A study of success and failure among student nurses

Abstract

110 student nurses were administered a test battery consisting of the ACE, George Washington University Series of nursing tests, Kuder Preference Record, and Harrower-Erickson Multiple Choice Test. About one-half of the eventual poor scholastic group could have been eliminated because of low test performance. Those nurses who quit training show few significant variabilities in test performance from those who remained in training. It is concluded that admission standards to nurses' training must be lowered or the physical demands and routine tasks imposed on nurses changed if the number of graduate nurses is not to decrease. 28 references. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)