Previous Education, Sociodemographic Characteristics, and Nursing Cumulative Grade Point Average as Predictors of Success in Nursing Licensure Examinations
Table 4
Influence of previous education on students’ performance.
Variables
Licensure exams
value
Mean CGPA
value
% passed
Entry category into nursing programme
SSSCE
71.4
0.474
2.82 (0.4)
0.655
WASSCE
73.1
2.90 (0.4)
Mature
100.0
2.74 (0.3)
Course read during high school education
General science
76.1
0.491
2.89 (0.4)
0.828
General arts
73.5
2.89 (0.4)
Home economics
63.6
2.88 (0.4)
Agricultural science
75.0
3.06 (0.6)
Former school was
Government owned
76.7
0.352
2.93 (0.4)
0.026
Mission
65.5
2.78 (0.4)
Private/other
66.7
2.74 (0.3)
Former school was located in urban setting
Agree
77.7
0.087
2.92 (0.4)
0.460
Disagree
65.5
2.85 (0.4)
Former school has high academic status
Agree
75.8
0.364
2.90 (0.4)
0.147
Disagree
69.6
2.91 (0.3)
Nursing as a career of choice
First
72.9
0.801
2.87 (0.4)
0.715
Second
78.0
2.93 (0.4)
Third/fourth
70.6
2.89 (0.4)
Analysis of variance. Chi-square/Fisher’s exact test.