American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC.
Loewenberg College of Nursing, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.
Nurs Outlook. 2021 May-Jun;69(3):340-349. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2020.12.014. Epub 2021 Feb 6.
To examine completion and attrition of students in nursing PhD programs.
Total 5,391 students who matriculated into nursing PhD programs in 2001 to 2010 were selected from the AACN database.
The completion rate of the students was 74.2% and the attrition rate was 22.7%. On average, it took 5.7 years for the students to graduate and 3.7 years for the students who left without graduating to drop out. The mean age at matriculation and graduation was 42.4 and 47.5, respectively. Male students, part-time students, students of post-baccalaureate programs, students who were not faculty or held a part-time faculty position, students of the 2001 to 2010 matriculation cohorts, and students in PhD programs with 25% or more of the courses taught online were more likely to experience attrition.
The study findings provide useful information for the nursing education community to better address the issue of nursing PhD shortage.
考察护理博士项目学生的完成率和流失率。
从 AACN 数据库中选取了 2001 年至 2010 年入读护理博士项目的 5391 名学生。
学生的完成率为 74.2%，流失率为 22.7%。平均而言，学生需要 5.7 年才能毕业，而未毕业就退学的学生则需要 3.7 年。入学和毕业的平均年龄分别为 42.4 岁和 47.5 岁。男性学生、兼职学生、本科后项目的学生、非教师或兼职教师职位的学生、2001 年至 2010 年入学的学生以及有 25%或以上课程在线教学的博士项目的学生更容易流失。
研究结果为护理教育界提供了有用的信息，以便更好地解决护理博士短缺问题。
