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During training to become a professional nurse, student nurses are assigned to do unit management practicals in the different units within the hospital; as part of the curriculum outcomes for Nursing Science and Art. Nurse educators used a portfolio as a new and alternative method to assess students’ learning of nursing unit management; during preparation for their future professional role as nursing unit managers. The aim of this article is to present the experiences of nursing students regarding the use of a portfolio in learning and assessment of unit management. This was a qualitative, exploratory and contextual study. A sample of student nurses following the undergraduate B Cur degree programme at a specific university was used. A total of seventy (70) final year student nurses participated in the study. Data were collected by means of self-reports in the form of narrative sketches. Manual analysis of the data was done, using thematic approach. The students experienced challenges with regard to compiling the portfolio under the theme of obtaining evidence for the portfolio. In addition, there were themes of benefits of compiling a portfolio and recommendations to the lecturer. The findings indicate that besides the challenges, the students were optimistic with compiling a portfolio for unit management.

Learning and Assessment of Nursing Unit Management Practice Using a Portfolio