Socio-economic and Environmental Factors Influencing Student Nurses’ Preparedness for Nursing Qualifying Exams

The study assessed socio-economic and environmental factors influencing student nurses’ preparedness for the Qualifying Examination for General Nurses (QEFGN) in school of nursing in Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey research of 70 third-year student nurses of Basic Nursing program were selected using convenience sampling technique. Data collected using researchers-developed questionnaire were summarized with simple frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation. Average mean scores of 4.17 and 1.98 indicated environmental factors influenced student nurses’ preparedness for QEFGN while socio-economic factors did not. There was no significant association between gender and socio-economic cum environmental factors influencing preparedness for QEFGN. While environmental factors influenced preparedness for QEFGN, socio-economic did not. It was recommended that administrators of nursing training institutions should ensure that adequate and lasting lighting is supplied with a solitary environment provided for the students preparing for the exam.