Marianne R. Jeffreys

Nursing Student Retention

Understanding the Process and Making a Difference

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Produktbeschreibung

Presents an organizing framework for understanding student retention, identifying at-risk students, and developing both diagnostic-prescriptive strategies to facilitate success and innovations in teaching and educational research. The author's conceptual model for student retention, 'Nursing Undergraduate Retention and Success', is interwoven throughout, along with essential information for developing, implementing, and evaluating retention strategies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 547g
• ISBN-13: 9780826109491
• ISBN-10: 0826109497
• Artikelnr.: 34444805

Autorenporträt

Marianne R. Jeffreys, EdD, RN, is a Professor of Health Sciences, City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center and College of Staten Island, NY, Nursing Division.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I: WHAT'S HAPPENING EXPLORING STUDENT RETENTION AND TAKING ACTION
1. Overview of Student Retention
2. Student Profile Characteristics
3. Cultural Values and Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation:
Important Considerations
4. Academic Factors
5. Environmental Factors
6. Professional Integration and Socialization
7. Academic and Psychological Outcomes
8. The Outside Climate: Forecast, Impact, and Action
9. Drop Out, Stop Out, or Go On
PART II: MAKING A DIFFERENCE: SPOTLIGHT ON RETENTION AND SUCCESS STRATEGIES
10. Faculty Advisement and Helpfulness: A Culturally Congruent
Approach
11. Expanding the Web of Inclusion Through Professional Events and
Memberships
12. Promoting Positive and Productive Peer Partnerships
13. Enrichment Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
14. The Nursing Student Resource Center: A Place for Linking
Strategies Together
15. Future Directions: A Vision for Tomorrow
Index