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Exploring The Associations Among Life Stress, State Anxiety, Academic Resilience, And Program Completion For Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Mary Jo Frichtl
Exploring The Associations Among Life Stress, State Anxiety, Academic Resilience, And Program Completion For Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Mary Jo Frichtl
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Background:Nursing schools across the country are struggling to respond to the rising demand for registered nurses. Factors that impact baccalaureate nursing student attrition must be addressed to increase the number of well-educated and skilled nurses.Method:Utilizing a non-experimental, longitudinal, survey design, the relationshipsamonglife stress, state anxiety, academic resilience and targeted program completion wereexplored withone cohort of baccalaureate nursing students (n=46). Results:No statistical association was found between life stress levels or scores and graduating on target,or between academic resiliencescores and graduating on target. However, therewas an association between level of state anxiety and graduating on target (p=.009). Having a moderate level of …