Publication Date
2006
Degree Type
Master's Project
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Coleen Saylor
Second Advisor
Katherine Abriam-Yago
Keywords
Accelerated Baccalaureate Student, Support Services, NursingStudent Characteristics, Faculty Practice, and Students
Abstract
Nursing faculty work hard at helping students achieve academic success by utilizing a variety of support services. The question guiding this study is: Do accelerated and traditional BSN students have different characteristics or different valued support services? The characteristics of accelerated and traditional BSN students were obtained from a larger longitudinal study (N=93). The Support Services Questionnaire collected data from a convenient sample of two groups of BSN students: accelerated (n=26), traditional (n=49). The results presented accelerated students as primarily female, financially supported, and holding a variety of college degrees. Traditional students were represented as female, younger, working and not having any baccalaureate degrees. The implications are accelerated students preferred non-institutional support services, while traditional students preferred institutional support services. Recommendations for nursing schools and faculty are offered.
Recommended Citation
Rauch, Lisa and Nelson, Deborah, "An Added Dimension to the Faculty Role: The Accelerated Student" (2006). Master's Projects. 808.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.fr6r-jvmz
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_projects/808
