ACHIEVEMENT ON THE HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND TEACHING PERFORMANCE EXAMINATIONS OF THE NEW YORK REGENTS COLLEGE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM BY TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS.
Contributors: Columbia University. Teachers College.
Published: 1989
Number of pages: 129
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Tests and Measurements.; Education, Adult and Continuing.
Description: The purpose of this study is to evaluate how students from traditional baccalaureate programs compare with Regents College Degree Nursing Program (RCDNP) students in achievement on the Health Assessment and Teaching Performance Examinations (HA and TPE).

The HA and TPE of the NYRCDNP is a five hour simulated performance examination that tests the students ability to do a health assessment and teaching of a basically well individual. The HA and TPE is a criterion reference evaluation tool with achievement measured by meeting all of the critical elements. Both the process and product of health assessment are tested.

The need for performance testing has become increasingly important. Outcomes of education are critical to a practice profession such as nursing. Competence and accountability of the new baccalaureate graduate are two issues that relate to performance.

The outcome of the study was to reject the Null Hypothesis since there was significant differences between the traditional and the RCDNP students in achievement on the HA and TPE. When taking it for course credit, there was more similarity among both groups of students.

The major implication brought out by the study is that there is a definite need for criterion-referenced performance evaluation in professional nursing education needed to increase competence at the baccalaureate level. Other outcomes for the use of the HA and TPE tool might be for staff development and continuing education.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-08, Section: B, page: 3397.

Thesis (ED.D.)--COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE, 1989.

School code: 0055.