Abstract

Nursing Educators and Administrators must be cognizant of the crucial role of social support in successful completion of nursing programs. Strategies to address these issues are social support groups, development of learning communities for peer and faculty support, utilization of social media like twitter and increase student success activities.

Author Details

Elfleta LaVern Nixon, DNP - College of Nursing, Howard University College of Nursing and Allied Health, Upper Marlboro, MD, USA

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Gamma

Lead Author Affiliation

Howard University, Washington, DC, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

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Keywords:

African American Nursing Students, Historically Black Colleges, Social Support Networks

Conference Name

Nursing Education Research Conference 2020

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International,National League for Nursing

Conference Location

Washington, DC, USA

Conference Year

2020

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African American nursing students' identification of social support networks while attending a historically Black college

Washington, DC, USA

Nursing Educators and Administrators must be cognizant of the crucial role of social support in successful completion of nursing programs. Strategies to address these issues are social support groups, development of learning communities for peer and faculty support, utilization of social media like twitter and increase student success activities.