Evidence
![](https://psychiatryai.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/psychiatryai_com.webp)
J Nurs Adm. 2024 Jul-Aug 01;54(7-8):422-426. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000001451.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between scores on the Westside Test Anxiety Scale (WTAS) and nurse certification rates.
BACKGROUND: Nurse certification is associated with improved outcomes. Understanding intrinsic factors associated with low certification rates including test anxiety could help nurse leaders improve certification rates.
METHODS: This descriptive, correlational study used a convenience sample of 577 RNs with at least 2 years of nursing experience. Participants completed a survey of their demographics and the 10-question WTAS.
RESULTS: Certified nurses were significantly older and had more years of experience. Noncertified nurses had significantly higher scores on the WTAS.
CONCLUSIONS: Facilities working to increase their nurse certification rates may consider adding test anxiety reduction interventions to other levels of support.
PMID:39028564 | DOI:10.1097/NNA.0000000000001451
![Google](https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_light_color_92x30dp.png)
![Google Keep](https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/product/1x/keep_48dp.png)
![Share on Linkedin](https://psychiatryai.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/linkedin-logo-png-2048-1.png)
Estimated reading time: 3 minute(s)
Latest: Psychiatryai.com #RAISR4D Evidence
![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bd462cc11bcf0bd0d0d6f1d0f8b7cd04-modified-1.png)
Cool Evidence: Engaging Young People and Students in Real-World Evidence
![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/bd462cc11bcf0bd0d0d6f1d0f8b7cd04-modified-1.png)
Real-Time Evidence Search [Psychiatry]
![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pubmed.png)
AI Research
![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Il5nR_nf_400x400-modified-1.png)
Nurse Certification and Test Anxiety
![](https://psychiatryai.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/psychiatryai_com.webp)
🌐 90 Days
AI Virtual Reality Related Evidence Matrix
The frequency of sepsis-associated delirium in intensive care unit and its effect on nurse workload How to manage being bullied as a nurse leader Relationship between family function and anxiety among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mediating role of expressive suppression Changes in Registered Nurse Employment Plans and Workplace Assessments Paediatric nurses' perspectives on artificial intelligence applications: A cross-sectional study of concerns, literacy levels and attitudes Development of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Tailored Mobile Intervention for Nurse Burnout: Single-Arm Trial Sedation Experiences of Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses: Exploring PICU Nurse Perspectives on Sedative Management and Communication The Effect of Oncology Nurse Navigation on Mental Health in Patients with Cancer in Taiwan: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Relationship between missed nursing care and patients' trust in nurses and satisfaction with care: A cross-sectional study Nursing students' work readiness and its influencing factors before participating in a nurse residency program: a multicenter cross-sectional study Attitudes of nurses and nurse managers towards violence risk assessment and management: A cross-sectional study in psychiatric inpatient settings Using Systematic Desensitization to Create a Mindfulness Activity for Nursing Students With Test Anxiety Relationship between nursing students' global climate change awareness, climate change anxiety and sustainability attitudes in nursing: a descriptive and cross-sectional study Internet-Based Trauma Recovery Intervention for Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Trial Developing bullying prevention guidelines for nurse interns' and its effects on their assertiveness Characteristics of first-time users of the nursing small-scale multifunctional home care service: a pooled cross-sectional study using Japanese long-term care insurance claims data from 2012 to 2019 Adapting the Zero Suicide framework to the adult emergency department setting: Strategies for nurse leaders Impact of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) future nurse: Standards of proficiency for registered nurses on children's nursing curriculum - A cross-sectional study Impact of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) future nurse: Standards of proficiency for registered nurses on children's nursing curriculum - A cross-sectional study Factors influencing nurse practitioner panel size in team-based primary care: a qualitative case study Clinical nurses' work procrastination and smartphone addiction: a potential profile study Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Educators' Perceptions of Teaching Dissociative Disorders: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis Health screenings in college health centers: Variations in practice Nurses as Petitioners: A Legal Mapping of State Extreme Risk Protection Order Laws Nurses as Petitioners: A Legal Mapping of State Extreme Risk Protection Order Laws The Correlates and Predictive Factors of Work Stress, Job Satisfaction, and Resilience in Nurses in the Post-COVID-19 Era The Correlates and Predictive Factors of Work Stress, Job Satisfaction, and Resilience in Nurses in the Post-COVID-19 Era Building Resilience in New Graduate RNs: Lessons Learned Effect Analysis of Nurse-Led Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Patients with Urinary Incontinence after Radical Prostatectomy Effect Analysis of Nurse-Led Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Patients with Urinary