Nursing students' competence and perceived mentor assessment literacy: the mediating role of self-efficacy and gender bias.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mentors play a crucial role in clinical nursing education, particularly in assessing student nurses. However, if students cannot perceive their mentors' assessment-literate practices (referred to as mentors' assessment-literate practices hereafter), students may not effectively utilize assessment information for learning. Despite its significance, mentors' assessment-literate practices and the antecedent factors are not well studied. This study aims to explore the mediating role of nursing students' self-efficacy in the relationship between their competence and their perception of mentors' assessment-literate practices, while also examining potential gender bias in mentors' assessment-literate practices.

Methods

The study employed a cross-sectional quantitative de

SUBMITTER: Zhu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12506267 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature