Norms for first-year student nurses. General intelligence and personality. (Occasional Papers)

Background: The demand for highly qualified and skilled nurses is increasing in South Africa as well as around the world. Having a background in science can create a significant advantage for students wishing to enrol for an undergraduate nursing qualification because nursing as profession is grounded in scientific evidence.Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive validity of grade 12 mathematics and science on the academic performance of first year student nurses in science modules.Method: A quantitative research method using a cross-sectional predictive design was employed in this study. The participants included first year Bachelor of Nursing students enrolled at a university in the Western Cape, South Africa. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed to analyse the data by using the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences versions 24. Descriptive analysis of all variables was performed as well as the Spearman’s rank correlation test to describe the relationship among the study variables. Standard multiple linear regressions analysis was performed to determine the predictive validity of grade 12 mathematics and science on the academic performance of first year student nurses in science modules.Results: The results of this study showed that grade 12 physical science is not a significant predictor (p > 0.062) of performance in first year science modules. The multiple linear regression revealed that grade 12 mathematics and life science grades explained 37.1% to 38.1% (R2 = 0.381 and adj R2 = 0.371) of the variation in the first year science grade distributions.Conclusion: Based on the results of the study it is evident that performance in grade 12 mathematics (β = 2.997) and life science (β = 3.175) subjects is a significant predictor (p < 0.001) of the performance in first year science modules for student nurses at the university identified for this study.

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Smoking Behaviour of First-Year Student Nurses in Canada

Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic ◽

10.1007/978-1-4471-0769-9_422 ◽

2000 ◽

pp. 927-927

Author(s):

A. Draffin Jones

Keyword(s):

Student Nurses ◽

Smoking Behaviour ◽

First Year ◽

First Year Student

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A survey of first year student nurses’ experiences of learning blood pressure measurement

Nurse Education in Practice ◽

10.1016/j.nepr.2008.05.003 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 61-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Lesley Baillie ◽

Joan Curzio

Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Pressure Measurement ◽

Blood Pressure Measurement ◽

Student Nurses ◽

First Year ◽

First Year Student

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Promoting social and academic integration into higher education by first‐year student nurses: the APPL project

Journal of Further and Higher Education ◽

10.1080/0309877x.2010.540318 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 107-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Sue Fergy ◽

Di Marks‐Maran ◽

Ann Ooms ◽

Jean Shapcott ◽

Linda Burke

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Academic Integration ◽

Student Nurses ◽

First Year ◽

Social And Academic Integration ◽

First Year Student

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Health Seeking Behaviour by Cape-Townians: A mini-research by first year student nurses at a College for Nursing in Cape Town

Curationis ◽

10.4102/curationis.v19i4.1342 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

Author(s):

S. Haegert

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Cape Town ◽

Student Nurses ◽

Student Nurse ◽

First Year ◽

Health Seeking Behaviour ◽

Health Seeking ◽

South Africans ◽

First Year Student

The author was asked by a student nurse to use South African examples when teaching, as the textbooks were either American or English, and they wanted sociology that applied to their own environment. In the next year of teaching the prescribed objectives concerning "Health Seeking Behaviour", it was suggested that the students question the populace, and find out for themselves how South Africans behaved when they thought they were ill. By doing this it was hoped that it would also give deeper insights into the meaning people attributed to illness/sickness.

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