Incontinence after Radical Prostatectomy Nursing Leaders' Knowledge and Awareness of Bullying and Lateral Violence: A Qualitative Study Registered nurses' perceptions of nursing student preceptorship: Content analysis of open-ended survey questions The identification of the relationship between nursing students' disgust sensitivity and willingness to care for the elderly: The case of a university The identification of the relationship between nursing students' disgust sensitivity and willingness to care for the elderly: The case of a university The needs of patients with noncancer diseases and their families from hospital-based specialized palliative care teams in Japan Exploring a pilot alcohol and other drug (AOD) nurse practitioner mentoring program: Empirical research mixed methods: A pilot nurse practitioner mentoring program The Importance of Nurse-Patient Relationships in the Midst of Substance Misuse: Support for Rural Youth Well-Being Emotional intelligence and self-esteem among Saudi Arabian and Indian nursing students: findings from two countries The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing students' navigation of their nursing programmes and experiences of resilience. A qualitative study Understanding Nurse Perceptions of Caring for Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study School-Based Suicide Prevention Efforts: The Impact of School Nurse Exclusivity on Moral Distress The relationship between organizational support, professional quality of life, decent work, and professional well-being among nurses: a cross-sectional study Orthopaedic Nurse Navigators and Total Joint Arthroplasty Preoperative Optimization: Mental Health and Housing Status-Part Five of the Movement Is Life Special ONJ Series Orthopaedic Nurse Navigators and Total Joint Arthroplasty Preoperative Optimization: Mental Health and Housing Status-Part Five of the Movement Is Life Special ONJ Series The relationship between emotional intelligence, resilience, and psychological distress among nurses in Jordan Development of a training program prototype to enhance implementation leadership competencies and behaviours of Chinese unit nurse managers: a qualitative descriptive study A Scalable and Extensible Logical Data Model of Electronic Health Record Audit Logs for Temporal Data Mining (RNteract): Model Conceptualization and Formulation Psychiatric nurse and educator perspectives on professional boundaries in nursing education: An interpretive description study Contemporary issue: Starting nurse suicide prevention during pre-licensure education Missed Nursing Care and Relationship to Burnout and Leave the Profession Positioning virtual reality as means of clinical experience in mental health nursing education: A quasi-experimental study Knowledge graph analysis of research on nurses' psychological resilience Knowledge graph analysis of research on nurses' psychological resilience Enhancing the use of Makaton in nurse education and practice Effectiveness of nurse-led non-pharmacological interventions on outcomes of delirium in adults: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Evaluating the real-world implementation of the Family Nurse Partnership in England: a data linkage study Pathways linking workplace violence and suicidal ideation/non-suicidal self-injury among nurse staff: the mediating role of loneliness and depressive symptoms School Nurse Leadership and the Implementation of School-Based Support for LGBTQ+ Students School Nurse Leadership and the Implementation of School-Based Support for LGBTQ+ Students Workplace Reintegration Programs, Policies, and Procedures for Nurses Experiencing Operational Stress Injury: A Scoping Literature Review Determining the effects of nomophobia on nurses and midwives in a maternity and child health hospital: A cross-sectional study Attitudes Toward Caring for the Oldest-Old and Associated Factors Implementation of Coaching to Address Burnout in Emergency Clinicians Implementation of Coaching to Address Burnout in Emergency Clinicians
Evidence Blueprint
Nurse Certification and Test Anxiety
![](https://psychiatryai.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/psychiatryai_com.webp)
☊ AI-Driven Related Evidence Nodes
(recent articles with at least 5 words in title)
More Evidence
![](https://psychiatryai.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/psychiatryai_com.webp)
Nurse Certification and Test Anxiety
🌐 365 Days
AI Virtual Reality Related Evidence Matrix
Racism and Nursing Leadership in Massachusetts: A Mixed-Methods Study Comparative analysis of GPT-3.5 and 4.0 in Taiwan's medical technologist certification: A study in AI advancements Differences in Test Anxiety Scores Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students and Nonnursing Students Implementation of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) program in neurosurgery Turkish nurses' psychological resilience and burnout levels during the COVID-19 pandemic: A correlational study The Effect of an Educational Intervention on Nurses' Knowledge, Beliefs, and Actions to be Taken, Regarding Suicide Anxiety Communication Notes-A Tool to Facilitate Anxiety Management and Improve the Nurse-Patient Relationship in Mental Health Nursing Embedding the service user voice to co-produce UK mental health nurse education-A lived experience narrative The frequency of sepsis-associated delirium in intensive care unit and its effect on nurse workload How to manage being bullied as a nurse leader Relationship between family function and anxiety among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mediating role of expressive suppression Changes in Registered Nurse Employment Plans and Workplace Assessments Paediatric nurses' perspectives on artificial intelligence applications: A cross-sectional study of concerns, literacy levels and