Research Article

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.

VariablesLicensure exams valueMean CGPA value
% passed

Entry category into nursing programme
 SSSCE71.40.4742.82 (0.4)0.655
 WASSCE73.12.90 (0.4)
 Mature100.02.74 (0.3)
Course read during high school education
 General science76.10.4912.89 (0.4)0.828
 General arts73.52.89 (0.4)
 Home economics63.62.88 (0.4)
 Agricultural science75.03.06 (0.6)
Former school was
 Government owned76.70.3522.93 (0.4)0.026
 Mission 65.52.78 (0.4)
 Private/other66.72.74 (0.3)
Former school was located in urban setting
 Agree77.70.0872.92 (0.4)0.460
 Disagree65.52.85 (0.4)
Former school has high academic status
 Agree75.80.3642.90 (0.4)0.147
 Disagree 69.62.91 (0.3)
Nursing as a career of choice
 First 72.90.8012.87 (0.4)0.715
 Second78.02.93 (0.4)
 Third/fourth70.62.89 (0.4)

Analysis of variance.
Chi-square/Fisher’s exact test.