Oakland University School of Nursing, Rochester, MI 48309, United States.
Nurse Educ Today. 2013 Mar;33(3):258-61. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.11.017. Epub 2011 Dec 15.
The purpose of this retrospective study was to identify undergraduate courses that serve as predictors of success for nursing students completing a BSN program. The sample included records of 327 students placed on probation or dismissed from a Midwest school of nursing between 2002 and 2010. Though previous research has shown that science courses can be used as predictors of nursing student success, our results suggest that non-science courses can serve in this capacity as well. In particular, an across-the-life-span fundamental psychology course was found to be an important predictor in determining whether or not probationary students eventually completed the program. These results suggest that nursing programs need to evaluate their programs not only reviewing students success in nursing courses but also in prerequisites beyond just science courses such as chemistry and biology.
本回顾性研究旨在确定哪些本科课程可作为护理专业学生成功完成学士学位课程（BSN）的预测指标。该样本包括 2002 年至 2010 年间，某中西部护理学校 327 名被留校察看或开除的学生的记录。尽管先前的研究表明，科学课程可作为护理专业学生成功的预测指标，但我们的研究结果表明，非科学课程也可以起到这种作用。具体来说，跨越生命全程的基础心理学课程被发现是确定留级学生最终是否完成课程的一个重要预测指标。这些结果表明，护理项目需要评估他们的项目，不仅要审查学生在护理课程中的成功，还要审查除化学和生物学等科学课程之外的先修课程。
