BIVARIATE AND MULTIVARIATE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CERTAIN COGNITIVE AND NON-COGNITIVE FACTORS IN EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES IN SCORES ON THE NCLEX-RN MADE BY NEW BACCALAUREATE NURSE GRADUATES.
Contributors: Auburn University.
Published: 1987
Number of pages: 91
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the bivariate and multivariate relationships among collegiate GPA, SAT/ACT scores, age, and self-esteem in explaining differences in scores on the NCLEX-RN made by new graduates of baccalaureate nursing programs. Three southeastern baccalaureate schools of nursing participated in the study. Seventy-eight senior students completed a demographic form, the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, the Gergen-Morse Self-Consistency Measure, and the Draw-a-Person Test.

Pearson product moment correlations and multiple regression were used to analyze the data. The GPA contributed most to the explanation of variance in the NCLEX-RN scores. Self-esteem did not contribute significantly to the explanation.

The findings of this study suggest that factors contributing to the explanation of variance in NCLEX-RN scores are the same as those for the older SBTPE scores. Non-cognitive factors still contribute little to explanations of this variance.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-09, Section: B, page: 3673.

Thesis (ED.D.)--AUBURN UNIVERSITY, 1987.

School code: 0012.