Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 47-54, October 2006

Nontraditional nursing students: The social influences on retention

  • Rebecca J. Rudel, PhD, RN, CNE

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College of Nursing, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9025, USA

Abstract 

Despite the soaring demand for registered nurses (RNs), recruitment and retention of RN students have declined for decades. To explore this problem in relation to nontraditional associate degree RN (ADRN) students, I addressed the following research question: What are the forces that ultimately affect retention of ADRN students? By using a phenomenological study approach, one overarching pattern, the “social influences on retention,” was revealed.

Keywords: Nontraditional, Spouse–significant other, Retention, van Manen

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PII: S1557-3087(06)00052-7

doi:10.1016/j.teln.2006.06.002

Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 47-54, October 2006

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