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Understanding and Preventing Student Attrition in Pre-registration Nursing Education,
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More than 20% of today’s nursing students will leave their training before qualifying. Understanding and Preventing Student Attrition in Pre-registration Nursing Education explores this challenging issue in nursing education, helping faculty, mentors, and healthcare organisations recognise the causes of nursing student dropout, develop effective strategies for prevention, and provide better support to student nurses. With its emphasis on prevention and support, this practical text not only addresses the problem of attrition, but provides solutions to help strengthen the future nursing workforce.
Key Features
- Brings together research, evidence, and strategies to help educators, institutions, and policymakers better support student nurses, providing targeted guidance that can improve student retention and ultimately support safer, more sustainable healthcare systems
- Explores the reasons behind attrition—the often-complex academic, emotional, financial, and clinical pressures that lead students to leave before qualification
- Emphasizes prevention and support throughout, in areas such as mentorship and supervision, student wellbeing, improved teaching strategies, and early identification of struggling students
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
About the author
By Amanda Costello
1. Introduction: overview of the Tertiary Level Teaching Profession in Nursing
2. Historical Context of Nursing Attrition
3. Key Findings of the Research Project
4. Factors Contributing to Attrition
a. Academic Pressure and Performance
b. Psychosocial Factors c. Workplace Exposure
d. Financial and Economic Considerations
e. Cultural and Gender Issues
5. Personal and Idiosyncratic Reasons for Leaving the Course
a. Personal Narratives
b. Case Studies
c. Individual Motivations
d. Learning Points
6. Consequences of Attrition
a. Impact on Healthcare Systems
b. Economic Implications
c. Psychological and Social Effects
d. Impact on the Teaching Institution and Instructors
7. Practical Strategies to Mitigate Attrition
a. Curriculum Changes
b. Specific Pain Points [e.g. Numeracy Skills; Academic Skills]
c. Student Support Systems
d. Wellbeing: Mentoring Programmes
e. Placement Changes
f. Policy Recommendations
8. Conclusion
9. Appendices
¿¿¿¿¿¿¿10. References
2. Historical Context of Nursing Attrition
3. Key Findings of the Research Project
4. Factors Contributing to Attrition
a. Academic Pressure and Performance
b. Psychosocial Factors c. Workplace Exposure
d. Financial and Economic Considerations
e. Cultural and Gender Issues
5. Personal and Idiosyncratic Reasons for Leaving the Course
a. Personal Narratives
b. Case Studies
c. Individual Motivations
d. Learning Points
6. Consequences of Attrition
a. Impact on Healthcare Systems
b. Economic Implications
c. Psychological and Social Effects
d. Impact on the Teaching Institution and Instructors
7. Practical Strategies to Mitigate Attrition
a. Curriculum Changes
b. Specific Pain Points [e.g. Numeracy Skills; Academic Skills]
c. Student Support Systems
d. Wellbeing: Mentoring Programmes
e. Placement Changes
f. Policy Recommendations
8. Conclusion
9. Appendices
¿¿¿¿¿¿¿10. References
ISBN:
9780443409561
Page Count:
350
Retail Price
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Nursing educators, pre-registration nursing students, and academic institutions seeking strategies to reduce student attrition
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