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Marivic B Torregosa1, Orlando Patricio2
1College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Texas A&M International University, 5201 University Boulevard, Laredo, TX 78041, USA.
Background:
Increasing the representation of nurses and other health professionals from minority populations is one way to address health disparities. The purpose of this study was to investigate nursing admission criteria that predicted first, second, third semester attrition and program dismissal.
Method:
A retrospective secondary data analysis was conducted on existing student records spanning from 2016 to 2020 in one BSN program from a Hispanic-serving institution to gain an understanding about program attrition and dismissal. A total of n = 349 student records were included in the analysis.
Results:
Pre-nursing science GPA, pre-nursing college GPA, and reading ability were found significant predictors for attrition and dismissal, respectively.
Conclusions:
Aptitudes in the sciences and in reading should be emphasized in pre-nursing to enhance student success in nursing. Findings from this study could inform administrators in postsecondary and in secondary education about establishing infrastructures for at-risk students to better prepare the latter for a nursing major.
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