Academic and clinical performance among nursing students: What's grit go to do with it?

Terry, Daniel; Peck, Blake

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104371

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“…These findings are confirmed within the present study, where grit scores were highest among students who-arguably portraying an open-mindset-perceived their academic and clinical performance to be more advanced when compared to those who perceived their performance as average. This is observed in a number of other studies where high levels of grit were related to greater levels of course engagement and more advanced clinical skills among those studying nursing [5,16,30,31].…”

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Factors That Impact Measures of Grit among Nursing Students: A Journey Emblematic of the Koi Fish

Terry

Peck

2020

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Grit is the capacity to persevere, to have passion, and be committed to achieve goals long-term regardless of adversity or challenge. Grit provides an insight into why some nursing students succeed academically or clinically, while others do not. This quantitative cross-sectional correlational study measured levels of grit among nursing students undertaking a three-year bachelor’s degree program. All students (n = 2349) within the program were invited to complete a questionnaire which included the short grit scale (Grit-S) which measured each student’s level of perseverance and passion. Overall, it was highlighted that increased levels of grit correlated with an increase in the student’s year of study, greater perceived clinical and academic performance, not using television as a motivator for entry to nursing, being lower on the socio-economic spectrum, and being older in age. Grit was found to develop exponentially as students entered second and third years, suggesting that a balance of constant academic and clinical challenge was an impetus for many to achieve in the face of adversity, and is reminiscent of the journey of the koi fish. This paper culminates in a call for educators to consider the inclusion of creative grit forming challenges that focus on developing a student’s sense of open-mindedness within first year of undergraduate nursing programs.

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Factors That Impact Measures of Grit among Nursing Students: A Journey Emblematic of the Koi Fish

Terry

Peck

2020

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“…Previous reports [19,21,28] have advocated that noncognitive variables, including grit, predicted academic success among various samples of college students, and grit recently predicted perceived performance among nursing students. [15] Contrary to those studies, these results inform nurse educators that noncognitive variables, grit, and SAT scores do not predict academic success for junior-year nursing students. To predict academic success and persistence, nurse educators should rely on GPAs earned during the initial years of college, consistent with previous findings.…”

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“…[19] The Grit-S had predicted college GPAs, educational attainment, military academy retention [19,[22][23][24] and most recently nursing student success. [15] The Grit-S was chosen for this study because of the promising research about it [15,19,[22][23][24] and related constructs (i.e. resilience, [25] intention to complete the degree [26] ), and the concerning attrition rates among nursing students.…”

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“…[13] Grit also correlated with perceived academic and clinical success among surveyed Australian baccalaureate nursing students (n = 2349). [15] Similarly, psychological hardiness, experience and socio-economic support were predictive of academic persistence among nursing students in an integrative literature review. [5] Johnson et al found that noncognitive variables including self-concept, support, leadership, discrimination, community service, and long-range goals were identified as potential factors affecting academic success among under-represented nursing students (N = 375).…”

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Junior baccalaureate nursing students: Factors that predict success

Smith

2020

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Baccalaureate nursing education strives toward comprehensive preparation of diverse nursing students to meet current healthcare workforce demands. Identification of factors that predict academic success is imperative to meet this goal. The purpose of this study was to discover whether specific academic and noncognitive variables predicted baccalaureate nursing students’ academic success, as defined by junior-year grade point average (GPA) and persistence in nursing education. This post-facto correlational study was conducted over two semesters. Junior year nursing students (N = 150) answered the Short Grit Survey and the Noncognitive Questionnaire, and their academic records were examined for previous college grades (GPAs) and SAT scores. Demographic groups were compared using t-tests, and the data were regressed on junior-year student GPAs and persistence in the major to determine predictors of success. Several significant differences between the participant group responses were noted. Only early-college GPAs predicted junior-year success. SAT scores, grit and noncognitive factors, as well as demographic variables, did not predict academic success. These results inform baccalaureate education programs about priorities for admitting and advising students, and support the use of early-college GPAs to predict the academic success of junior-year baccalaureate nursing students.

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“…Following admission, mature age nursing students at universities face various challenges regarding academic life, adaptation to college life, career, and employment [3,7]. During the freshmen or sophomore years, they encounter academic difficulties, such as having to memorize the contents of mandatory or basic medical courses [5,8]. They experience remorse and frustration when their academic achievement is low despite spending more time than their younger peers.…”

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Factors Influencing Career Preparation Behavior of Mature Age Student Nurses

Cho

2021

J Korean Acad Fundam Nurs

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Purpose: This study was done to determine the correlations among grit, social support, career barriers, and career preparation behavior in mature age nursing students, and identify factors influencing their career preparation behavior.Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive study included 106 undergraduate nursing students aged 25 years or older at the time of entering three universities in Korea. Grit, social support, career barriers, and career preparation behavior were investigated using structured questionnaires. Data analyses included descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation analysis, and stepwise multiple regression analysis and were performed with the SAS program (version 9.4).Results: The factors influencing career preparation behavior of mature age nursing students included: persistence of efforts (β=.35, p<.001) and consistency of interests (β=-.21, p=.011) under the sub-domains of grit; informational support (β=.29, p<.001) under the sub-domains of social support; lack of job information (β=-.36, p<.001) and anxiety about the future(β=.28, p=.008) under the sub-domains of career barriers. These variables accounted for approximately 42% of the variance in career preparation behavior.Conclusion: The findings imply that in order to improve the career preparation behavior and lower the career barriers of mature age nursing students, their individual cognitive and psychological characteristics should be considered while providing diverse job information as part of career guidance.

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Academic and clinical performance among nursing students: What's grit go to do with it?

Cited by 49 publications

References 28 publications

Factors That Impact Measures of Grit among Nursing Students: A Journey Emblematic of the Koi Fish

Factors That Impact Measures of Grit among Nursing Students: A Journey Emblematic of the Koi Fish

Junior baccalaureate nursing students: Factors that predict success

Factors Influencing Career Preparation Behavior of Mature Age Student Nurses

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