Brady Patzer, Elizabeth H Lazzara, Joseph R Keebler, Maha H Madi, Patricia Dwyer, Alicia A Huckstadt, Betty Smith-Campbell
Several factors influence success in nursing graduate school. This study collected retrospective data from students in a nursing graduate program to determine which factors predict success. Data were analyzed using a multiple regression analysis to predict success (i.e., graduation grade point average [GPA]) from student characteristics. The predictors were nursing course GPA, undergraduate science GPA, GPA upon admission to nursing graduate school, experience in a specialty, and the duration of that experience...
September 2017: Nursing Education Perspectives