Research Article
New Graduate Nurses’ Clinical Competence, Clinical Stress, and Intention to Leave: A Longitudinal Study in Taiwan
Table 2
Comparison of measured variables by time.
| | Possible range | Study range | M ± SD | Wald | |
| Clinical competence | | | | | | Pretest | 47–235 | 53–235 | | 7.45 | .01 | Posttest (referent) | 47–235 | 76–235 | | — | — | Third month | 47–235 | 75–235 | | 1.28 | .26 | Sixth month | 47–235 | 51–235 | | 7.56 | .01 | Twelfth month | 47–235 | 85–235 | | 36.25 | <.001 | Clinical stress | | | | | | Third month (referent) | 0–184 | 16–157 | | — | — | Sixth month | 0–184 | 27–163 | | 1.71 | .19 | Twelfth month | 0–184 | 23–153 | | 1.94 | .16 | Intention to leave | | | | | | Third month (referent) | 12–60 | 16–55 | | — | — | Sixth month | 12–60 | 16–48 | | .02 | .88 | Twelfth month | 12–60 | 17–56 | | 2.10 | .15 |
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