A Mental Health Objective Structured Clinical Examination to Evaluate Undergraduate Nursing Students' Clinical

Cherrill Stockmann1, Theresa Adelman-Mullally, Joanna Willett

  • 1About the Authors Cherrill Stockmann, PhD, RN, is associate professor, Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing, Normal, Illinois. Theresa Adelman-Mullally, PhD, RN, CNE, is assistant professor, and Joanna Willett, MSN, RN, CNE, CEN, is nursing simulation lab director, Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing. This research was supported by a grant from Illinois State University. For more information, contact Dr. Stockmann at cistock@ilstu.edu .

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