Teaching Baccalaureate Nursing Students to Project Outcomes to Nursing Interventions

Abstract

PURPOSE. To develop an innovative method of teaching baccalaureate nursing students to plan for and recognize outcomes to specific nursing interventions.

METHODS. A case study design that measured the effectiveness of a teaching innovation. Tools for students (N = 8) to use during clinical practice included an Intervention-Outcome Analysis Tool and a Nursing Clinical Outcomes Tool.

FINDINGS. Quantitative and qualitative evaluation data were presented that showed growth in the ability to set and meet patient outcomes during the semester.

CONCLUSIONS. Thinking in terms of outcomes moved students beyond problem solving in their clinical thinking and assisted them to learn to develop individualized outcome statements for their patients.

Keywords

Evaluation nursing interventions nursing outcomes students

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