I was talking to one of our on campus skills instructors and she told me that they are going to try to pilot something at our CC starting this fall.
She says that instead of nursing students doing their skills in front of the instructors evaluating us we will be in a room where there will be one way windows ( instructors will be able to look through the window and see us but we can't see them), a video recording us, and an intercom.
This is how the whole thing will work:
Student (s) come in the room alone, student performs skill on Simm manniken, instructors are looking in and if student makes a mistake the instructor will let them know via intercom. Also, if the student makes a mistake they will have to follow a clinical pathway. For example if Susie forgets to do a step or something else that is critical the client will be placed in " ICU" and she will have to come up with the remainder of his plan of care based on his condition as a result of Susie missing something critical. Normally, if we make a mistake during skills we can stop and tell the instructor about the mistake and start over, we won't be penalize if we recognize the mistake.
After the whole skill set is done students will be able to watch themselves on video with the instructor to evaluate how the student did as a whole.
My question is : Do other nursing schools do this? She did tell me that medical students do this though.
I have mix feelings about this.... I'll be so nervous about them watching me through a window where I can't see them. The only time I see this is when they are interrogating criminals and let alone video taping. :icon_rollThe pros is that It simulate the real world doing beside nursing. When I get out into the real world I won't have my instructor standing there watching my every move and I'll have to either continue, modify, or terminate patients plan of care depending on my nursing interventions that will reflect my clinical skills.
