Entry criteria as predictor of performance in an undergraduate nursing degree programme

Nurse Education Today
Peter van RooyenCherie Wells

Abstract

The Nursing Council of New Zealand recently reviewed the minimum standard entry criteria for acceptance into undergraduate nursing programmes. The Otago Polytechnic School of Nursing in Dunedin felt it timely to explore the relationship between academic performance and entry criteria. The School's entry criteria included a bioscience requirement, which varied from the Nursing Council criteria. This research explored the relationship between entry criteria and academic performance in the first and second year bioscience papers. The sample consisted of 619 academic records of the 1994-2002 graduates from the Degree Programme. The sample was divided into an under 20-age group (n=323) and a 20 and over group (n=296). This division related to a difference in the entry criteria for each of the groups. Chi-square and correlational analyses found a relationship between entry qualifications and students' academic performance in the two papers. The entry criteria had a stronger relationship with the students' performance in the first year bioscience paper than the second year paper. Performance in the first year was predicative of second year performance. Age was also found to be a useful predictor of grades. These findings support the S...Continue Reading

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