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Customized Financial Interventions That May Affect Retention Rates In Nursing Programs, Joseph Rojek Ii Apr 2018

Customized Financial Interventions That May Affect Retention Rates In Nursing Programs, Joseph Rojek Ii

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With the cost of post-secondary education on the rise and retention rates of university students a major concern for university administrators, the author of the current study desired to explore the effect that a Financial Solutions Team (FST) had on improving the retention and graduation rates of undergraduate (RN-BSN) and graduate level (MSN) nursing students (n = 1030). The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the enhanced FST processes in order to determine its impact on the one-year retention rates after a financial hold was placed on a nurse’s student account, and the graduation rates …