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2008

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Admission Criteria And Subsequent Academic Performance Of General Nursing Diploma Students, Parveen Azam Ali Mar 2008

Admission Criteria And Subsequent Academic Performance Of General Nursing Diploma Students, Parveen Azam Ali

School of Nursing & Midwifery

OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between admission criteria used to select students and their subsequent academic performance in general nursing diploma Programme in the province of Sindh.

METHODS: Using a descriptive co-relational study design, data was collected retrospectively from records of the entire nursing student population of the batch of 2004. Using multiple linear regression analysis method, three regression models were developed to identify the group of variables that could predict academic performance of the students in the three-year general nursing diploma programme.

RESULTS: Results identified a significant relationship between admission criteria and subsequent academic performance of the students in …