More and more clinical nursing faculty may find themselves charged in a grievance involving a clinical grade. Although clinical faculty have a legal right and professional obligation to evaluate students' clinical performances, many faculty may be hesitant to assign failing grades because of the risk of a grievance. With careful planning and work, faculty members can support a clinical grade against a student's charge of unfair treatment.
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Karen Majorowicz (1986) studied this question.