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. 2023 Feb;62(2):109-111.
doi: 10.3928/01484834-20220912-10. Epub 2022 Oct 27.

Enhancing Doctor of Nursing Practice Students' Diagnostic and Clinical Reasoning Skills

Enhancing Doctor of Nursing Practice Students' Diagnostic and Clinical Reasoning Skills

Ruthie Conner et al. J Nurs Educ. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

Background: This article describes one school of nursing's successful approach to augmenting Doctor of Nursing Practice students' diagnostic and clinical reasoning skills.

Method: Faculty convened a taskforce to evaluate the current clinical tracking system to expand the clinical log and develop a formative assessment tool.

Results: The clinical log enhancement allowed faculty to assess students' learning, clinical decision making, and readiness for clinical progression throughout the program.

Conclusion: The expansion of the clinical log system resulted in students' heightened understanding of documentation and clinical practice, and also allowed faculty to comprehensively assess students in diagnostic and clinical reasoning. [J Nurs Educ. 2023;62(2):109-111.].

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