Nursing Student Retention: Understanding the Process and Making a Difference - Hardcover

Jeffreys EdD RN, Marianne R.

 
9780826134455: Nursing Student Retention: Understanding the Process and Making a Difference

Synopsis

In the current nursing shortage, student retention is a priority concern for nurse educators, health care institutions, and the patients they serve. This book presents an organizing framework for understanding student retention, identifying at-risk students, and developing both diagnostic-prescriptive strategies to facilitate success and innovations in teaching and educational research. The author's conceptual model for student retention, "Nursing Undergraduate Retention and Success," is interwoven throughout, along with essential information for developing, implementing, and evaluating retention strategies. An entire chapter is devoted to how to set up a Student Resource Center. Most chapters conclude with "Educator-in-Action" vignettes, which help illustrate practical application of strategies discussed. Nurse educators at all levels will find this an important resource.

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About the Author

Marianne R. Jeffreys, EdD, RN, is a professor of nursing at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate College and at CUNY College of Staten Island.

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In the current nursing shortage, student retention is a priority concern for nurse educators, health care institutions, and the patients they serve. This book presents an organizing framework for understanding student retention, identifying at-risk students, and developing both diagnostic-prescriptive strategies to facilitate success and innovations in teaching and educational research. The author's conceptual model for student retention, ""Nursing Undergraduate Retention and Success,"" is interwoven throughout, along with essential information for developing, implementing, and evaluating retention strategies. An entire chapter is devoted to how to set up a Student Resource Center. Most chapters conclude with ""Educator-in-Action"" vignettes, which help illustrate practical application of strategies discussed. Nurse educators at all levels will find this an important resource. "

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9780826109491: Nursing Student Retention: Understanding the Process and Making a Difference

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ISBN 10:  0826109497 ISBN 13:  9780826109491
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2012
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