Abstract
The use of continuous assessment methods as a means of evaluating a student's progress has been an integral part of post basic nursing courses for some years now. In practice this has often meant assessment of theoretical work in the form of essays, projects, and objective tests spread throughout the course. In the clinical areas the assessment was usually based on specific skills tests, ward/unit reports and perhaps the one off assessments in total patient care, managerial and teaching skills similar to those undertaken in basic general nurse training. The following article describes how a continuous assessment tool using a competency scoring system has been introduced to assess the student in the clinical area doing a post basic course in intensive care nursing.
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