title: Admission criteria for undergraduate nursing programs: a systematic review.
abstract: A concise, systematic review of commonly used admission criteria for prelicensure nursing programs is presented in this article. Admission criteria include grades in prenursing college courses, standardized preadmission tests, essays, personal interviews, and volunteerism. Literature is reviewed regarding the relationships between admission criteria and success in undergraduate nursing programs. Gaps in the literature and future research needs are described.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, WI 54904-8480, USA. schmidtb@uwosh.edu
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Brent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: MacWilliams
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D012570:School Admission Criteria