Table 1.

Participants’ Characteristics Between Groups (N = 78)

	Total (N = 78)		Pass (n = 68)		Fail (n = 10)		t	p
	M†	SD†	M†	SD†	M†	SD†
Age (yr)	23.15	0.49	23.09	0.38	23.6	0.84	1.89	0.089
Fundamentals of Nursing in-person internship grades	83.38	3.63	83.90	2.95	79.9	5.65	-2.20	0.054
Medical-Surgical Nursing (I) internship grades	83.44	4.73	84.26	4.12	78.40	5.36	-4.00	0.006**
Community Health Nursing in-person internship grades	88.42	1.69	88.47	1.73	88.10	1.37	-0.65	0.520
Total hours of alternative internships	336.92	78.95	344.25	79.58	287.10	54.90	-2.19	0.032*
Grand mean scores of academic performance	81.31	4.11	82.10	3.56	76.00	3.66	-5.04	<0.001***

	N	%	n	%	n	%	χ2	p
Gender							1.52	0.217
Female	59	75.6	53	67.9	6	7.7
Male	19	24.4	15	19.2	4	5.1

Note: ^†M = mean; ^†SD = Standard Deviation

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001