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Prediction Of Scholastic Success For Students Of Nursing, Rachel M. Anderton
Prediction Of Scholastic Success For Students Of Nursing, Rachel M. Anderton
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether a combination of grade point averages from high school and one year of prescribed courses in a liberal arts college could be used as a tool in the prediction of scholastic success in two selected schools of nursing.
A descriptive survey of grades and test results was done on 121 students from these schools. The nursing school CPA and results from the state board test pool were used as criteria of success. Total GPA's from secondary school and college, and grades in English, science and non-science subjects were the predictors.
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Hospital Resources Used As Guides In Unfamiliar Nursing Procedures, Marie Ethel Greene
Hospital Resources Used As Guides In Unfamiliar Nursing Procedures, Marie Ethel Greene
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Hospital nursing procedures are rapidly increasing in number and in complexity, keeping pace with the continuous advances being made in medical science. This, coupled with the fact that many nurses are resuming their careers after a period of professional inactivity, make it imperative that hospitals provide facilities for assisting nursing personnel in becoming acquainted with unfamiliar procedures. This study was done to learn what resources hospital nursing personnel use most as a guide in performing unfamiliar procedures, and by internal analysis, to identify some of the factors influencing the choice of resources used by different levels of nursing personnel. Following …
Reasons For Choice Of A First Position By Graduates Of Diploma School Of Nursing, Carol Adele Craig
Reasons For Choice Of A First Position By Graduates Of Diploma School Of Nursing, Carol Adele Craig
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
It was the purpose of this study to investigate reasons for the choice of a first position by graduates from diploma programs in nursing. This included factors motivating the choice, the time of choice, and reasons for liking and disliking clinical areas. Questionnaires were mailed to 756 graduates of the class of 1961 from twenty-three representative schools. Approximately 46 percent were returned completed.
Major findings were as follows:
1. Reasons for choice of a first position rating a high percentage of total possible score on the rating scale were: to increase technical skill, 84.6 per cent; to continue learning, 81.6 …