Date
9-17-2026
Department
School of Nursing
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)
Chair
Ally Brown
Keywords
nursing education, clinical judgment, clinical nurse educators, clinical preceptors, Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric
Disciplines
Education | Nursing
Recommended Citation
Stephens, Nicole M., "The Effect of an Educational Intervention on Clinical Nurse Educators in the Use of the Lasater Clinical Judgment Instrument: A Quantitative Quasi-Experimental One Group Pretest-Posttest Study" (2026). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 8912.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/8912
Abstract
The purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest study was to determine whether pretest and posttest Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric scores differed among clinical nurse educators who participated in an educational intervention. The significance of the study arose from the absence of a standardized, evidence-supported framework that clinical nurse educators could use to provide formative feedback to learners. A G*Power analysis identified a required sample of 35 clinical nurse educators from a metropolitan hospital system in the southern United States. The instrument was the Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric. Data were collected electronically through Qualtrics before and after the intervention. The data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for matched pairs. The findings indicated subtle changes in the educators’ ratings, but the differences were not statistically significant; therefore, the null hypothesis was not rejected. The findings supported further consideration of clinical judgment as a continuously assessed competency in nursing professional development.
