Nursing Students’ Perceived Value of Computer-Based Test for Licensure Examination in Akwa-Ibom

Ekpo; Roseline Lawrence; Prof. Faith Diorgu; Dr. Daniel Ekpah

doi:10.56201/ijmepr.v8.no6.2024.pg149.160

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Nursing Students’ Perceived Value of Computer-Based Test for Licensure Examination in Akwa-Ibom

Ekpo, Roseline Lawrence, Prof. Faith Diorgu and Dr. Daniel Ekpah

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The purpose of the study was to determine how nursing students in Akwa Ibom felt about computer- based tests used for license exams. The research employed a descriptive design. To direct the investigation, a single goal and set of hypotheses were created. 218 (n1=139, n2=79) final-year individuals who had used CBT in their exams made up the sample size. Data were gathered by having respondents complete a self-created questionnaire on their own. Compiling, coding, and entering the data into SPSS version 25 allowed for analysis. The t-test was utilized to test the hypotheses, and means and standard deviation were employed as descriptive statistics to examine the objective. The results showed that, with mean scores of n1–3.45, n2-3.41, student nurses and midwives had a favorable opinion of the usefulness of using a computer-based test for licensure in Akwa-Ibom. Because the p-values for the hypotheses were more than the 0.05 level of significance, the results indicated that there was no significant difference in the perception of the value of CBT for the licensure examination between student nurses and student midwives. It was determined that nursing students' opinions of the computer-based test's worth for Akwa-Ibom licensing exams were positive. It was therefore advised that students be trained, that there be enough computers that are in working order, and that the problems of power outages during CBT be addressed.

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