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Book Detail
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Assessment and Supervision in Clinical Practice:
A Guide for Nurses, Midwives and other Health Professionals
Stuart, Ci Ci
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Category: Nursing: Administration & Management Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Imprint: Churchill Livingstone Affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Dimensions: 9.6 x 0.7 x 7.4 in
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Synopsis:
This book will address the needs of clinical assessors and preceptors who have to perform competent and quality assessments so that they may make fair, safe and sound assessment decisions. Assessment of clinical practice is by no means straightforward and this book will prepare practitioners for this process both practically and theoretically. It will address the key concepts of assessment; how to do it using the range of assessment methods within the continuous assessment process to achieve validity and reliability. It will include the assessment of competence in the professions using a competency-based model. It will also address underpinning issues such as legal and ethical aspects, and the policy context including subject review and clinical governance. OUTSTANDING FEATURES First text to concentrate on the assessment of clinical competence Reflects the importance of clinical assessment within the new pre-reg curriculum Links to clinical governance and the importance of reliable and quality decisions about clinical competence Extensive use Activities and scenarios Relevant for both nursing and midwifery as well as NVQ assessors
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