The selection of nurses in England

Abstract

A battery of tests involving 16 measures was administered to 126 nurses who had been in training at St. George's Hospital for more than six months. They were correlated with success as determined by three independent judges ratings. Multiple correlation showed that 12 of the tests gave an R of .611. They included measures of neuroticism, accuracy of observation, concentration, tendency to make manual mistakes, persistence, number of interests, and non-verbal intelligence. A factorial analysis of the rating scale suggested that, in addition to general nursing ability, there are two distinct requirements made of the good nurses; one involves intellectual capacity, the other involves social relationships. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)