Publications

Authors:

A., Dante; G., Valoppi; Saiani, Luisa; A., Palese

Title:

Factors associated with nursing students' academic success or failure: A retrospective Italian multicenter study

Year:

2011

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

NURSE EDUCATION TODAY

ISSN of journal:

0260-6917

N° Volume:

31

Number or Folder:

1

Page numbers:

59-64

Keyword:

Nursing student; Bachelor's degree; Bologna process; Bologna Declaration; Attrition; Academic failure; Academic success; Factors; Determinants

Short description of contents:

With the increasing standardization of nursing education in Europe under the Bologna Process Declaration (1999), there is a growing interest in defining a common concept of academic success and/or failure, measuring associated factors and comparing differences and similarities between different countries. While there is literature available on these issues from other countries, the phenomenon has not been studied in Italy. The aim of this study was to define the factors associated with academic success or failure in an Italian cohort of nursing students on a bachelor's degree course. A retrospective multicenter study design was adopted. All students enrolling in the academic year 2004–05 on two different bachelor's courses in the north of Italy were interviewed. Only 81 of the 117 students considered (69.2%) concluded their course in three years. Multivariate analysis identified two factors determining academic success/failure: good results in the entry examination for the bachelor's degree in nursing sciences were associated with academic success (OR 4.217, IC95% 1.501–11.84), while family commitments, e.g. caring for children or elderly people were associated with academic failure (OR 0.120, IC95% 0.03–0.471). Academic failure has a strong impact on students, their families, the teaching faculties and the community, and its prevention is a challenge in the countries with a shortage of nurses.

Product ID:

56016

Handle IRIS:

11562/341907

Deposited On:

January 19, 2011

Last Modified:

December 1, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

A., Dante; G., Valoppi; Saiani, Luisa; A., Palese, Factors associated with nursing students' academic success or failure: A retrospective Italian multicenter study «NURSE EDUCATION TODAY» , vol. 31 , n. 1 , 2011 , pp. 59-64

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