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Gender and Age Differential on Competence Level in Clinical Practice Among Nursing Students in a Tertiary Institution in Nigeria.
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- The relationship between professional competence and medical error tendency among final-year nursing students.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2026Article
- Nurse Educators' Self-Reported Level of Teaching Competence and Its Correlation with Sociodemographic, Professional, Training and Research Variables: A Cross-Sectional Multicentre Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Clinical competence is the cornerstone of quality healthcare, influenced by various factors including age and gender in the clinical experience of nursing students. These factors can impact the acquisition, retention, clinical skills application, and readiness for professional roles. Objective: The study assessed gender and age differentials on competence level in nursing practice among nursing students in a tertiary institution in Nigeria. Method: The study employed a descriptive cross-sectional study design. Thirty-three nursing students at 300 levels of academic learning participated in this study using a purposive sampling technique. Clinical Experience Questionnaire and Clinical Competency Questionnaire were used to collect data from respondents. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS version 23 and summarized using descriptive (frequencies, counts, and percentages) and inferential (ANOVA) statistics with the level of significance set at Results: The result of this study revealed that the majority (81.8%) of the respondents were between the age range of 20 and 24 years, and most (87.9%) of the participants were female. The competence of the students varies from high to moderate to low. The findings further showed that gender significantly predicts competencies ( Conclusion: This study shows the significance of gender on nursing students' clinical competence level in clinical practice. Understanding the impact of gender influence on clinical competence can inform educational strategies and supportive learning experiences fostering male inclusion and retention in the nursing discipline.
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