PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS IN THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM AT A TWO-YEAR INSTITUTION (RETENTION, ATTRITION).
Contributors: Wayne State University.
Published: 1985
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Education, Curriculum and Instruction.
Description: Success in nursing programs has been a concern of educators because of the loss of time for both faculty and students as well as money, and the loss of future nurses to society. A study was conducted to determine the predictors of success in an Associate Degree Nursing Program at a suburban community college located in Wayne County, Michigan. The members of the classes that began their studies in the fall of 1979 and the fall of 1980 were selected as participants in the study. There were 195 students in the combined classes, 193 women and two men. Of the 195 students there were 129 who completed the Associate Degree Program in Nursing with their respective classes. Data were collected from student files, which included a college application, a high school transcript or GED test scores, and a college transcript(s). Additional data were compiled from a questionnaire designed for the study, the Nursing Graduate Questionnaire, which was mailed to the students. Statistical analyses using analysis of variance (2 x 2) revealed significant differences for successful students who had a grade better than a C in a required microbiology class, had a grade better than a C in a required anatomy and physiology class, and had a minimum academic eligibility grade point average higher than 2.5 for the three liberal arts courses required for admission to the program. In addition, students older than twenty-eight years of age were more apt to succeed, as were married or previously married students. There was no statistical significance in students' high school class rank, high school science/mathematics grade point average, years for program completion, or grade point on entrance to the program and success in the program. Since some of the predictors of success in nursing found in other studies were not found in this study, a follow-up study at the same institution is suggested.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-01, Section: A, page: 0076.

Thesis (ED.D.)--WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, 1985.

School code: 0254.