Entry criteria versus success in undergraduate nursing courses
Students enter nursing degree programs through a variety of pathways. This article reports on a study that investigated the success and experience of these students. The aim was to determine any linkages between the pathway of entry in a preregistration nursing course and the academic achievements of these students. To achieve this aim, a descriptive correlational design was used to gather information from students enrolled in four different streams of a Bachelor of Nursing program over a 12-month period that were then compared with their academic records. Results suggest that students from di ... Show more
Authors: Jacob, Elisabeth; Chapman, Ysanne; Birks, Melanie; Al-Motlaq, Mohammad A.
Published: Floreat, Western Australia, Australasian Association for Institutional Research, 2011
Resource type: Article
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http://www.aair.org.au/articles/volume-16-no-2/16-2-entry-criteria-versus-success-in-undergraduate-nursing-courses
