Predictors of Persistence in Online Graduate Nursing Students

Predictors of Persistence in Online Graduate Nursing Students
Author: Denise Cauble
Publisher:
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2016
Genre: Distance education
ISBN:

Persistence is an important measure of success for individual students and institutions of higher learning. The purpose of this study was to explore personal and academic factors that influence persistence in online graduate nursing students. A predictive correlational study design was used. Data were extracted from existing student records in two online graduate programs within a large, urban college of nursing. A sample size of 197 graduate nursing students was selected, 94 who persisted to graduation from their program within 36 months and 103 who did not. Age, gender, race/ethnicity, undergraduate GPA, undergraduate education (BSN or RN-BSN level) were examined as predictors of persistence in the two online graduate nursing programs. In this study, undergraduate GPA emerged as a predictor of persistence to graduation. It is evident that there are other significant factors that affect persistence that have yet to be determined. By identifying students' characteristics of persistence, strategies can be developed to enhance success in online graduate nursing programs.

Nursing Student Retention

Nursing Student Retention
Author: Marianne R. Jeffreys
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780826134455

In the current nursing shortage, student retention is a priority concern for nurse educators, health care institutions, and the patients they serve. This book presents an organizing framework for understanding student retention, identifying at-risk students, and developing both diagnostic-prescriptive strategies to facilitate success and innovations in teaching and educational research. The author's conceptual model for student retention, "Nursing Undergraduate Retention and Success," is interwoven throughout, along with essential information for developing, implementing, and evaluating retention strategies. An entire chapter is devoted to how to set up a Student Resource Center. Most chapters conclude with "Educator-in-Action" vignettes, which help illustrate practical application of strategies discussed. Nurse educators at all levels will find this an important resource.

Predictors of Student Outcome in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program

Predictors of Student Outcome in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program
Author: Paula H. Bryant
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2017
Genre:
ISBN:

Student success in a nursing program is a complex process that involves the interaction of student attributes, academic, psychological, social, and environmental factors. Using the Jeffreys's (2015) Nursing Undergraduate Retention and Success (NURS) Model, the purpose of this research was to determine the individual student profile characteristics, academic characteristics, and personal attributes and attitudes that predict outcome in a baccalaureate nursing program. Three hundred sixty-three records of students admitted to a baccalaureate nursing program at a small, public university in southwest Georgia from May 2009-August 2014 were reviewed. Binomial logistic regression analysis was utilized to determine if three categories of independent variables: (a) student profile factors, (b) self-reported attitudes and attributes, and (c) academic factors could predict student outcome in the nursing program. Research results from this study found that student profile factors, specifically age, sex, program designation, and socioeconomic status were not predictive of outcome. Further, results found that academic factors, grade point average, and TEAS test scores were highly predictive of student outcome. Lastly, the research found that higher scores in self-reported critical thinking ability and learning style preference were predictive of a favorable student outcome. Of importance to nursing education is how these results can be utilized for review and revision of admission, and progression policies. The use of GPA and standardized test scores is a common practice for admission committees and will likely continue to be a significant factor in admissions decisions. Further research is needed as to how other factors that affect student outcomes, attrition or completion could be used to guide admission decisions.

Modeling Nurse-entry Success by Integrating Student Characteristics with Gateway Course Performance

Modeling Nurse-entry Success by Integrating Student Characteristics with Gateway Course Performance
Author: Emily Appicelli
Publisher:
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2020
Genre: College dropouts
ISBN:

Decades of undergraduate retention research has uncovered common predictors of student success and methods, such as early-alert intervention, that promote persistence among academically at-risk students. This study addresses low retention rates among nurse-entry majors enrolled at Texas Woman's University (TWU) by integrating a gateway course performance variable with other student characteristic variables and using predictive analytics to identify at-risk nurse-entry students after their first semester of coursework. A logistic regression model was built to predict the probability of being admitted into the upper division nursing program after persisting for two to three years. Significant interaction between gateway course performance and first-semester GPA was detected, conveying valuable insight into the odds of success for these students based on first semester behavior. Because this model exhibits exceptional predictive accuracy, it may realistically serve as a basis for early-alert intervention programs among TWU nurse-entry students in the future.

Assessing Progress on the Institute of Medicine Report The Future of Nursing

Assessing Progress on the Institute of Medicine Report The Future of Nursing
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2016-03-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309380316

Nurses make up the largest segment of the health care profession, with 3 million registered nurses in the United States. Nurses work in a wide variety of settings, including hospitals, public health centers, schools, and homes, and provide a continuum of services, including direct patient care, health promotion, patient education, and coordination of care. They serve in leadership roles, are researchers, and work to improve health care policy. As the health care system undergoes transformation due in part to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the nursing profession is making a wide-reaching impact by providing and affecting quality, patient-centered, accessible, and affordable care. In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released the report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, which made a series of recommendations pertaining to roles for nurses in the new health care landscape. This current report assesses progress made by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/AARP Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action and others in implementing the recommendations from the 2010 report and identifies areas that should be emphasized over the next 5 years to make further progress toward these goals.