Aijun (Anna) Li, director of assessment & evaluation, wrote "Student Success Factors in a Nurse Practitioner Program" in The Journal for Nurse Practitioners with Jennie De Gagne, professor, Valerie Howard, vice dean, academic affairs, Deirdre Thornlow, Benjamin S. Smallheer and Kathryn Evans Kreider, associate professors, and Angela Richard-Eaglin, assistant professor. 

Abstract

Student exit surveys are a unique means of extracting data for program evaluation. An exploratory study of 5 years of data (n = 440) from a 115-question Master of Science in Nursing student online exit survey examined whether race, sex, age, and prior work experience as a registered nurse predicted academic success. Findings indicated a statistically positive relationship between self-reported outcomes and prior registered nurse work experience. There were significant findings related to the effect of race and years of nursing experience on students’ self-reported learning outcomes. Ongoing evaluation can bring successful course redesign and curriculum transformation to students.

Citation

Aijun Anna Li, Jennie C. De Gagne, Valerie Howard, Deirdre Thornlow, Benjamin S. Smallheer, Angela Richard-Eaglin, Kathryn Evans Kreider, Student Success Factors in a Nurse Practitioner Program, The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 2021, ISSN 1555-4155, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.05.025.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1555415521002725)