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- Title: Academic Performance of Nursing Students: Do Prerequisite Grades and Tutoring Make a Difference?
- Author : Nursing Education Perspectives
- Release Date : January 01, 2003
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 205 KB
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship of prerequisite science course performance and tutoring services with academic performance of first semester nursing students. Quantitative data were gathered from student records after a semester in which tutoring services were offered. The convenience sample consisted of 37 students enrolled in first semester nursing courses. Influence on academic performance was determined by comparing the academic performance of two groups, students who attended four or fewer tutorial sessions and students who attended five or more tutorial sessions. Previous academic performance was shown to have a statistically significant relationship with first semester nursing school performance. Recommendations for nursing faculty are offered. ALONG WITH THE CRITICAL NEED FOR MORE NURSES TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT SHORTAGE, THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE NURSES EDUCATED AT THE BACCALAUREATE LEVEL. Currently, only 32 percent of America's nurses have baccalaureate degrees, and 10 percent have master's level preparation or higher (1). The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice recommends that by the year 2010, at least two thirds of all RNs have BSN degrees or higher (1). * An investigation by Ehrenfeld, Rotenberg, Sharon, and Bergman on causes for student attrition in a baccalaureate program revealed that most attrition (82.3 percent) occurred within the first year of the program (2). To help reduce attrition, a tutoring program was developed for first semester students. * This article reports on a study focused on the first semester of a baccalaureate nursing program. Voluntary tutoring designed to address adult learning barriers was offered to students enrolled in the Pathophysiology and Pharmacology courses. The effects of tutoring services, and the potential influence of prerequisite science course grades on first semester academic performance, were examined.
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