Table 5.
Demographics of the Adult Critical Care for Nursing Diploma Students.
| Variables | Nursing Diploma |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total n = 51 (100%) |
Students 2019 n = 33 (64.7%) |
Students 2021 n = 18 (35.3%) |
P value | |
| Age (in years) | ||||
| 20–25 | 18 (35.3) | 15 (45.5) | 3 (16.7) | 0.090 |
| 26–30 | 22 (43.1) | 13 (39.4) | 9 (50) | |
| >31 | 11 (21.6) | 5 (15.2) | 6 (33.3) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 34 (66.7) | 23 (69.7) | 11 (61.1) | 0.534 |
| Male | 17 (33.3) | 10 (30.3) | 7 (38.9) | |
| Employment status before joining the Diploma | ||||
| Employed full-time | 38 (74.5) | 25 (75.8) | 13 (72.2) | 0.782 |
| Student | 13 (25.5) | 8 (24.2) | 5 (27.8) | |
| Highest level of education before joining the Diploma | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | 45 (88.2) | 30 (90.9) | 15 (83.3) | 0.422 |
| Post Graduate | 6 (11.8) | 3 (9.1) | 3 (16.7) | |
| Sponsorship | ||||
| Affiliated student | 35 (68.6) | 24 (72.7) | 11 (61.1) | 0.393 |
| Unaffiliated student | 16 (31.4) | 9 (27.3) | 7 (38.9) | |