Abstract / Excerpt:

Objectives: This study attempts to seek the relationship between selected factors and clinical performance of students in the medical-surgical nursing practicum. It answers: (1) Is there a relationship between performance in clinical practicum and academic achievement, mental ability, nursing aptitude, and non-intellectual variables (age, family income, and number of siblings in the family)? (2) Are intellectual and non-intellectual factors of value in predicting clinical practicum? (3) Which of these different factors have the highest/higher values for predicting performance in clinical practicum?

Conclusions: (1) The academic achievement in the first two years of college is a better predictor of performance in clinical practicum then mental ability and CEM nursing aptitude test. (2) With regards to the non-intellectual variables, there was no significant relationship to clinical practicum performance. The non-intellectual variables can not serve as predictors to clinical performance in the following descending order (age, number of siblings, and family income).

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Source Institution	Ateneo de Davao University
Unit	Nursing
Authors	Balolong, Perseverenda C.
Page Count	79
Place of Publication	Davao City
Original Publication Date	March 1, 1987
Tags	Clinical Performance, Medical, Medical Surgical Practicum, Nursing Student, Practicum, Student Nurse, Surgical

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