Retention in nursing education and scholarship programs: Survival analysis of the Veterans Health Administration National Nursing Education Initiative Data.
National Nursing Education Initiative
degree completion
employee scholarship programs
midwives
nurse retention
nurses
nursing
nursing education
nursing workforce
survival analysis
Journal
Journal of advanced nursing
ISSN: 1365-2648
Titre abrégé: J Adv Nurs
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7609811
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2023
Aug 2023
Historique:
revised:
31
01
2023
received:
25
08
2022
accepted:
16
03
2023
medline:
18
7
2023
pubmed:
28
3
2023
entrez:
27
3
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To investigate factors affecting non-completion by registered nurses (RNs) participating in degree programs supported by the scholarship program of the National Nursing Education Initiative of the United States Veterans Health Administration. Secondarily, to assess overall retention in the scholarship program over time. Retrospective longitudinal design using administrative data. Defining retention time as the time elapsed from enrollment date to non-completion, we performed survival (retention) analysis (i.e.,Kaplan-Meier survival functions, log-rank tests and Cox regressions) to retrospectively analyzea national sample of RNs (N = 15,908) enrolled in the scholarship program between the United States federal fiscal years 2000 and 2020. Nurses' mean age was 44 years (range: 19-71), and 86% were females. Six- and 12-month cumulative educational program retention rates were 92% and 84% respectively. The newest group of enrollees (2016-2020), younger nurses (<50 years), and nurses in traditional degree programtype were more likely to complete their academic programs than the earlier groups, older nurses and nurses in non-traditional type, respectively. Male nurses who aspired to advanced occupational levels upon completion were more likely to complete their academic programs compared to those who expected no change from their current level of practice. Multiple factors affected non-completion of academic degree programs by RNs enrolled in the scholarship program. More work is needed to examine these plus additional plausible factors and their correlates extensively. Our findings highlighted areas for quality improvement in employee scholarship programs for RNs. The findings are expected to inform tailoring of proactive helpful intervention towards individual needs and prioritization of limited resources to maximize graduation rate from academic programs for scholarship recipients. The study will have impact on nursing workforce policy makers interested in implementing employee scholarship programs, and on their scholarship recipients.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
3069-3081Subventions
Organisme : Veterans Health Administration Office of Workforce Management and Consulting
Informations de copyright
Published 2023. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.
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