Prediction of Success in Baccalaureate Nursing Education in a Private Christian University

Download or read book Prediction of Success in Baccalaureate Nursing Education in a Private Christian University written by Cynthia A. McGuire and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to determine which nursing school entrance requirements and nursing school performance indicators best predict student performance in the nursing program at Bob Jones University. Part of successful nursing education is to carefully identify the students who have sufficient academic ability to complete the work in a rigorous course of study. This study is important because it can help to validate the current entrance requirements in this nursing program and also to ascertain whether any changes need to be made. Revising the entrance requirements, based on the findings from a careful research study, should lead to increased success in the nursing program and on the NCLEX-RN. In addition, no matter what the entrance requirements are, it is inevitable that students will be admitted into the nursing clinical courses who later demonstrate weaknesses that indicate a high risk for failure in the program and on the NCLEX-RN. Early remediation strategies with these students can increase the probability of their success. This study intends to use both the entrance requirements and nursing school performance indicators to identify those students, as early as possible in the nursing program, who will most benefit from early remediation. - Introduction.