Tracking students through program entry, progression, graduation, and licensure: Assessing undergraduate nursing student retention and success

Jeffreys, Marianne R.

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2006.07.003

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“…In Professional GPA were ~3.5 times more likely to complete the academic program within the prescribed 2 years. This is consistent with research in nursing (Alexander and Brophy, 1997;Jeffreys, 2007;Daley et al 2003;Wong and Wong, 1999) found that "the best predictor of performance on the NPTE was the GPA after the first year of physical therapy school" (p. 62). While these studies do not tie Professional GPA to program completion, they do tie success on the credentialing examinations to success in the discipline-specific courses of the program of study, which are linked to GPA.…”

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“…While not studied in relation to program completion, these studies are also significant. A study by Jeffreys (2007) found a strong correlation with academic variables and success on the NCLEX-RN. The researcher found that "100% of students who achieved a "B" NCGA [nursing course grade average] passed the licensure on the first attempt" (p. 417).…”

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“…Examining the entry, progression, graduation, and licensure of nursing students was the focus of a study by Jeffreys (2007). Jeffreys' study was conducted with associate degree nursing students with the goal of "exploring various nursing student progress trajectories, developing composites of successful student, and developing composites of the at-risk student" (p. 408).…”

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Predictors of Success: Medical Laboratory Associate in Science Degree Program

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He learned how to cook, and took care of all the chores around the house so I could devote my time to finishing this dissertation. He has encouraged me and picked me up when I thought I could not continue. Finishing this dissertation has truly been a difficult journey and having my husband's love and support made all the difference.My daughter is a beautiful young woman and a wonderful mother. I thank her for her love and encouragement when I had all but given up ever finishing this dissertation.She was the one that said, "no mom you cannot give up now, you are so close. Contact the professors you know and see if they want to be on your committee." It was her wisdom at that moment that set me on the right path to move forward and finish this Using a retrospective model, the correlational analysis between the variables and completion revealed a significant relationship (p < .05) for CGPA, SGPA, CPT Math, and PGPA indicating that students with higher CGPA, SGPA, CPT Math, and PGPA were more likely to complete their degree in 2 years. Binary logistic regression analysis vii with the same academic variables revealed PGPA was the best predictor of program completion (p < .001).

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“…The lack of consensus nationally on what quality nursing curricula looks like impacts on the attributes of graduate nurses (McAllister 2001). Consequently, the quality of undergraduate nursing education is a prominent consideration with a significant proportion of the debate centred on issues related to course content (Birks et al 2011); student satisfaction (Lo 2002;Jeffreys 2007); student attrition (Gaynor et al 2007); and teaching delivery (Jackson and Daly 2004).…”

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The accreditation of nursing education in Australia

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This paper aims to explore and discuss the role that ANMAC and the accreditation standards play in pre-registration nursing education nationally. The context of the discussion is situated in the continuum of events that mark the accreditation of nursing education in Australia. The National Registration and Accreditation Scheme has given rise to significant challenges related to the accreditation of nursing programs of education in Australia. Given the importance of accreditation to the quality of nursing education, ANMAC in its appointed role as accrediting authority, must fill the position rather than occupy it. Enhancing transparency and effectiveness is central to ensuring accreditation facilitates quality in nursing education. Given ANMAC's key position, further work is needed in developing a broad base of expertise by fostering scholarly output in the substantive area of nursing accreditation. There is a concerning lack of research centred on the accreditation of programs of nursing education along with the processes associated with it. This problem is not restricted to the Australian context but also extends internationally. In this context, the expertise of accreditors ought to be questioned along with the processes ANMAC use to identify individual capability. As such, the transparency of selecting experts needs to be articulated clearly by ANMAC along with the ownership of facilitating a research culture into accreditation. The National Registration and Accreditation Scheme has given rise to significant challenges related to the accreditation of nursing programs of education in Australia. Given the importance of accreditation to the quality of nursing education, ANMAC in its appointed role as accrediting authority, must fill the position rather than occupy it. Enhancing transparency and effectiveness is central to ensuring accreditation facilitates quality in nursing education. Given ANMAC's key position, further work is needed in developing a broad base of expertise by fostering scholarly output in the substantive area of nursing accreditation.There is a concerning lack of research centred on the accreditation of programs of nursing education along with the processes associated with it. This problem is not restricted to the Australian context but also extends internationally. In this context, the expertise of accreditors ought to be questioned along with the processes ANMAC use to identify individual capability. As such, the transparency of selecting experts needs to be articulated clearly by ANMAC along with the ownership of facilitating a research culture into accreditation.

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“…Another important concept to consider when measuring degree courses' quality is the dropout prevention, the students abandoning the courses are usually those who had low grades in pre-entrance tests (Houltram, 1996;Kevern et al, 1999;Pryjmachuk et al, 2009), with parents who did not graduate, with a lower socioeconomic status; other important factors are student's age (Houltram, 1996;Kevern et al, 1999;Mulholland et al, 2008;Pryjmachuk et al, 2009), gender (Mulholland et al, 2008;Pryjmachuk et al, 2009) and course's topic (Higher Education Funding Council England, 2000;McMillan, 2005;Jeffreys, 2007). However, just one factor can be sufficient to cause drop out.…”

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Psychometric properties of the Scale for Quality Evaluation of the Bachelor Degree in Nursing Version 2 (QBN 2)

Macale

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Sarra

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Nurse Education Today

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To evaluate all the variables that affect nursing education is important for nursing educators to have valid and reliable instruments that can measure the perceived quality of the Bachelor Degree in Nursing. This study testing the Scale for Quality Evaluation of the Bachelor Degree in Nursing instrument and its psychometric properties with a descriptive design. Participant were first, second and third year students of the Bachelor Degree in Nursing Science from three Italian universities. The Scale for Quality Evaluation of Bachelor Degree in Nursing consists of 65 items that use a 4 point Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree". The instrument comes from a prior version with 41 items that were modified and integrated with 24 items to improve reliability. Six hundred and fifty questionnaires were completed and considered for the present study. The mean age of the students was 24.63 years, 65.5% were females. Reliability of the scale resulted in a very high Cronbach's alpha (0.96). The construct validity was tested with factor analysis that showed 7 factors. The Scale for Quality Evaluation of the Bachelor Degree in Nursing, although requiring further studies, represents a useful instrument to measure the quality of the Bachelor Nursing Degree.

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Tracking students through program entry, progression, graduation, and licensure: Assessing undergraduate nursing student retention and success

Cited by 131 publications

References 42 publications

Predictors of Success: Medical Laboratory Associate in Science Degree Program

Predictors of Success: Medical Laboratory Associate in Science Degree Program

The accreditation of nursing education in Australia

Psychometric properties of the Scale for Quality Evaluation of the Bachelor Degree in Nursing Version 2 (QBN 2)

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