skills