Nursing Student Retention

This is the only book to offer an evidence-based model for retaining students and ensuring success across the nursing education spectrum. It is intended to assist faculty in designing, implementing, and evaluating student retention and academic success strategies. This model (NURS) can be used effectively with all kinds of nursing programs both traditional and nontraditional, and considers the needs of different types of learners and settings. Comprehensive in scope, the text provides guidelines for maximizing educational strengths, facilitating student retention, and revitalizing teaching methods. It examines the multidimensional factors that must be considered and describes proven strategies for promoting retention and academic success such as faculty advisement, promoting professional events and membership, peer partnerships, and enrichment programs. This new edition features: An easy-to-use format that includes a digital toolkit containing a revised version of questionnaires, assessment tools, and templates for designing, implementing, and evaluating retention strategies.Chapters updated to provide real-life scenarios featuring diverse learners and settingsCall-outs to highlight important points and easy-to-follow examplesDiscussion and reflection questions and key point summariesExhibit boxes to showcase evidence-based strategiesVignettes at chapter end to synthesize and demonstrate application of learningCross-references to toolkit throughout the text "Nursing Student Retention," with its breadth of information and one-of-a-kind toolkit, will be great value to nurse educators, administrators, and graduate students. Key Features: The only book with digital toolkit to ensure nursing student retention at LPN/LVN, AD, baccalaureate and accelerated programs (RN-BSN, BSN-DNP)Offers a wide selection of educational activities and support strategies for diverse learners and settingsPresents guidelines for helping educators, students, and professionals to maximize strengths, promote retention, facilitate graduation, and revitalize teachingUses tested conceptual (NURS) model to design, implement, and evaluate retention strategiesIntegrates digital toolkit items for assessment and planning into textProvides teacher resource for training in retention/evaluation strategies