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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782468003321

Autore

Jeffreys Marianne R

Titolo

Nursing student retention : understanding the process and making a difference / / Marianne R. Jeffreys

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Springer Pub., , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-281-81333-8

9786611813338

0-8261-3446-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 310 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

610.73/071/173

Soggetti

Nursing school dropouts - United States - Prevention

Nursing students - United States - Psychology

Nursing - Study and teaching - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overview of student retention -- Student profile characteristics -- Cultural values and beliefs, self-efficacy, and motivation : important considerations -- Academic factors -- Environmental factors -- Professional integration and socialization -- Academic and psychological outcomes -- The outside climate : forecast, impact, and action -- Dropout, stopout, or go on? -- Nursing faculty advisement and helpfulness : a culturally congruent approach -- Expanding the web of inclusion through professional events and memberships -- Promoting positive and productive peer partnerships -- Enrichment program design, implementation, and evaluation -- The nursing student resource center: a place for linking strategies together -- Future directions : a vision for tomorrow.

Sommario/riassunto

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 rete