Predicting Early Academic Achievement in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 144-149

  Newton, Sarah E ^c   Smith, Laureen H ^a   Moore, Gary ^b   Magnan, Morris ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Achievement; Aptitude tests; Baccalaureate nursing programs; Preadmission grade point average; Undergraduate grade point average

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCIENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE TESTS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCIENCE; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 34249059721     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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