Nursing Student Retention : Understanding the Process and Making a Difference

In the current nursing shortage, student retention is a priority concern for nurse educators, health care institutions, and the patients they serve. This book presents an organizing framework for understanding student retention, identifying at-risk students, and developing both diagnostic-prescriptive strategies to facilitate success and innovations in teaching and educational research. The author's conceptual model for student retention, "Nursing Undergraduate Retention and Success," is interwoven throughout, along with essential information for developing, implementing, and evaluating retention strategies. An entire chapter is devoted to how to set up a Student Resource Center. Most chapters conclude with "Educator-in-Action" vignettes, which help illustrate practical application of strategies discussed. Nurse educators at all levels will find this an important resource. Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 PART I: Understanding the Multidimensional Process of Student Retention......Page 12 1 Overview of Student Retention......Page 14 2 Student Profile Characteristics......Page 25 3 Cultural Values and Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation: Important Considerations......Page 53 4 Academic Factors......Page 75 5 Environmental Factors......Page 89 6 Professional Integration and Socialization......Page 114 7 Academic and Psychological Outcomes......Page 135 8 The Outside Climate: Forecast, Impact, and Action......Page 154 9 Dropout, Stopout, or Go On?......Page 166 PART II: Making a Difference: Promoting Retention and Success......Page 176 10 Nursing Faculty Advisement and Helpfulness: A Culturally Congruent Approach......Page 178 11 Expanding the Web of Inclusion Through Professional: Events and Memberships......Page 199 12 Promoting Positive and Productive Peer Partnerships......Page 216 13 Enrichment Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation......Page 239 14 The Nursing Student Resource Center: A Place for Linking Strategies Together......Page 262 15 Future Directions: A Vision for Tomorrow......Page 284 Appendix A: Student Perception Appraisal-1 (SPA-1)—Pretest......Page 294 Appendix B: Student Perception Appraisal-2 (SPA-2)—Post–test......Page 296 Appendix C: Enrichment Program Satisfaction Survey......Page 298 Appendix D: Nursing Student Resource Center Satisfaction Survey......Page 300 Appendix E: Student Withdrawal Questionnaire......Page 302 Appendix F: Demographic Data Survey......Page 304 A......Page 308 C......Page 309 E......Page 310 F......Page 311 H......Page 312 L......Page 313 N......Page 314 P......Page 315 R......Page 317 S......Page 318 U......Page 320 Y......Page 321

In the current nursing shortage, student retention is a priority concern for nurse educators, health care institutions, and the patients they serve. This book presents an organizing framework for understanding student retention, identifying at-risk students, and developing both diagnostic-prescriptive strategies to facilitate success and innovations in teaching and educational research. The author's conceptual model for student retention, "Nursing Undergraduate Retention and Success," is interwoven throughout, along with essential information for developing, implementing, and evaluating retention strategies. An entire chapter is devoted to how to set up a Student Resource Center. Most chapters conclude with "Educator-in-Action" vignettes, which help illustrate practical application of strategies discussed. Nurse educators at all levels will find this an important resource.

The nursing profession must be ready to embrace a new age of realism with regard to the changing student population.