School of Nursing Faculty Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-20-2025
Abstract
Second Degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs are designed to leverage a student’s prior academic achievements and professional experience, integrating them into the curriculum for their nursing degree. This allows students to receive credit for previous core courses and move through the nursing program at an accelerated rate. This, however, brings special challenges for both students and faculty. At our university we noticed the attrition rate of students in the second-degree BSN program was significantly higher than the traditional BSN program. Investigation into this issue revealed students in the Second-Degree Program had significant issues with role conflict, poor time management, poor study habits, and unfamiliarity with active learning. Under a grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordination Board a student success program was initiated that included both student mentoring and faculty development. As a result of the program student retention improved from 87 to 94%.
Recommended Citation
Radzyminski, S., Tamez, E., Brewster, J., & Jones, L. K. (2025). Improving Student Success in 2nd Degree BSN Students. Journal of Medical and Clinical Nursing Studies, 3(4), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.61440/JMCNS.2025.v3.84
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Publication Title
Journal of Medical and Clinical Nursing Studies
DOI
10.61440/JMCNS.2025.v3.84
Comments
© 2025 Sharon Radzyminski, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.