Although examinations have been the traditional method for evaluation of learning outcomes, a variety of alternate evaluation methods are now used, predominantly in graduate education and increasingly in undergraduate education. Written for nurse educators, this book is unique in its provision of rigorous rubrics to promote objective grading. It examines a variety of alternative evaluation methods, discusses how to design them, and best practices for using them.
The book comprehensively addresses the evaluation of learning outcomes, examines different types of assignments and teaching strategies, and tracks the development of grading rubrics. It describes how to design effective assignments for evaluation, and examines in detail specific evaluation methods including best practices for their use and exemplar analytic scoring rubrics. Evaluation methods covered include papers, presentations, concept maps, case studies, and portfolios, and others.
Key Features:
Provides rigorous rubrics for objective grading
Describes best practices for a variety of teaching/learning strategies
Includes guidelines for writing clear assignment descriptions
Discusses papers, presentations, concept maps, case studies, portfolios, and more
Author Biography:
Robin Donohoe Dennison, DNP, APRN, CCNS, CEN, CNE, is Dean, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program for Chamberlain College of Nursing and President, Robin Dennison Presents, Inc. She is an experienced clinician in the critical care arena and has taught for over 35 years. She has published widely and delivered numerous local, national, and international presentations (American Association of College of Nursing, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Society of CNS Education, STT International, NACNS). Dr. Dennison has been actively involved with her company running certification review workshops for PCCN and CCRN certification. Three of her 'Pass CCRN !'books have received AJN Book of the Year awards. She has also contributed to industry journals including Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, American Nurse Today, American Journal of Nursing and Nursing Clinics of North America and recently guest edited an issue of Nursing Clinics of North America on the Future of Advanced Practice Nursing. Dr. Dennison is actively involved in a multitude of professional organizations, including STT International, Society of CNS Education (Vice President and Founding Member), NACNS, NLN, KNA, ANA, and AACCN, among others.
John Rosselli, MS, RN, FNP-BC, CNE, is the Director (Interim) of the Nurse Educator Program and Instructor at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C, USA. He is currently a PhD candidate at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. Since 2007, Mr. Rosselli has taught in both undergraduate and graduate levels at Georgetown University, USA. His teaching course load has included Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Nursing, Technology in Teaching, undergraduate Health Assessment and Clinical Nurse Competencies, Advanced Health Assessment, Advanced Concepts of Pharmacology and Professional Aspects of the Advanced Practice Nurse. He currently serves on the Certified Nurse Educator Test Development Committee at the National League for Nursing.
Anita Dempsey, PhD, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, is Assistant Professor at Wright State University in Dayton, OH, USA and Director of the Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program developed through a joint appointment with the Dayton VA Medical Center. She is an experienced clinician, has taught nursing since 1986, has published six peer-reviewed articles, and has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences. Dr. Dempsey's topics focus on the scholarship of teaching and learning, professional issues, mental health issues including relationship between ADHD & Obesity, safety, mental health simulation and mental health services in disasters. She is active in the International Society of Psychiatric Nurses (ISPN), currently chairs the annual conference planning committee.
