Using the factors that have a positive impact on the retention of low socioeconomic students to prepare accelerated enrolled nurses for the science units of a nursing degree. A Practice Report

  • Sheila Doggrell Queensland University of Technology
  • Adam Polkinghorne University of the Sunshine Coast

Abstract

At a campus in a low socioeconomic (SES) area, our University allows enrolled nurses entry into the second year of a Bachelor of Nursing, but attrition is high.  Using the factors, described by Yorke and Thomas (2003) to have a positive impact on the attrition of low SES students, we developed strategies to prepare the enrolled nurses for the pharmacology and bioscience units of a nursing degree with the aim of reducing their attrition.  As a strategy, the introduction of review lectures of anatomy, physiology and microbiology, was associated with significantly reduced attrition rates. The subsequent introduction of a formative website activity of some basic concepts in bioscience and pharmacology, and a workshop addressing study skills and online resources, were associated with a further reduction in attrition rates of enrolled nursing students in a Bachelor of Nursing
Published
Mar 12, 2015
How to Cite
DOGGRELL, Sheila; POLKINGHORNE, Adam. Using the factors that have a positive impact on the retention of low socioeconomic students to prepare accelerated enrolled nurses for the science units of a nursing degree. A Practice Report. The International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, [S.l.], v. 6, n. 1, p. 187-194, mar. 2015. ISSN 1838-2959. Available at: <http://fyhejournal.com/article/view/277>. Date accessed: 16 aug. 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.5204/intjfyhe.v6i1.277.
Section
Practice Reports

Keywords

low SES, regional university, nursing

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