Undergraduate nurse lecturers experience on online assessment of the affective domain

Investigating undergraduate nurse lecturers' experiences with online affective domain assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic utilizing a qualitative method in which a descriptive phenomenology design was employed. With the aim to explore the quality of online affective domain assessments in comparison to traditional assessments, additionally to gain an understanding of nurse lecturers' perception on the new way of assessing the nursing student's application of skills online. Audio recorded face-to-face interviews with Fifteen (15) female participants was conducted at the University of Pretoria in the City of Tshwane and data was transcribed verbatim. A purposive sampling method facilitated the selection of participants based on their personal experience. A qualified independent coder was employed to analyze the data through the use of ATLAS Ti Version 9 software, to identify patterns, grouping and coding of themes and subthemes, these established themes and subthemes were then grouped together on the basis of their commonalities. Findings indicated insufficient information on online methods of affective domain assessment and curriculum in general.