PREDICTORS OF THE SUCCESS OF LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES IN ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAMS (SUCCESS PREDICTORS).
Contributors: University of Michigan.
Published: 1994
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Education, Community College.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Health.
Description: The purpose of the study was to investigate factors linked to the success of licensed practical nurses in completing community college associate degree nursing programs and achieving registered nurse licensure. Success was defined as an outcome of program completion and registered nurse licensure. Exit grade point average was also an outcome success measure. Logistic regression was used to analyze effects of independent variables on the dichotomous dependent success variable. Multiple regression was used to test effects of independent variables on the exit grade point average.

Results indicated that program entrance requirements were not predictors of either program completion and registered nurse licensure or exit grade point average. National League for Nursing accreditation was a predictor of both program completion and licensure success and grade point average. The only student characteristic that predicted program completion and licensure success was acute-care work experience. Other predictors of exit grade point average were race and the number of years since graduation from a licensed practical nurse school. White students had higher grade point averages than others and more time since graduation predicted a higher grade point average. The requirement of reference letters for admission, ranked admissions, the number of credits a licensed practical nurse student was required to take, the total institutional budget, and the level of state control were negative predictors of exit grade point average. A model program based on study results was recommended.

The sample consisted of 230 licensed practical nurses who entered community college associate degree nursing programs with an anticipated graduation date between 1987 and 1991. The students were in five associate degree nursing programs housed in five community colleges located in Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, and Washington.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 55-04, Section: A, page: 0845.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 1994.

School code: 0127.