Facilitators and barriers to success among ethnic minority students enrolled in a predominately white baccalaureate nursing program.
This study identified facilitators and barriers to academic success among ethnic minority students enrolled in a BSN program. The following research questions were asked: What factors (a) facilitate academic performance; (b) are barriers to academic performance; (c) influence the college experience and academic success; (d) within the nursing department, influence academic success; (e) What is the impact of socialization on academic performance; (f) What were facilitators of academic success identified among study participants; and, (g) Which facilitators, identified by subjects, were most common among those participants? A retrospective-descriptive study design consisted of a sample of all minority students who were enrolled in clinical at a baccalaureate nursing program between 2005 and the fall of 2010. Bandura's theory on self-efficacy was used. Loftus and Duty's Survey of Factors Influencing Student Retention and Academic Success was adapted. Data were analyzed using SPSS 19.0 with ANOVA to determine if a significant difference in responses existed.
Nicholls State University, Department of Nursing, P. O. Box 2143, Thibodaux, LA 70310, USA. charlene.smith@nicholls.edu
Charlene B
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Smith
Pamela
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Williams-Jones
Shirleen
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Lewis-Trabeaux
Denise
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Mitchell
D001741:Black or African American; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001290:Attitude; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008145:Louisiana; D008913:Minority Groups; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D012951:Socialization; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*