Analysis of influencing factors on clinical competence of baccalaureate nursing students / 上海第二医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the relationship between clinical competence of baccalaureate nursing students and its potential related factors,and investigate the results of curriculum reform of 4-year nursing undergraduate education.Methods The records of 263 baccalaureate nursing graduates were retrieved.Variables including age,years of college education,sex,college entrance examination scores,average scores of basic courses,average scores of public courses and average scores of professional courses were collected.Clinical competence was measured by the clinical practice tests at various clinical units.The linear regression analysis was performed to find out the influencing factors of clinical competence.Results The clinical competence was significantly related to sex,average scores of public courses and average scores of professional courses(P