“…Thus, improving the ability to predict at-risk students early enough to intervene is crucial to nursing programs. Strategies for fostering student success have included early identification of students most at risk for failure and development and implementation of interventions to support these students (Ehrenfeld, Rotenberg, Sharon, & Bergman, 1997;Pimparyon, Roff, McAleer, Poonchai, & Pemba, 2000;Summers, 2003). Despite these efforts, however, attrition from baccalaureate nursing education programs continues, suggesting that we need to identify more accurate predictors of success.…”