Abstract
Noise is a relatively new concept highlighting the variability of cognitive inputs people grapple with when making a judgment. In this case, preceptors make a judgment of students' clinical performance during clinical practicum. There is scant literature examining the impact of noise on nursing student assessment. This article explores the noise that influences nursing preceptors' assessment of students in clinical practice. A qualitative descriptive design was used, and interviews were conducted with preceptors from the clinical setting. Three themes were identified, describing the tensions faced by preceptors when assessing students and the noise that impacted those assessments. Both system noise and individual noise impacted the process and outcome of nursing student assessment during clinical practicum.
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