NONTRADITIONAL NURSING STUDENTS IN A PART TIME EVENING/WEEKEND DIPLOMA PROGRAM.
Contributors: University of Pittsburgh.
Published: 1985
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Adult and Continuing.
Description: Since an increasing number of nontraditional students are entering nursing education programs, this study examined a part time evening/weekend program initiated in a diploma school of nursing in a metropolitan area in western Pennsylvania. The case study method of inquiry was utilized to observe nontraditional nursing students as they progressed through their program within normal educational practices. No unusual intervention techniques were used to gather data. Two critical elements under study included the type of nontraditional students in the nursing program and the factors that influenced these students' progression in the program. The results yielded a comprehensive profile of the nontraditional students. The study also reported that the students' progression in the program was influenced by multiple interchanging critical factors categorized as programmatic factors, personal student factors and programmatic and personal student factors. Specific factors that emerged under these categories are described. Premises about nontraditional nursing students, which were substantiated in the literature, were generated from the data results. These premises provided direction for developing guidelines that can be utilized in developing nursing programs for notraditional students. A synthesis of the nursing and education literature related to nontraditional students is included and provides interpretation and confirmation of the results of the study.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-05, Section: B, page: 1930.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, 1985.

School code: 0178.