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This study reviews instruments for evaluating nursing students' primary palliative care skills. It identifies 21 validated tools across cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains to ensure quality patient care education.

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Area of Science:

Nursing Education
Palliative Care
Competency-Based Education

Background:

Primary palliative care is essential for nursing practice, requiring formal education for all students.
Competency-based education (CBE) frameworks are crucial for developing nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, and skills in palliative care.
Effective evaluation of student learning in cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains is vital for quality palliative care delivery.

Purpose of the Study:

To conduct a literature review to identify reliable and valid instruments for evaluating primary palliative care learning outcomes in nursing students.
To organize identified instruments based on established learning domains (cognitive, affective, psychomotor).
To discuss considerations for implementing these evaluation instruments within academic and practice settings.

Main Methods:

A literature search was performed to find published instruments assessing primary palliative care student learning outcomes.
Articles were selected based on the inclusion of instrument reliability and/or validity data.
Findings were categorized into three learning domains: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.

Main Results:

The review identified 21 instruments across 20 articles for evaluating primary palliative care competencies.
Four instruments assess cognitive domain outcomes (knowledge).
Seven instruments assess affective domain outcomes (attitudes toward death, caring for the seriously ill, self-efficacy).
Four instruments assess psychomotor domain outcomes (competence and competency).

Conclusions:

Faculty should utilize robust, validated instruments to measure primary palliative care learning outcomes.
The identified instruments provide reliable means for assessing nursing students' preparedness in palliative care.
Implementing these tools within a CBE framework enhances the quality of nursing education and future practice.