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Table 2 Change in confidence for seven cohorts of students from baseline to graduation (n = 293a)

From: Scaling up pediatric nurse specialist education in Ghana – a longitudinal, mixed methods evaluation

 

Confidence

Domains of practice

Mean (SD) at baseline

n = 293

Mean (SD) at graduation

n = 293

Pb

History taking

2.6 (0.9)

4.7 (0.5)

0.00

Physical Assessment

2.5 (0.9)

4.7 (0.5)

0.00

Communication with physician

3.0 (0.9)

4.6 (0.6)

0.00

Dealing with pediatric emergencies

2.9 (0.9)

4.3 (0.6)

0.00

Managing conflict at the workplace

3.6 (0.9)

4.3 (0.7)

0.00

Presenting a patient to a physician

3.1 (0.9)

4.6 (0.6)

0.00

Alerting a colleague of critical issues

3.8 (0.9)

4.8 (0.5)

0.00

  1. aThe missing data include Accra Cohort 1 and those who completed the accelerated certification
  2. bWilcoxon Signed Ranks Test for Paired Samples