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Academic And Non-Academic Variables As Predictors Of Nclex-Rn Success Among Traditional Associate Degree Students At Southern Adventist University, Christine Moniyung
Academic And Non-Academic Variables As Predictors Of Nclex-Rn Success Among Traditional Associate Degree Students At Southern Adventist University, Christine Moniyung
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The School of Nursing at Southern Adventist University offers both Associate of Science and Bachelor of Science in nursing degrees. A majority of the students who sit for the NCLEX-RN are associate of science in nursing graduates. The pass rate dropped from 94.9% in 2010 to 88.8% in 2011. The pass rate went up to 93.3% in 2012, but dropped again by almost 5% in the following year, and to an all-time low of 76.5% in 2014.
Unlike most AS nursing program student populations in the nation, the majority of SAU students are young and considered traditional-age college students. …