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Danielle Najm1, Dawn Whittall, Kamini Pillay
1Author Affiliations: Senior Lecturer (Ms Najm), Lecturer (Ms Whittall), and Professor and Head of School (Dr Morphet), Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia; and Lecturer (Ms Pillay), Monash Nursing & Midwifery, Holmesglen Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
Background:
Noise is a relatively new concept highlighting the variability of cognitive inputs people grapple with when making a judgment. In this case, preceptors make a judgment of students' clinical performance during clinical practicum. There is scant literature examining the impact of noise on nursing student assessment.
Purpose:
This article explores the noise that influences nursing preceptors' assessment of students in clinical practice.
Method:
A qualitative descriptive design was used, and interviews were conducted with preceptors from the clinical setting.
Results:
Three themes were identified, describing the tensions faced by preceptors when assessing students and the noise that impacted those assessments.
Conclusion:
Both system noise and individual noise impacted the process and outcome of nursing student assessment during clinical practicum.
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