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CNA status as an admission criterion for undergraduate nursing students: A comparative case study
Undergraduate nursing programs continue to be unable to meet the current and projected demand for nurses. Faculty and administrators need to choose admission criteria that best predict student success in the program to provide newly graduated nurses to meet societal demands for nurses. The objective for this study was to investigate the perceptions of clinical faculty and undergraduate nursing students regarding effects of the nonacademic admission criterion of status as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) on first-year student preparedness for the clinical setting, self-confidence and anxiety in clinical decision-making (CDM), and student success. A comparative case study design was used to investigate two similarly-sized baccalaureate nursing programs located within universities in the southeastern U. S. Five data collection methods were used, including semi-structured interviews (faculty, students), observations, document analysis, field notes, and the Nursing Anxiety and Self-Confidence in Clinical Decision-making (NASCCDM) scale. The study participants were a convenience sample of 9 faculty (Case A, n = 5, Case B, n = 4) and 54 students (Case A, n = 33, Case B, n = 21) who consented to take part in the study and recruited from the purposive sample of two nursing programs or cases. Three overarching, cross-case themes emerged: student preparedness, student learning, and student success. A subtheme regarding CNA status emerged from Case A participants with faculty not supporting and students supporting the admission criterion. More research is needed on nonacademic program admission criteria, such as CNA status, as part of the undergraduate nursing program admission process....
Fostering the non-academic trait of grit to increase nursing student success
In nursing education, there are few challenges as elusive as determining why attrition occurs. Attrition has been attributed to factors such as academic underperformance, adverse life events, and financial issues. It is ...
Variables that influence student nurse progression during sophomore year in a traditional BSN program
The purpose of this dissertation was to discover variables that influence student progression during the sophomore year in a traditional bachelor of science in nursing program. Research exists to identify factors that will ...