Table 5 High risk of error - association between the number of incorrect answers which the participants were certain were correct, totally and for each discipline, and the participants’ background characteristics and knowledge

Study group (student - > nurse)

0.80 (-0.19: 1.79)

0.11

0.14 (-0.17: 0.46)

0.37

0.28 (-0.40: 0.97)

0.41

0.07 (-0.32: 0.47)

0.71

Age (years)

0.005 (-0.03: 0.04)

0.79

<-0.01(-0.02:0.01)

0.42

0.01 (-0.01: 0.04)

0.34

<0.01 (-0.01: 0.02)

0.44

Gender (men- > women)

-0.99 (-2.06: 0.08)

0.07

-0.35 (-0.71:0.001)

0.05

-0.42 (-1.11: 0.27)

0.23

-0.12 (-0.51: 0.27)

0.55

Childhood outside Norway

1.87 (0.53: 3.20)

0.006

0.46 ( 0.01: 0.90)

0.04

1.11 ( 0.26: 1.96)

0.01

0.33 (-0.16: 0.82)

0.18

Maths beyond 1 year USS¹⁾

-0.47 (-1.12: 0.19)

0.16

-0.19 (-0.41: 0.03)

0.09

-0.24 (-0.66: 0.18)

0.26

-0.03 (-0.26: 0.21)

0.83

Other education prior to nurse

0.31 (-0.35:0.97)

0.35

0.15 (-0.07: 0.37)

0.19

<0.01 (-0.43:0.42)

0.98

0.16 (-0.08: 0.41)

0.18

Part time job

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Sense of coping³⁾

-1.66 (-2.98:-0.33)

0.01

-0.36 (-0.80: 0.08)

0.11

-1.14 (-1.99:-0.29)

0.01

-0.07 (-0.55: 0.42)

0.78

Sense of wellbeing/self esteem²⁾

0.59 (-0.61: 1.80)

0.33

0.23 (-0.17: 0.63)

0.25

0.32 (-0.46: 0.10)

0.42

0.01 (-0.45: 0.43)

0.96

Knowledge - total

-0.15 (-0.19:-0.11)

<0.001

-

-

-

-

-

Pharmacology

-

-0.03 (-0.04:-0.02)

<0.001

-

-

-

-

Drug management

-

-

-0.07 (-0.09:-0.06)

<0.001

-

-

Drug dose calculations

-

-

-

-

-0.03 (-0.04:-0.03)

<0.001

Frequency of medication tasks³⁾

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-

-

-

-

Dispensing

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-

-

Distribution

0.12 (-0.16: 0.39)

0.41

-

-

Drug dose calculations

-

-

0.15 (0.02:0.29)

0.03

R square change

0.15

0.13

0.17

0.14