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Nursing Program Progression Requirements And Student Success At A U.S. Community College, Deborah Joleen Cipale
Nursing Program Progression Requirements And Student Success At A U.S. Community College, Deborah Joleen Cipale
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Although licensed registered nurses (RNs) comprise a significant percentage of the U.S. health care workforce, there is a lack of qualified nurses to meet patient needs. This shortage is expected to intensify as practicing nurses leave the profession. The problem that prompted this study was that an attrition-reduction program implemented in the nursing program at a U.S. midwestern community college did not show a reduction in the average attrition rate. The academic integration construct of Tinto's theory of student departure was used to examine archival academic performance records of 145 students enrolled in the local program from 2010 to 2012. …