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Sharon R Mingo1, Zane Robinson Wolf2
1School of Nursing and Health Sciences, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Abstract:
Background and Purpose: Nursing students and graduates experience grief when not achieving curricular benchmarks or passing the NCLEX-RN. This study developed the perceptions of academic grief (PAG) instrument for baccalaureate nursing program completers experiencing academic failure. Methods: Content analysis methods generated items and achieved face validity. Focus group interview and experts' judgment of item relevance established content validity. A purposeful sample of registered nurses (RNs) and nursing students (N = 70) completed the pilot test on the 40-item instrument. Results: The highest ranked items included being disappointed, trying again to prove they could become a nurse, life investment in nursing school, and fear of failing again. The coefficient α was .94. Conclusions: The instrument was developed to measure nursing students' and RNs' academic grief. The PAG showed beginning reliability and validity and needs additional testing.
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