Relationship between academic scores and performance on national qualified examination for registered professional nurses (NQEX-RPN) |
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Authors: | Lin Rose S J Fung Bill K P Hsiao Jui-Kuo Lo Hsiao-Fen |
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Affiliation: | School of Nursing, Kang-Ning Junior College of Nursing, No. 137 Lane 75 Sec. 3, Kang-Ning Road., Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan. roselin@knjc.edu.tw |
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Abstract: | PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between the academic scores of school subjects and the performance in national qualified examination for registered professional nurses (NQEX-RPN). METHODS: One hundred and seventy-seven graduates of the two-year Associate Degree in Nursing at one of the junior college of nursing in Taipei, Taiwan were included in this study. Information of student academic records and NQEX-RPN results were reviewed. The data were entered into the statistical software (JMP-IN 3.2.1, SAS Institute Inc.) for analysis. RESULTS: (1) In total, 34 subjects (16 nursing subjects and 18 non-nursing subjects) were included in this two-year nursing curriculum. Nine nursing subjects were statistical significant and were positively related with the performance in NQEX-RPN. (2) Year 1 grade point average (GPA) of nursing subjects was significantly correlated with the performance in NQEX-RPN but not Year 2 GPA. (3) The performance of two subjects in NQEX-RPN, namely Fundamental Nursing and Psychiatric-Community Nursing, were not significantly correlated with their related school subjects. CONCLUSION: The academic scores in only half of the nursing subjects were found to be weakly associated with the performance in NQEX-RPN, although the association was statistically significant. Also, performance in NQEX-RPN was not associated with the final year GPA. Thus, the nursing curriculum and teaching contents may need to be redesigned in order to match with NQEX-RPN. |
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