Related Factors Affecting the Result of the Nursing and Midwifery Licensure Examination of the Graduate Students from the Faculty of Nursing, St. Louis College

Abstract

This descriptive research aims to study the relationship between personal and supporting factors from St. Louis College and the result of the Nursing and Midwifery Licensure Examination of the graduate students from the Faculty of Nursing, St. Louis College. The samples consisted of 116 graduate students from the 30th group course of the Faculty of Nursing, St. Louis College. The data were analyzed using the Multiple Correlation method. The general results of the study reveal that most of the samples are 97.4% women with 86.2% of age between 20-25 years old while 65.5% have been supported by the scholarship. 1) Personal factors included the results of the Private Institutions of Higher Education’s total score. Most of the samples had passed 8 and 7 subjects at 20.69% with 2.94 GPA. The behavior of the exam preparation was moderate (= 3.25). The majority of the samples did not have anxiety at 100% while the level of the attitudes toward the examination was the highest level (= 4.64). The moderation for achievement toward the exam preparation was at the highest level. 2) Supportive factors from St. Louis College were rated at the high level (= 4.37) which are academic support (= 4.45), activity support (= 4.41) and accommodation support (= 4.26), respectively. The samples taking 8 subjects of the Nursing and Midwifery Licensure Examination has the highest percentage at 56.90%, followed by 7 subjects at 26.72%, and 6 subjects at 10.34%, respectively. When analyzed the relationships between personal and supporting factors from St. Louis College and the results of the Nursing and Midwifery Licensure Examination, the result shows that only the total scores from the Private Institutions of Higher Education have a positive relationship with the result of the Nursing and Midwifery Licensure Examination with statistically significant at .01 level. Suggestions from the researchers are to develop the Private Institutions of Higher Education exam’s standard so that the exam’s content can cover the content in the Nursing and Midwifery Licensure Examination. In order to help the students to prepare, review their knowledge, and evaluate the exam’s result periodically, the exam result should be pronounced to the students so that they can do the self-assessment and amendment before taking the actual Nursing and Midwifery Licensure Examination