Previous edition AJN 2020 Book of the Year!With expert, comprehensive guidance on the assessment and evaluation of student learning in multiple settings, this award-winning text remains the gold standard in this sphere of nursing education. The seventh edition incorporates the latest changes in the field and presents a new chapter on developing test components that prepare students for the Next Generation NCLEX, including descriptions and illustrations of the novel item types.The resource presents an expanded discussion on assessment of higher-level learning and clinical judgment, new content on assessment of competencies, examples of new item types in all chapters, updated information on online testing, more in-depth explanations of how to analyze and score NGN items with examples, and new content on evaluating students in online nursing programs. Also unique to this edition is practical advice on developing test blueprints and creating all types of test components including NCLEX-type items and the Next Generation NCLEX.The text continues to present fundamental measurement and evaluation concepts to aid current and future nurse educators in designing, critiquing, and employing pertinent test and evaluation tools along with guidance for evaluating instructor and program effectiveness. It also examines key social, ethical, and legal issues associated with testing and evaluation, including prevention of cheating and designing academic policies for testing, grading, and progression. Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers.New to the Seventh Edition:Discussion of competencies for assessmentNew chapter on developing test questions and other components preparing students for the Next Generation NCLEXIn-depth explanations of how to analyze and score NGN items with examples and exhibitsExamples of test items in each chapterStrategies for assessing higher-level learning and clinical judgmentUpdated content for online testingNew content on evaluating students in online nursing programsKey Features:Discusses assessment of competenciesPresents strategies for evaluating higher-level cognitive skills and clinical judgmentDescribes how to develop test blueprints and assemble, administer, write, and analyze testsProvides guidelines for writing all types of test items including Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)Includes explanations of how to analyze and score NGN items with examples and exhibitsDetails how to evaluate written assignments with sample scoring rubricsIncludes extensive instructor resources including sample syllabus, course modules, learning activities, discussion questions, online resources, PowerPoints, and more

All the information you need in one textbook!This all-inclusive text for Nurse Educators delivers comprehensive, evidence-based guidance on the essential components of teaching, including learning theories, teaching methods, new technologies for teaching, curriculum development, evaluation and testing, and accreditation. The text delivers the full scope of knowledge necessary for novice and experienced faculty to become competent teachers in nursing.This third edition features new content on the transition from clinician to educator. There is also a new chapter on nursing professional development and teaching in clinical settings and updated teaching strategies for active learning, clinical judgment, and online teaching. The text is designed to help educators prepare for the certification exams.The text also addresses varied learning styles and how to accommodate them, new developments in simulation, standardized patients, OSCEs, clinical teaching, interprofessional education, and evidence-based teaching.New to the Third Edition:Chapter on the transition from clinician to educator, plus expanded content throughout on becoming a nurse educatorAddresses inclusivity and developing an inclusive learning environment for people with different learning stylesStrategies to promote active learning, clinical judgment, and higher level learning, and teaching onlineUpdated content on simulations, the use of standardized patients, OSCEs, clinical teaching, and clinical evaluationChapter on accreditation of nursing programs and developing a systematic program evaluation planChapter on nursing professional development and teaching in a clinical settingKey Features:Written by experts who seamlessly integrate evidence-based research and practical strategiesServes as a thorough study guide for nurse educator certification examsCovers practical teaching strategies, simulation, online education, technology, interprofessional education, clinical teaching and evaluation, and test constructionIncludes case examples and other examples to support content and “how-to” tipsIncludes a high quality online course ready for an instructor’s use: sample syllabus, PowerPoints, and a complete 20-module online coursePurchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers

Previous edition AJN 2020 Book of the Year!With expert, comprehensive guidance on the assessment and evaluation of student learning in multiple settings, this award-winning text remains the gold standard in this sphere of nursing education. The seventh edition incorporates the latest changes in the field and presents a new chapter on developing test components that prepare students for the Next Generation NCLEX, including descriptions and illustrations of the novel item types.The resource presents an expanded discussion on assessment of higher-level learning and clinical judgment, new content on assessment of competencies, examples of new item types in all chapters, updated information on online testing, more in-depth explanations of how to analyze and score NGN items with examples, and new content on evaluating students in online nursing programs. Also unique to this edition is practical advice on developing test blueprints and creating all types of test components including NCLEX-type items and the Next Generation NCLEX.The text continues to present fundamental measurement and evaluation concepts to aid current and future nurse educators in designing, critiquing, and employing pertinent test and evaluation tools along with guidance for evaluating instructor and program effectiveness. It also examines key social, ethical, and legal issues associated with testing and evaluation, including prevention of cheating and designing academic policies for testing, grading, and progression. Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers.New to the Seventh Edition:Discussion of competencies for assessmentNew chapter on developing test questions and other components preparing students for the Next Generation NCLEXIn-depth explanations of how to analyze and score NGN items with examples and exhibitsExamples of test items in each chapterStrategies for assessing higher-level learning and clinical judgmentUpdated content for online testingNew content on evaluating students in online nursing programsKey Features:Discusses assessment of competenciesPresents strategies for evaluating higher-level cognitive skills and clinical judgmentDescribes how to develop test blueprints and assemble, administer, write, and analyze testsProvides guidelines for writing all types of test items including Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)Includes explanations of how to analyze and score NGN items with examples and exhibitsDetails how to evaluate written assignments with sample scoring rubricsIncludes extensive instructor resources including sample syllabus, course modules, learning activities, discussion questions, online resources, PowerPoints, and more

All the information you need in one textbook!This all-inclusive text for Nurse Educators delivers comprehensive, evidence-based guidance on the essential components of teaching, including learning theories, teaching methods, new technologies for teaching, curriculum development, evaluation and testing, and accreditation. The text delivers the full scope of knowledge necessary for novice and experienced faculty to become competent teachers in nursing.This third edition features new content on the transition from clinician to educator. There is also a new chapter on nursing professional development and teaching in clinical settings and updated teaching strategies for active learning, clinical judgment, and online teaching. The text is designed to help educators prepare for the certification exams.The text also addresses varied learning styles and how to accommodate them, new developments in simulation, standardized patients, OSCEs, clinical teaching, interprofessional education, and evidence-based teaching.New to the Third Edition:Chapter on the transition from clinician to educator, plus expanded content throughout on becoming a nurse educatorAddresses inclusivity and developing an inclusive learning environment for people with different learning stylesStrategies to promote active learning, clinical judgment, and higher level learning, and teaching onlineUpdated content on simulations, the use of standardized patients, OSCEs, clinical teaching, and clinical evaluationChapter on accreditation of nursing programs and developing a systematic program evaluation planChapter on nursing professional development and teaching in a clinical settingKey Features:Written by experts who seamlessly integrate evidence-based research and practical strategiesServes as a thorough study guide for nurse educator certification examsCovers practical teaching strategies, simulation, online education, technology, interprofessional education, clinical teaching and evaluation, and test constructionIncludes case examples and other examples to support content and “how-to” tipsIncludes a high quality online course ready for an instructor’s use: sample syllabus, PowerPoints, and a complete 20-module online coursePurchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers