American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC.
Nurs Outlook. 2022 May-Jun;70(3):487-495. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2022.01.004. Epub 2022 Feb 24.
Despite the strong support for DNP education, we have limited knowledge about completion and attrition of DNP students, which are important measures of achievement of DNP programs.
To examine completion and attrition of students in DNP programs.
The data were obtained from AACN's Doctoral Student Roster Survey and Annual Survey of Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing. 31,320 students who matriculated into DNP programs between 2006 and 2015 were selected. These years were chosen to ensure accurate estimates of graduation and attrition rates. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to examine the associations between individual and institutional characteristics and attrition of DNP students.
We found that the completion rate of DNP students of the 2006-2015 matriculating cohorts was 77.3% and the attrition rate was 19.3%. On average, after matriculation, it took 3 years for the students to graduate and 1.9 years for students who left without graduating to drop out. The mean age at matriculation was 39.9 and the mean age at graduation was 42.2. Our multivariate analysis found that male students, part-time students, students who were not faculty or held a part-time faculty position, and students in DNP programs with more than 50% of courses taught online were more likely to experience attrition.
The study findings provide useful information for DNP programs and nursing schools to better understand academic progression of DNP students.
尽管人们强烈支持 DNP 教育，但我们对 DNP 学生的完成率和流失率知之甚少，而这是衡量 DNP 项目成果的重要指标。
考察 DNP 项目中学生的完成率和流失率。
数据来自 AACN 的博士研究生名册调查和护理学士及研究生课程年度调查。选取了 2006 年至 2015 年期间入读 DNP 项目的 31320 名学生。选择这些年份是为了确保毕业率和流失率的准确估计。采用单变量和多变量分析来考察学生个人和机构特征与 DNP 学生流失之间的关系。
我们发现，2006-2015 年入学的 DNP 学生的完成率为 77.3%，流失率为 19.3%。平均而言，学生在入学后需要 3 年时间毕业，而未毕业就退学的学生需要 1.9 年时间退学。入学时的平均年龄为 39.9 岁，毕业时的平均年龄为 42.2 岁。我们的多变量分析发现，男生、兼职学生、非教师或兼职教师职位的学生，以及 DNP 课程有超过 50%在线教学的学生更有可能流失。
研究结果为 DNP 项目和护理学校提供了有用的信息，以便更好地了解 DNP 学生的学业进展。
