A descriptive study to assess the perception of nursing students and supervisors about the effectiveness of OSCE during vital signs assessment procedure in the selected college of Mumbai city

Abstract

Aim: 1. To conduct OSCE 2. To assess the perception of nursing students and supervisors about OSCE 3. To compare the perception of nursing students and supervisors between routine clinical evaluation (RCE) and OSCE. Material and methods: The research approach and design was Qualitative Descriptive. The subjects were 30 students of 1st-year RGNM. OSCE conducted under 4 stations namely Healthful, Performance, Interaction, and Response. Data was collected using Demographic data profile; Clinical checklist for hand washing, vital signs assessment procedure; related viva and opinionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: Healthful- 16.69% (5) had excellent, 66.6% (19) had Very good, 19.98% (6) had Good score & none of them had an Average or poor score in hand washing. Performance- 73.26% (22) had excellent, 16% (5) had Very good, 9.99% (3) had Good score & none of them had an Average or poor score in vital signs assessment. Interaction56.61% (17) had excellent, 43.29% (13) had Very good score &none of them had a Good, Average or poor score in viva. Response- 10 Opinionnaire on personal perception about OSCE administered to participants. 100% (30) of them had positively responded. Supervisor‟s Data: 7 opinionnaires administered to supervisors. 100% (30) of them had positively responded.

Conclusion: OSCE proved to be an excellent method of clinical evaluation than RCE.