Adult student satisfaction in an accelerated RN-to-BSN program: a follow-up study
| Autor: | Mary T. Boylston, Christina Jackson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Adult
Nontraditional student Attitude of Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject Student Dropouts education Bookselling Nursing Methodology Research Personal Satisfaction Bachelor Academic advising Aid effectiveness Professional Competence Nursing Excellence Surveys and Questionnaires Ethnicity Medicine Humans Family book General Nursing Food Dispensers Automatic Qualitative Research media_common Health Services Needs and Demand Motivation business.industry Education Nursing Baccalaureate Training Support Nursing standard Vocational Guidance Nursing Education Research Faculty Nursing book.journal Students Nursing Safety business Student dropout Qualitative research Education Professional Retraining Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. 24(5) |
| ISSN: | 1532-8481 |
| Popis: | This mixed-method study revealed accelerated RN-to-BSN (bachelor of science in nursing) students' levels of satisfaction with a wide range of college services in a small university. Building on seminal research on the topic [Boylston, M. T., Peters, M. A., & Lacey, M. (2004). Adult student satisfaction in traditional and accelerated RN-to-BSN programs. Journal of Professional Nursing, 20, 23-32.], the Noel-Levitz Adult Student Priorities Survey (ASPS) and qualitative interview data revealed primary factors involved in nontraditional (adult) accelerated RN-to-BSN student satisfaction. The ASPS assesses both satisfaction with and importance of the following factors: academic advising effectiveness, academic services, admissions and financial aid effectiveness, campus climate, instructional effectiveness, registration effectiveness, safety and security, and service excellence. Of these factors, participants considered instructional effectiveness and academic advising effectiveness as most important and concomitantly gave high satisfaction ratings to each. In contrast, convenience of the bookstore, counseling services, vending machines, and computer laboratories were given low importance ratings. The participants cited convenience as a strong marketing factor. Loss of financial aid or family crisis was given as a reason for withdrawal and, for most students, would be the only reason for not completing the BSN program. Outcomes of this investigation may guide faculty, staff, and administrators in proactively creating an educational environment in which a nontraditional student can succeed. |
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