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Mentoring: a professional commitment.

Nursing professionals have an obligation to increase the number and quality of nurses of color in the profession. Nursing students of color are often at risk of dropping out of the nursing program. Leaders of the National Black Nurses Association recognize the value of mentoring to improve student retention. Mentors help others reach their life goals by offering their proteges support, nurturing, and professional contacts. Non-traditional students over the age of 25 and students of color especially need the benefits of a mentor to help overcome inherent prejudicial assumptions in the educational system. The Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York recommended support systems to improve retention of students of color. The Queens County Black Nurses Association developed a pilot mentor project in 1991, establishing ten mentor-protege relationships. In 1992, five more relationships were added. Of the initial group, two proteges graduated and completed the NCLEX-RN exam. One student left for failure to meet academic requirements. The remaining seven are making progress, but more programs are needed. Professional nurses who have achieved success are reaching out to assist others whose potential has yet to be tapped. The QCBNA's project goes on, guaranteeing a continuous body of well-trained nurses of color to meet the health care needs of a growing, underserved population.

Black or African American↗
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Issues related to school attendance of black baccalaureate nursing students.

Schools of nursing are facing the challenge of educating diverse groups of students. This research examined the differences between Black and non-Black baccalaureate nursing students in the level of importance of concerns and issues related to academic, financial, psycho-social, and personal areas of student life. In this study, two data collection methods were used, questionnaire and interview. The greatest differences were seen in the areas of financial and psycho-social. Strategies to assist students need to start as soon as possible and continue post graduation.

Black or African American↗
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Holistic retention: a practical approach.

In this article the author discusses a retention program for students with multiple needs at Coppin State College, a historically Black institution. The author makes the point that students with multiple needs require a holistic approach if they are to be successful in schools of nursing. This approach is based on a focus of the total student being supported in a culturally sensitive, supportive environment for learning.

Black or African American↗
PubMed1997

Academic performance of various categories of students admitted to Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi.

A retrospective study of 4 consecutive academic batches of students was conducted to analyse the performance level of students in 3 university examinations of MBBS. The students were divided into 3 categories based on the criteria of entrance into the medical college. The category I included students who entered through a tough pre-medical test, category II comprised those nominated by government and defence personnel and category III included the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe students. The results of the category I was remarkably better than that of II while that of category III was dismal. The last two categories had a large number of students leaving the college without completing their course resulting in 5.4% wastage of precious medical seats and psychological distress. Necessary remedial measures must be planned at the earliest.

Adult↗
PubMed1976

What becomes of medical students: the dark side.

In the cohort of 1337 former Johns Hopkins medical students from the classes of 1948 through 1964, there were 1248 graduates and 89 nongraduates. In follow-up studies of this cohort, 49 subjects, 3.1% of the graduates and 11.2% of the nongraduates, have been found to have died prematurely. Incipient mental illness and emotional disturbance appear to have contributed substantially to academic failure, poor performance during and after medical school, and premature death. These findings underscore the need for learning to identify and help medical students who are especially vulnerable to stress. Such insights would contribute to the prevention of premature disease and death, not only from mental illness but from other disorders.

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Strategies the facilitate academic success of nursing students in HBCU's.

Attrition of nursing students is a problem in nursing programs across the country and is not limited solely to programs in historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This article will describe some of the strategies utilized by nursing faculty in one HBCU to assist students in overcoming barriers that inhibit their academic success.

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The cost of caring.

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Adult↗
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Concept of the developmental education program model.

The need to assist minority students to succeed in baccalaureate nursing programs has been well documented in the literature. Described in this article is a model framework to assist schools of nursing in developing comprehensive integrated programs for student development and retention.

Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate↗
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Students' absence registered.

Increased class sizes on nursing courses have led to a higher incidence of non-attendance. Lai Chan Koh looks at how this affects student performance.

Absenteeism↗
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Paying the price.

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Counseling↗
PubMed1992

Dropout--Mertonian or reproduction scheme?

This article reports on dropouts in four schools in Israel. Two main research questions were addressed: (1) Is it possible to identify a potential dropout through examination of his/her attitudes and competence before the actual act of leaving school? (2) Is there a difference between dropouts and persistent students in different educational settings (academic, vocational, agricultural, and comprehensive high schools)? Significant differences were found in the attitudes of persistent students and dropouts even before the act of dropping out occurred. In the vocational, comprehensive, and agricultural schools, the dropouts scored more positively on the self-estrangement, meaninglessness, and misfeasance scales. In the academic school, the dropouts scored positively on the anxiety scale. Results were interpreted in light of the Mertonian scheme of ends and means as well as the reproduction scheme. The Mertonian scheme was deemed more applicable.

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Associate degree nursing students: nonintellective differences between dropouts and graduates.

A comprehensive battery of tests designed primarily to measure nonintellective characteristics was administered to 112 students entering five associate degree nursing programs. At the end of two years, analyses of the entrance data revealed significant differences between the 73 graduates (those who completed the program on schedule) and the 32 nongraduates (those who dropped our of the program for various reasons). Seven students who remained in the programs but who had not completed the requirements were not included in the analyses. The data indicated that at the time of entry into their programs, those students who later completed the program on schedule were more mature--older and married, more achievement oriented, responsible, and self-controlled than dropouts. Successful students also manifested more accepting and nonjudgmental attitudes toward other people.

Education, Nursing, Associate↗