The impact of baccalaureate nursing students' thinking and behavioral attributes on timely progression.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2024

Publication Title

Teaching & Learning in Nursing

Abstract

• Nursing schools are challenged with preparing the next generation of nurses with the knowledge and skills to progress through the nursing curriculum on time. • The Emergenetics profile was used to identify preferred ways of thinking and behavioral attributes. In regards to student outcomes, specifically on-time graduation, two attributes emerged: structural thinking and flexibility. • Students can be taught to work through their strengths, and their preferred ways of thinking and behaving, in order to do what they need to do and be successful. By taking the Emergenetics Profile and participating in the Meeting of the Minds seminar, the authors believe that students may have an increase in self- awareness leading to increase student success. Nursing schools strive for timely progression. The purpose of this pilot study was to use the Emergenetics Profile to determine if specific preferred ways of thinking and behaving support on-time progression. Predictive, correlational design tested the relationship among Emergenetics Thinking Attributes, Behavioral Attributes, and on-time graduation. Thirty eight senior students participated. Using multiple regression, the attributes of Structural thinking and Flexible behavior (p< .05) predicted on-time graduation. Paying attention to the details and keeping on task, while remaining flexible to change will lead to success in nursing school.

First Page

e249-e254

Volume

19

Issue

2

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