PRESENTATION

ON
PRACTICAL EXAMINATION
BY
Dharajiya Chandrika M
 Introduction
 Practical examination is concern with the
assessment of practical performance
skills and practice competency acquired
by a students during the course of
particular programme.
 Practical examination is considered the
most essential part of the overall
assessment process in nursing because it
is believed that merely theoretical
knowledge of nurse does not make them
qualified, competent nurse.
 GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCT OF PRACTICAL
EXAMINATION
A) PLANNING PHASE
 Consider the learning experience and
objective
 Decide appropriate place
 Preferably plan to conduct the practical
examination in a familiar place for
students so they can be psychologically
comfortable.
 Takes permission to conduct the
examination in the hospital.
 Faculties along with the cooperation of
staff select and arrange the center for
examination.
 Conti..
 Examination centers selected in advance
depending upon the specialties offered.
 The varieties of nursing care situations,
adequacy of facilities of equipment and
supplies, place for examiners and other
factors kept in mind while selecting the
place of examination.
 To practice nursing procedures required
equipment has to be placed.
 The overall evaluation criteria must be
planned and students must be informed
about evaluation criteria so that they
can prepare accordingly
 CONDUCTING PHASE OF
PRACTICAL EXAMINATION
 Students and examiners must reach
the place of examination as
scheduled well in advance so that
necessary changes may be adapted
comfortably without any undue
discomfort
 students must be called in a group
and they must be convey with all
rules & regulations and assign the
patient randomly through lottery
method to avoid bias
 General plan for examining and
grading the students
 Allow the students to do
systematized care based on nursing
process.
 Examine not more than 20 students
per day.
 provide conducive environments to
perform care in nursing situations.
 ALLOTTING THE CLIENTS BY LOTTERY
METHOD;
 30-45 minutes will be given for each-
student
 Test the students’ knowledge of the
principles under-lying the nursing care
carried out for the patient.
 All aspects of total client care should be
considered for total evaluation.
 Make sure that the students should have
their register number, admission cards,
and necessary files with them.
 Observe the care given by the students
and educational activities carried out by
them;
 Depending upon convenience either
bedside viva or separate viva will be
conducted.
 ADVANTAGES OF PRACTICAL
EXAMINATION
 Provides the opportunity to
assess skills and competency
acquired by the students
 Offer opportunity to the
examiners to evaluate students in
integrated manner while
providing holistic nursing care in
clinical situation.
 Assess communication and IPR
skill of the students
 Attitudes of the students can
be observed are tested
including the responsiveness
to a complex situation.
 Provide opportunity to observe
the attitudes and
responsiveness to a complex
situation.
 Provide opportunity to test the
ability to communicate under
pressure
DISADVANTAGES OF PRACTICAL EXAMINATION
 Lacks standardized conditions in
bedside examinations/providing
care/doing a procedure with
patients of varying degrees co-
operativeness.
 Lacks objectivity and suffers from
irrelevant factors.
 Limited feasibility for large groups.
 Difficulties in arranging for
examiners to observe candidates
demonstrating the skills to be
tested.
 Emergencies in the wards may act
as hindrances.
 Takes longer time to complete the
examination for the entire group.