Abstract
Nursing candidates' overall goal is to become a professional nurse. To reach this goal, the student must graduate from an associate or baccalaureate nursing program and pass the state board, National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). Student retention in nursing programs and passing the NCLEX continue to be a problem for educational institutions throughout the United States. The purpose of this study was to examine nursing candidates' perceptions of their greatest challenges in becoming a professional nurse. Wenger's social learning systems and the community of practice comprised the conceptual framework that guided this study. The research questions pertained to nursing students' perceptions regarding the greatest challenges of becoming a professional nurse, strategies that could have helped the students, and the challenges that could be addressed by the nursing program. For this qualitative case study, nursing students from a second year Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program and nursing students in their last semester of a License Practical Nurse (LPN) program in North Georgia were asked to participate by attending focus group interviews.
Sigma Membership
Phi Nu
Lead Author Affiliation
Dalton State College, Dalton, Georgia, USA
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Case Study/Series
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Nursing Education, Nurse Retention, Nursing Students, Professional Challenges
Advisor
David Mathieu
Second Advisor
Scott Mertes
Third Advisor
Dimitrios Vlachopoulos
Degree
Doctoral-Other
Degree Grantor
Walden University
Degree Year
2018
Recommended Citation
Williams, Lee Ann, "Nursing candidates' perceptions of the greatest challenges to becoming a professional nurse" (2022). Dissertations. 1699.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1699
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2022-11-14
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10976857; ProQuest document ID: 2135241641. The author still retains copyright.