Pre-assessment judgement framework for judging nursing students’ performance in clinical placements: A qualitative case study

Aim: This study aims to better understand and articulate the pre-assessment judgement processes commonly used by experienced clinical facilitators when assessing nursing students undertaking clinical placement. Background: In the Australian context, clinical facilitators are registered nurses who primarily educate, monitor, support and assess groups of nursing students on clinical placements without carrying a patient load. The duties and scope of clinical facilitators may differ across international and institutional contexts. However, the core concepts of this paper will be relevant despite these differences as the importance of facilitators’ con fidence in making pre-assessment judgements of individual nursing student performance while on placement is universally acknowledged.