Date
4-26-2024
Department
School of Nursing
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Chair
Theresa Pape
Keywords
nursing student retention, nursing student attrition, nursing student retention strategies, nursing student success, boot camp, pre-entrance orientation
Disciplines
Nursing
Recommended Citation
Stine, Misty Beth, "The Predictive Relationship Between Pre-Nursing Boot Camp Participation and Successful Completion of the First Semester and Retention in an Associate Degree Nursing Program" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5411.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5411
Abstract
First semester students in undergraduate nursing programs are at the highest risk for attrition, so retention of these students is a priority concern. The purpose of this non-experimental correlational predictive quantitative study was to investigate whether participation in a pre-nursing student boot camp is predictive of successful completion of the first semester and retention at an Associate Degree Nursing program at a community college in the rural Southwestern United States. Data was retrospectively obtained from archival student records for all first semester nursing students accepted into the ADN program from 2018-2022. Sample size was N = 227. The chi-square test of independence indicated a statistically significant association between successful first semester completion and retention to the second semester after boot camp participation, χ2(1, 226), p < .001. The binary logistic regression indicated statistically significant predictions between successful first semester completion and retention to the second semester of the ADN program and generational cohort χ2(1) = 4.21, p = .040, and race χ2(1) = 6.72, p = .010 (for Hispanic race) and χ2(1) = 9.28, p = .002 (for White race). Black/African American race, χ2(1) = 0.32, p = .572; gender χ2(1) = 0.56, p = .456; and financial aid χ2(1) = 0.36, p = .546, did not statistically significantly predict successful first semester completion and retention to the second semester of the ADN program after boot camp participation. Study findings are significant to nursing education research, adding to the body of knowledge, and informing the creation and implementation of new strategies that improve nursing student retention. Suggestions for future research include a comparison of previous years without boot camp to current years with boot camp and conducting a study with a qualitative design.
