A STUDY OF FACTORS RELATED TO SUCCESS IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT PRACTICAL NURSE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Contributors: University of Connecticut.
Published: 1984
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Health Sciences, Education.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: This study was undertaken to determine if the admission criteria of the pre-admission examination (Pre-Admission Assessment for Practical Nursing), education, age, sex, race, work experience, marital status, clinical grade average and academic grade average are sufficiently predictive to identify those persons who will be admitted to the Practical Nurse Education Program (PNEP) and subsequently complete the program. A total of 1881 applicants to the State of Connecticut Practical Nurse Education Program between January 1978 through September 1979 was included in the study.

The predictor variables selected for study included the National League for Nursing (NLN) Pre-Admission Assessment for Practical Nursing (PAAPN), education, age, sex, race, work experience, marital status, clinical grade average and academic grade average. The data were analyzed by means of discriminant analysis, chi-square and t-tests.

Data analysis indicated that there were three subscores on the PAAPN that were significant in measuring admission to the PNEP. The significant subscores were for Verbal Aptitude, Mathematics, and Figure Analogies. Other factors that were significant predictors of admission to the PNEP included age, education, race and marital status.

The four PAAPN subscores of Verbal Aptitude, Mathematics, Letter Sets, and Figure Analogies were significant predictors of completion of the PNEP. There were also significant differences between students completing the program and students not completing the program in regard to education, work experience, academic grade point average and clinical grade point average.

The data analyzed provided information which suggests that data collection methods at the time of application, at the time of entrance and throughout the PNEP could be improved.

An extensive table of previous studies measuring "success" in nursing related programs is included. Recommendations for use of the PAAPN subscores are presented. Recommendations for future research are presented.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-02, Section: B, page: 0506.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, 1984.

School code: 0056.