Participants
The sample in this study consisted of 81 fully admitted nurse education
undergraduate students enrolled in Pathophysiology.
The Midwestern university's nursing program from which the sample
was taken is fully accredited.
Of those surveyed, only 75 returned
their responses to the two open-ended questions.
Respondents ranged
in age from 20 to 47 (M=26). Eighty-eight percent of the respondents
were female (n=66) and 12% were male (n=9).