Controlling for level of preparation, associate and baccalaureate nurses weremore likely to meet expectations as years of experience increased; a similartrend was not seen for diploma nurses.
The specific objectives were to describe the overall rate at which nurses meetexpectations on the PBDS assessment; examine the relationship betweenmeeting PBDS expectations and years of nursing experience controlling forpreparation level; and examine the relationship between meeting PBDSexpectations and nurses' preparation level controlling for years of nursingexperience.
The nurse rater next determined if the nurse met expectations for each vignetteusing the method illustrated in Table 2.
Using an organizational algorithm reflecting patterns of inconsistency and safetyin the answers that was based on the ability to meet expectations in each of thesubcategories, the nurse rater then determined an overall assessment rating foreach nurse. …show more content…
Experienced nurses notmeeting expectations in the present study ranged from 18.3% to 25.1%. Areasof deficiency on subcategories from their reports were consistent with thepresent study.
NIH-PA Author Manuscript Nurses prepared at the baccalaureate and associatelevel were more likely to meet expectations on the assessment as years ofexperience increased; a similar trend was not seen for diploma