VOlUME 04 ISSUE 05 MAY 2021
1Melissa McNeilly, 2Lori P. Kupczynski, 3Angela M. Gibson
1Assistant Professor, Doctor of Education, Hunt School of Nursing, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, North Carolina
2Professor, Doctor of Education, College of Health Sciences, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, St. Augustine
3Contributing Faculty, Doctor of Education, College of Health Sciences, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, St. Augustine
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ABSTRACT
Background:
The nursing shortage increases as large populations of working bedside nurses retire. In order to replace those
positions, prelicensure nursing programs must continue to graduate prepared nursing students. While prelicensure programs
continue to produce future nurses, the graduation numbers are not high enough to combat the future shortage due to high
attrition rates from prelicensure nursing programs.
Method:
Senior associate degree nursing students, traditional bachelor’s degree nursing students, and accelerated bachelor
degree nursing students participated in the study. A modified version of the College Persistence Questionnaire was used.
Results:
Findings indicated no significance difference among prelicensure student perceptions of persistence in the six areas
on the College Persistence Questionnaire. Prelicensure nursing students’ ranked degree commitment, institutional commitment,
scholastic conscientiousness, and support services above the mean BISR question rank.
Conclusion:
To increase graduates, prelicensure nursing programs need to evaluate students who have been successful
throughout the program.
nursing students, nursing programs, higher education, persistence, student success
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