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The effects of career commitment, distress, and persistence on academic success among undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students
The ability of students, specifically in higher education environments, to persist is a critical determinant of academic success. Student success is especially precarious within programs of nursing, where curricula include ...
Perceptions of associate degree nursing students regarding the effects of pervious work experiences on their academic progress
The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore how ADN nursing students eligible to graduate, with prior or concurrent healthcare work experience, describe their academic experiences and progress in an associate ...
Repeating accelerated baccalaureate nursing courses: A qualitative study of stories of persistence
Accelerated baccalaureate nursing programs (ABSN) have grown to meet the needs of the health care industry. These short-term programs attract unique groups of learners that have achieved baccalaureate degrees in other ...
Community college nursing students' experience of repeating a course after academic failure
This narrative inquiry study looked at community college nursing student repeaters, those who have failed a required nursing course and then gone on to repeat the course. Nursing student repeaters are a population at ...
Utilizing the expectancy theory as a predictor of student academic success on the Illinois Nurse Assistant Competency Examination
This study researches the relationship between motivation and academic success by utilizing the concepts of Vroom’s Expectancy Theory: Valence, Expectancy, and Instrumentality. In order to quantify motivation, the ...
The effect of classroom and clinical learning approaches on academic achievement in associate degree nursing students
While many students compete aggressively to enter into nursing schools, those who succeed have no guarantee they will be successful in their nursing studies, graduating, and passing the National Council Licensing Exam for ...
The lived experiences of minority nursing students: Perceived barriers to success, strategies for success, and the role of grit
The education and graduation of minority nursing students is needed to meet the healthcare needs of the people of the United States. However, more minority nursing students are lost to attrition than are white students. ...
A comparative analysis of demographic and academic characteristics and NCLEX-RN passing among urban and rural campus students in a Midwest associate degree nursing program
A retrospective study was initiated to determine: (1) the predictive relationship between demographic and academic variables and NCLEX-RN success; and (2) if there were significant differences between urban and rural nursing ...