A school of nursing selection program

Abstract

A program which has been used to select nursing trainees and which "has now reached the point where the problem of failure is largely eliminated," is described. The selection devices used include: the Otis test, an arithmetic test, a reading test, the Strong Blank, and the Bell Adjustment Inventory; a personal interview by a psychologist and another by the director; physical examination, high school record, and rating by an acquaintance. The Strong and Bell tests were found to contribute little; the intelligence, reading, and arithmetic tests discriminated good and bad risks. Emphasis is placed upon the importance of the psychological interview and the need for psychodynamic evaluation of psychometric data. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)