Jeffreys's Nursing Universal Retention and Success model: overview and action ideas for optimizing outcomes A-Z

Nursing student persistence, retention, and success are universally desired outcomes yet remain elusive and challenging worldwide.

The aim of this study is to provide nurse educators with an organizing framework and action ideas for optimizing student outcomes.

Jeffreys's Nursing Universal Retention and Success (NURS) model presents a globally-applicable framework for examining the multidimensional factors that affect undergraduate and graduate nursing student retention and success in order to make a positive difference.

This article presents a brief overview of the empirically-based NURS model and indicates that retention decisions, persistence, and optimal outcomes will be based on the interaction of student profile characteristics, student affective factors, academic factors, environmental factors, academic outcomes, psychological outcomes, outside surrounding factors, and professional integration factors.

An A-Z list of action ideas provides nurse educators with a springboard for further developing ideas tailored to individual program and student needs. Recommendations for global collaborative partnerships and networks are presented.