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
Kh. Miri[1], M. Bahrami[2], H. Sabeghi[3], S.R. Mazlom[4]
Received: 17/04/2018 Sent for Revision: 09/06/2018 Received Revised Manuscript: 14/07/2018 Accepted: 16/07/2018
Background and Objectives: 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.
Materials and Methods: 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).
Results: Seventeen faculty members (88.20%) considered final nursing exam necessary and 41 students (52.91%) did not consider the existing evaluation to be sufficient.
Conclusion: 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.
Key words: Final exam, Students, Nursing, Torbat Heydariyeh
Funding: This research was funded by Research Committee of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences approved the study (IR.THUMS.REC.1395.22).
How to cite this article: Miri Kh, Bahrami M, Sabeghi S, Mazlom SR. 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.
J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2018; 17 (6): 587-94. [Farsi]
[1]- PhD Student of Nursing, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, ORCID: 0000-0002-8090-2420.
[2]- Instructor, Dept. of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Birjand School of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran, ORCID: 0000-0001-5569-7704.
(Corresponding Author) Tel: (056) 32381443, Fax: (056) 32430076, Email: bahramim@bums.ac.ir
[4]- Instructor, Dept. of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Mashhad School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, ORCID: 0000-0001-6722-8411.