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Nursing student retention : understanding the process and making a difference / Marianne R. Jeffreys.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jeffreys, Marianne R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nursing--Study and teaching--United States.
- Nursing.
- Nursing students--United States--Psychology.
- Nursing students.
- Nursing school dropouts--United States--Prevention.
- Nursing school dropouts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (375 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Springer Pub., c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the only book to offer an evidence-based model for retaining students and ensuring success across the nursing education spectrum. It is designed to assist faculty in creating, implementing, and evaluating student retention and academic success strategies. This model, Nursing Undergraduate Retention and Success (NURS), can be used effectively with all kinds of nursing programs, both traditional and nontraditional, including diploma, ADN, RN-BS, and accelerated BS. The book features the Nursing Student Retention Toolkit , an easy-to-use digital toolkit for assessment and planning that is
- Contents:
- 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?
- 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/nursing neighborhood : a place for linking strategies together
- Future directions : a vision for tomorrow.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-49804-8
- 9786613593276
- 0-8261-0950-0
- OCLC:
- 792685485
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