Concept Analysis of Longitudinal Assessment for Professional Continued Certification

A concept analysis details the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists' exploration of the attributes, empirical referents, precursors and other effects of longitudinal assessment for continued professional certification. Researchers applied classical methods to structurally and functionally define the properties of the concept in a meaningful manner. The analysis connects the objective and results of continued certification and the preferable characteristics of longitudinal assessment, which cover demonstrable precepts of educational psychology. The authors explain they evaluated model and borderline cases as they "seek to demonstrate that longitudinal assessment is the best approach to foster lifelong learning of continuously evolving scientific, theoretical and clinical knowledge in support of safe care for patients."

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