Glossary

PASS (Performance Assessment Strategies for Success)

A systematic approach to assess a student's Performance on a written test and develop an individualized Action Plan for improvement

Performance Assessment

The data generated by the Excel program of a student's Performance on a written test, plus the data gathered by using the Complementary Assessment tools

Strategies for Success

An individualized Action Plan developed by the teacher and student in collaboration, based on the data gathered in the Performance Assessment

Action Plan
The individualized plan of Strategies to help the student succeed

Analysis of Data Worksheet
Template to compile a concise summary of the student's strengths, areas needing improvement, and areas to explore with the student, in order to identify the Focus Points upon which to build the student's Action Plan

Category
The elements of the student Performance that we want to measure (Performance Assessment - Assessing Student Performance)

Complementary Assessment Tools
Additional means to gather data about the student (Performance Assessment - Presenting the Complementary Assessment Tools)

Comparison Graphs
Student Performance Assessment Graphs (SPAG) designed to compare Performance on more than one test

Fields of Nursing
The fields of nursing practice, according to the OIIQ: Medicine and Surgery, Geriatric Medicine, Perinatal care, Pediatrics, and Mental Health

Identify Your Learning Style
A Complementary Assessment Tool that helps students recognize the ways in which they learn most effectively and offers study Strategies compatible with the identified learning styles (Assessing Student Performance – Presenting the Complementary Assessment Tools – Identifying Your Learning Style)

Student Performance Assessment Graph (SPAG)
The individualized picture of the student’s Performance on a written test, generated by the PASS Excel program (Performance Assessment – Using Excel to Help your Students Excel)

Student Profile
A Complementary Assessment Tool that gathers data on the student’s background to help identify factors that may be influencing the student’s Performance (Assessing Student Performance – Presenting the Complementary Assessment Tools – Student Profile)

Study Habits Checklist
A Complementary Assessment Tool that produces a score to provide information about the student’s current study habits(Assessing Student Performance – Presenting the Complementary Assessment Tools – Study Habits Checklist)

Summary of Assessment DataWorksheet
Template to organize student data gathered from the Student Performance Assessment Graphs (SPAG), completed test booklet, and the Complementary Assessment Tools

Variable
The sub-categories under each category that measures the student’s Performance more precisely (Performance Assessment – Assessing Student Performance)
 

Difficulty Index
The proportion of examinees who answered the item correctly

Discrimination Index
The difference in the number of high-achieving and low-achieving examinees who answered the question correctly

(Tarrant & Ware, 2012, p.102)

Remember
Recall facts and basic concepts

Understand
Explain ideas or concepts

Apply
Use information in new situations

Analyze
Draw connections among ideas

Evaluate
Justify a stand or decision

Create
Produce a new or original work

(Armstrong, 2019, para.1)

Professional Component

Assessment

• Initial Assessment
• Ongoing Assessment
• Assessment findings

Interventions

• Planning care and establishing priorities
• Interventions related to promotion and prevention
• Interventions related to the therapeutic process
• Interventions related to functional rehabilitation and quality of life

Continuity of Care

• Communication of information
• Coordination of care

Functional Component (Fields of Knowledge)

Scientific Knowledge

• Knowledge that allows the nurse to analyze and interpret the clinical situation and intervene appropriately. It includes knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, psychology, sociology, diagnostic tests and nursing care.

Communication Knowledge

• Knowledge that allows the nurse to communicate, teach, establish a therapeutic relationship, give advice and help the client take charge of his health.

Moral and Professional Ethics Knowledge

• Moral ethics: Knowledge derived from the integration of values and concerned with the outcome of care. It allows the nurse to support a decision made in the client’s best interest when negative consequences are anticipated.
• Professional ethics: Knowledge of the duties and obligations that guide the nurse’s professional conduct toward the client, the public and the profession.

Legal Knowledge

• Knowledge of the laws and regulations that govern the nursing profession and determine the legal authority of the different professionals and health care providers.

Organizational Knowledge

• Knowledge that allows the nurse to organize her activities in order to provide optimal care in a perspective of continuity of care, in collaboration with the nursing team and the multidisciplinary team and taking the organization of health care services into account.

Operational Knowledge

• Knowledge that supports practice, in particular with respect to methods of care, the use of clinical tools, such as clinical Assessment instruments, and the documentation of care (progress notes, therapeutic nursing plan, nursing care and treatment plan, etc.) .

(OIIQ, 2018, pp.14-18)