Determinants Of OSCE Performance Among Nursing Students In Department Of Nursing Science, University Of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State
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Abstract
The study aims at assessing determinants of OSCE performance among nursing students in Department of Nursing Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State. To successfully, carry out the study, three objectives in line with research questions was formulated to guide the study thus to examine psychological factors, social relationship of nursing students and student preparedness towards OSCE performance among nursing students in Department of Nursing Science, University of Calabar, Calabar. Literature was reviewed according to the variables understudy. The descriptive design was adopted to select a sample of 186 undergraduates’ nurses, a convenient sampling technique was used. Data collected through the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics (simple percentages and frequency tables), while the hypothesis was tested using the Chi-Square test statistic at 0.05 level of significance. Results reveals that Data in table 5 reveals that majority of the respondents 128(68.8%) strongly agreed and 40(21.5%) disagreed that they feel so reluctant about studies not paying their tuition fees on time, 15(8.1%) agreed while 3(1.6%) strongly disagreed. As regards to I feel destabilized not buying textbooks for exams because of money, majority of the respondents 92(49.5%) strongly disagreed 65(34.9%) strongly agreed 21(11.3%) agreed and 8(4.3%) disagreed. It was concluded that psychological factors have a significant relationship with students’ preparedness.