Relationships of academic preparedness, age, gender, and ethnicity to success in a community college fundamentals of nursing course
by Rayno, Marisue, Ed.D., UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, 2010, 118 pages; 3442750

Abstract:

Nursing student attrition in community colleges negatively affects students, faculty, colleges, and the nursing profession. The purpose of this quantitative correlational retrospective research study was to examine the possible relationships between each of the independent variables of academic preparedness (as measured by NET mathematics and reading scores, GPA and introductory science course grades), age, gender, and ethnicity, and the dependent variable of successful completion of a fundamentals of nursing course. The population consisted of 354 nursing students in a community college in northeastern Pennsylvania. The use of logistical regression showed two predictors were statistically significant, GPA p=.007, and introductory science course grades p=.003, with p<.05 level. The findings were that GPA and introductory science course grades showed significance for students’ predictability with pass-fail of the fundamentals of nursing course in an associate degree nursing program.

 
AdviserJane Brush@Lillestol
SchoolUNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
SourceDAI/A 72-04, p. , Mar 2011
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsCommunity college education; Nursing; Health education
Publication Number3442750
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