Academic Outcome Measures of a Dedicated Education Unit Over Time: Help or Hinder?

Authors

Tish Smyer, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Tricia Gatlin, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Rhigel Tan, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Marianne Tejada, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Du Feng, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2015

Publication Title

Nurse Educator

Volume

40

Issue

6

First page number:

294

Last page number:

297

Abstract

Critical thinking, nursing process, quality and safety measures, and standardized RN exit examination scores were compared between students (n = 144) placed in a dedicated education unit (DEU) and those in a traditional clinical model. Standardized test scores showed that differences between the clinical groups were not statistically significant. This study shows that the DEU model is one approach to clinical education that can enhance students’ academic outcomes.

Repository Citation

Smyer, T., Gatlin, T., Tan, R., Tejada, M., Feng, D. (2015). Academic Outcome Measures of a Dedicated Education Unit Over Time: Help or Hinder?. Nurse Educator, 40(6), 294-297.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000000176