Keywords

faculty evaluation of students, NP education, rural-urban clinical practicums

Authors

1. Kaplan, Louise PhD, ARNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
2. Klein, Tracy PhD, FNP, FAANP, FAAN
3. Skillman, Susan MS
4. Andrilla, C. Holly MS

Abstract

Abstract: Results of a survey of NP education programs were analyzed to describe factors influencing clinical placement of students in rural clinical rotations, methods used to evaluate NP students in their clinical rotations, and whether the frequency and type of faculty evaluations differed by urban or rural clinical sites.