Abstract

The purpose of this research was to, (a) identify and describe the nontraditional population of adult learners served in the Evening/Weekend Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) Program at Mount St. Mary's College, and, (b) to determine which admission criteria and other factors are correlated with both nursing program completion (as measured by exit nursing grade point average) and subsequent first time success on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) for nontraditional students in this nontraditional ADN program.

Twenty-two predictor variables of demographic characteristics and academic factors were examined as they related to the criterion variables of exit (nursing) grade point average (GPA) and first time success on the NCLEX-RN. A retrospective descriptive correlational research design using archival data was utilized to identify the most significant predictor variables and examine their relationship to the criterion variables.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3194223; ProQuest document ID: 305360940. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Tori L. Canillas-Dufau, EdD, MSN, MS Ed, MS, MA, RN, CNE

Sigma Membership

Nu Mu

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Other

Keywords:

Nontraditional Nursing Students, Nontraditional Nursing Program, NCLEX-RN

Advisor

Diana Hiatt-Michael

Second Advisor

John McManus

Third Advisor

Karen Jensen

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

Pepperdine University

Degree Year

2005

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2023-10-09

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