attitudes Development of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Tailored Mobile Intervention for Nurse Burnout: Single-Arm Trial Mortality Among the Dementia Population in Not-For-Profit Hospitals with Better Nursing Resources Child Health Nurses' Acceptance and Use of a Novel Telehealth Platform: A Mixed-Method Study Pilot Study Focused on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Health Access Behaviors of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses Regarding Suicide Prevention Sedation Experiences of Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses: Exploring PICU Nurse Perspectives on Sedative Management and Communication Anxiety Symptoms and Associated Psychological and Job-Related Factors Among Hospital Nurses Orientation of New Graduate Registered Nurses Postpandemic: A Follow-up Study Researchers develop hedgehog safety test for robotic lawnmowers The National Association of Medical Examiners Position Paper on the Investigation and Certification of Pediatric Deaths From Environmental Neglect The Effect of Oncology Nurse Navigation on Mental Health in Patients with Cancer in Taiwan: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Innovative AI methods for monitoring front-of-package information: A case study on infant foods Nursing students' self-efficacy and clinical decision-making in the context of medication administration to children: A descriptive-correlational study Relationship between missed nursing care and patients' trust in nurses and satisfaction with care: A cross-sectional study Nursing students' work readiness and its influencing factors before participating in a nurse residency program: a multicenter cross-sectional study Attitudes of nurses and nurse managers towards violence risk assessment and management: A cross-sectional study in psychiatric inpatient settings Using Systematic Desensitization to Create a Mindfulness Activity for Nursing Students With Test Anxiety A Series of 8 Illicit Fentanyl Intoxication Deaths in Infants and Toddlers Factors Associated with Nurses' Motivation to Provide Care for Patients with Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use-Related Problems Predictors of Substance Use Risk in Nurse Anesthetists Relationship between nursing students' global climate change awareness, climate change anxiety and sustainability attitudes in nursing: a descriptive and cross-sectional study The lived experiences of nurse preceptors in training new nurses in Qatar: qualitative study Task sharing for the management of leprosy by nurses in a tertiary healthcare setting of Northern India Internet-Based Trauma Recovery Intervention for Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Trial Engaging Mortality: Effective Implementation of Dignity Therapy The effect of nomophobic behaviors among nurses on their clinical decision-making perceptions Developing bullying prevention guidelines for nurse interns' and its effects on their assertiveness Characteristics of first-time users of the nursing small-scale multifunctional home care service: a pooled cross-sectional study using Japanese long-term care insurance claims data from 2012 to 2019 Living With the Aftermath: The Second Victim Experience Among Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Adapting the Zero Suicide framework to the adult emergency department setting: Strategies for nurse leaders Impact of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) future nurse: Standards of proficiency for registered nurses on children's nursing curriculum - A cross-sectional study Impact of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) future nurse: Standards of proficiency for registered nurses on children's nursing curriculum - A cross-sectional study The Intersection of Nurses With Substance Use Disorder and Peer Support Factors influencing nurse practitioner panel size in team-based primary care: a qualitative case study Clinical nurses' work procrastination and smartphone addiction: a potential profile study Core-curriculum in psycho-oncology: Towards the certification of the psycho-oncologist profession Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Educators' Perceptions of Teaching Dissociative Disorders: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis Health screenings in college health centers: Variations in practice Nurses as Petitioners: A Legal Mapping of State Extreme Risk Protection Order Laws Nurses as Petitioners: A Legal Mapping of State Extreme Risk Protection Order Laws Trauma Informed Care for Nursing Action Bachelor of Science in Nursing Course Nurses' knowledge and beliefs on pain management practices with hospitalised persons living with dementia: A qualitative descriptive study The Correlates and Predictive Factors of Work Stress, Job Satisfaction, and Resilience in Nurses in the Post-COVID-19 Era The Correlates and Predictive Factors of Work Stress, Job Satisfaction, and Resilience in Nurses in the Post-COVID-19 Era Nursing care left undone in psychiatric hospitals and its association with nurse staffing: A cross-sectional multi-centre study in Switzerland Dementia, nurse staffing, and health outcomes in nursing homes Building Resilience in New Graduate RNs: Lessons Learned Mobile Critical Care Recovery Program for Survivors of Acute Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Clinical Trial Effect Analysis of Nurse-Led Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Patients with Urinary Incontinence after Radical Prostatectomy Effect Analysis of Nurse-Led Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Patients with Urinary Incontinence after Radical Prostatectomy Nursing Leaders' Knowledge and Awareness of Bullying and Lateral Violence: A Qualitative Study Registered nurses' perceptions of nursing student preceptorship: Content analysis of open-ended survey questions