Abstract

Senior nursing students need a requisite level of preparedness to safely care for an acutely ill, complex patient once they graduate and become independent clinicians. This level of preparedness may be evaluated by measuring clinical judgment (CJ) with the Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric (LCJR). The LCJR contains 11 indicators that represent the actions and behaviors necessary for demonstrating CJ. Two methods of simulation, high fidelity patient simulation (HFPS) and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), replicate the healthcare environment so students may safely demonstrate clinical skills without harming an actual patient. The purposes of this study were to 1) explore the use of the LCJR in the OSCE setting, and 2) elicit and compare the number of LCJR indicators that occur in the HFPS and OSCE settings for senior baccalaureate nursing students. Two research questions were explored: 1) comparing the representation of indicators between the OSCE and a single HFPS and question 2) comparing the representation of indicators between the OSCE and two HFPSs.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10275632; ProQuest document ID: 1898830452. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Marlene W. Call, PhD

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Beta Omicron

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Other

Research Approach

Other

Keywords:

Clinical Judgment, Objective Structured Clinical Examination, High Fidelity Patient Simulation, Nursing Education

Advisor

Lori Anderson

Second Advisor

RuthAnne Kuiper

Third Advisor

Richard Campbell

Fourth Advisor

Elizabeth NeSmith

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Augusta University

Degree Year

2017

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None: Degree-based Submission

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Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2022-11-08

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