Trice Lucy B, Foster Patricia H
University of North Florida, Brooks College of Nursing, Jacksonville, USA.
AORN J. 2008 Mar;87(3):522-32. doi: 10.1016/j.aorn.2007.10.001.
Nursing student diversity is a priority of the University of North Florida School of Nursing, but faculty members found that the prelicensure track admission process favored students with high grade point averages (GPAs) and eliminated many potentially good students, including minorities. Adding an interview to the admission process resulted in acceptance of highly qualified students while giving deserving students, including minority students with good but lower GPAs, the opportunity to enter the program. The change in the admission process increased minority admissions from a low of 2% to as high as 25%. Neither the overall attrition rate nor the licensure examination pass rate has been adversely affected.
护理专业学生的多样性是北佛罗里达大学护理学院的一个优先事项，但教师们发现，预执照课程的录取过程有利于平均绩点（GPA）高的学生，淘汰了许多潜在的优秀学生，包括少数族裔学生。在录取过程中增加面试，使得高素质学生被录取，同时也给了应得的学生，包括平均绩点良好但较低的少数族裔学生进入该项目的机会。录取过程的改变使少数族裔录取率从低至2%提高到了高达25%。整体退学率和执照考试通过率均未受到不利影响。
