Nursing Education Guidelines

Nursing Education
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Reliability and validity apply in every aspect of nursing education, especially the assessment component. Gareis and Grant (2015) indicate that validity concerns the appropriateness or truthfulness of assessment-based decisions, while reliability focuses on the result’s dependability. Nurse educators should ensure their tests meets these expectations to ensure students receive appropriate learning throughout a course.
Achieving validity and reliability in tests requires nurse educators to follow specific guidelines considering all the objectives covered in a course. Gareis and Grant (2015) reveal that teachers should maintain the end of their class in mind while drafting the plans for the lessons that precede these tests. Once they incorporate appropriately written objectives, it becomes straightforward to determine the approach for the assessment and development of the test (Cooper et al., 2014). On the other hand, vigilantly planning the lessons informs the validity of the evaluation. Besides these two approaches, the educator can solicit the input of their colleagues to review their ...