The anxiety condition of nursing student in xi'an before nurse qualification tests and its influencing factors
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2012.20.027
- VernacularTitle:西安市护生护士资格考试前焦虑状况及影响因素
- Author:
Juan-Hua DOU
1
;
Shao-Ru ZHANG
Author Information
1. 西安交通大学医学院
- Keywords:
Anxiety;
Nursing students;
Nurse qualification tests;
Influencing factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2012;18(20):2433-2435
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate anxiety and its influencing factors of the nursing students before taking nurse qualification tests in Xi' an.Methods 1 531 nursing students were randomly selected by cluster sampling method and surveyed with Sarason' s Test Anxiety Scale (TAS) two weeks before the test.One-way ANOVA was adopted to analyze the influencing factors.Results The TAS score of nursing students at different education levels was (19.45:±6.24) from 1 527 surveys collected.One-way ANOVA showed the variables that had significant differences were worrying about the future career,confidence of passing the tests,worrying about others opinions of failing,the attention schools paid,current education of the students,attitudes of the nursing profession,and the efforts students paid for the tests ( F =27.865,22.423,20.925,13.838,7.565,5.357,4.283,respectively; P ＜ 0.01 ).Personalities of the students and whether continue working before the tests also showed significant difference (t =4.178,2.802,respectively;P ＜0.01 ).Conclusions Nursing students from Xi' an showed middle level of anxiety before taking nurse qualification tests.Influencing factors of the anxiety included worrying about the future career,confidence of passing the tests,worrying about others opinions of failing,the attention schools paid,personalities of the students and whether continue working before the tests.
