Academic predictors of success in a nursing program.
The academic content areas that best predict success early in a nursing program affect admission and placement decisions in nursing programs nationwide. The purpose of this research was to apply a multiple regression model to student test scores to determine the relative strength of science, mathematics, reading, and English content areas in predicting early nursing school success. Using a standardized nursing entrance examination, the subtest scores of these four academic areas for 4,105 registered nurse students were used as the predictors in the regression model. Performance on a standardized Fundamentals of Nursing assessment was the criterion variable. Results confirmed those found in the majority of the literature indicating that science is both a statistically significant predictor and the strongest of the four content areas in the prediction of early nursing program success.
Psychometrician, Assessment Technologies Institute, 7520 West 160th Street, Stilwell, KS 66085, USA. awolkowitz@atitesting.com
Amanda A
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Wolkowitz
Jeffrey A
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Kelley
D000124:Achievement; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012570:School Admission Criteria