terms and definitions

The transcription provides definitions for terms related to nursing education. It explains preceptorship as when an experienced nurse works with a student during clinical placement. It also defines assessment as a process to determine a student's progress and evaluation as a judgment of student learning. Lastly, it mentions the concern of educators passing struggling students instead of failing them. Terms and definitions. Ready to practice. The capability of a new graduate nurse to be confident to provide safe and unsupervised care to their clients at the beginning of their career. Preceptorship. When an experienced nurse works directly with a nursing student during a clinical placement. Assessment. The process of obtaining evidence for a specific purpose, for example a test, that can determine student's progress in a specific term of the curriculum which can give students time to assess how to improve. Evaluation. It is either a summative or formative judgment process that gauges the final quality of student learning. Failing to fail is the act of an educator passing an underperforming, unsafe, struggling student.